November 22
9:42 A.M
"All Team members," Batman's voice states over the Cave's systems. "Report for mission briefing."
"Rumaan Harjavti is the democratically elected President of Qurac," Batman explains, bringing up a picture of a large, older man, and a topographical map of Qurac, and it's neighboring country, Bialya. "Harjavti has been praised as a fair, wise leader. A humanitarian."
"Sure, any friend of Bruce Wayne's…" K.F whispers to Robin who visibly tenses up.
"But five days ago Harjavti allied himself with the dictator of the neighboring nation of Bialya. Queen Bee," Batman continues.
"Not a fan," Superboy scoffs.
"I thought Queen B was Beyoncé?" I ask K.F.
"Well… yes, But Queen Bee is an actual Queen," He explains.
"Few are," Batman agrees. "But Harjavti suddenly backs Queen Bee's baseless claim that Qurac and Bialya were one nation in ancient times. And has announced the countries will reunify in two days at a ceremony in Qurac."
Batman pulls up a video clip of the Quracie leader.
"After the ceremony, I will step down as President so that our rightful monarch, Queen Bee, may rule," The Leader states in front of a mural of the Queen in question.
The Queen is a dark skinned woman with long black hair, and doe brown eyes. Well, they would look like they were doe eyes, but we know that those are the eyes of a shark. Cold, and calculating. She wears a dark grey corset with a sheer, light purple cape. In her hand she releases a dove, as if a symbol of peace, but we know what she really means.
"I laud president Harjavti for unifying our peoples and I will gladly come to Qurac to be crowned sole leader of our nation," The Queen addresses in front of a mural of the same picture.
"And the Quracies are okay with this?" K.F asks, raising an eyebrow.
"Hardly," Whoa. Did Batman just… laugh? Barely? "They're well aware of the brutality of Queen Bee's regime But Harjavti has censored the press, silenced all legitimate protesting and invited the Bialyan military into his country, to enforce Martial Law."
"Queen Bee has to be controlling Harjavti. Doesn't she have the power to enthrall most men?" Robin inquires.
"And some women. But not long distance. And we have confirmation she hasn't left Bialya. Something else is at work here. Find out what. Robin, you're team leader," Batman orders.
"Promotion! Sweet!" K.F exclaims moving to give Robin a high-five.
"Me?" Robin asks uncertainly. "What about Aqualad?"
"Busy helping Aquaman. You're the next logical choice," Batman explains.
"Great…" Robin sighs.
"Dude! You totally left me hanging!" K.F says, his arm still up waiting for Robin to respond.
"We are ready whenever you are," I say.
"Wonderbat, Artemis, and Zatanna," Batman calls. "This is not your rest of you are dismissed."
M'gann, Superboy, Robin, Haneul, and Kid Flash make their way to the Bioship.
"You three are assigned to a special mission," Batman begins.
He brings up a picture of Wonder Woman, and the-
"Wonder Woman's last known location was in this spot before her trackers were either deactivated, or she flew off of the grid."
"Wait," I interrupt. "Mom is missing?"
"I wouldn't go so far as to say missing, but she is not on our specialized Justice League radar," Batman explains. "You three are to go to her last known location, and investigate."
"And you can't go… why?" Artemis asks.
"The location is within the direct vicinity of Themyscira," Batman says.
"Themy- what?"
"Paradise Island," I correct. "Women only."
"Wonderbat," he addresses. "You are the leader, since you are the only one of us that has been to the island, and who has been welcomed back."
"Yes sir…" I agree.
"Take the-"
"Invisible jet? Yeah. I know the drill," I sass.
'What? Like he'd actually make me the leader if I hadn't already been there,' I reason.
"I'm ready when you all are," I say to Artemis and Zatanna.
I leave the mission room with the girls trailing behind me.
Invisible Jet
Within the Vicinity of Paradise Island
"Addie, are you-" Artemis begins.
"I'm fine," I interrupt, focusing on the sky. I close my eyes and sigh. "I'm… worried…"
"I'm sure Wonder Woman is fine," Artemis reassures. "She is a tough girl-"
"It's not Mom that I'm worried about the most," I admit. "It's Nash."
"Nash… Kid Lantern, right?" Zatanna asks.
"Yes," I confirm. "He has been missing since the Ice Fortress attacks, and I fear that I have pushed him right into Sinestro's arms."
Could I just have slapped myself right then?
"Nash is working with an Intergalactic Dictator?" Zatanna asks in horror.
"I-"
"And you knew?" Artemis accuses.
"But you see-"
"Why didn't you tell us?"
"Where could he be?"
"Is he destroying cities?"
"Could you both just… not right now?" I yell at them. "He won't destroy cities. That's not like him. No… he'd pretend that he contributed to it, but it would all really just be the work of Sinestro…"
"I'm not sure," Zatanna says. "Last we saw him, you pushed him away for food…"
"On my defence, it was cake," I say. "But last time he and I were alone… I had my doubts… I didn't think I loved him, but that's what I told him in the simulation… but then I kept feeling wrong because I wasn't sure I meant it, then I told him what I felt and he got mad, and then I ran, then got captured, then he kept pretending like I didn't say it, and...just… hhhuuuaaaaghhhh…." I gasp/complain.
"Sounds… complicated…" Artemis states. Giving me a look of sympathy.
"Sort of…" I affirm. "But if this is the road he wants to take, then who am I to stop him? If he thinks that this will enact his revenge, I will beat him. If he thinks that I'll change my mind, then he is dead wrong."
"I think we can see that," Artemis notes, placing a hand on my shoulder.
Last known location
"These are the coordinates?" Artemis asks.
"Yes, but I can only see a sand bar…" I state, looking down into the Ocean, where a tan line reaches across the otherwise blue expanse.
"No sign of a struggle either…" Zatanna states.
"We should move onward," I order. "Maybe she is on the Island…"
"Wait," Artemis stops. "The Island? Paradise Island? You're taking us there?"
"Unless you have a better idea, then yes," I smirk.
"But don't you need-" Zatanna begins.
"Permission from the Royalty? Yes," I affirm. "Good thing I'm the second-in-line Princess of the Amazons."
I take up the wheel of the Invisible Jet, and speed us up to get to the Island quicker.
"I need you two to look away," I begin. "I can't let you know where it is. Even if you are invited."
"We understand," Artemis states, both her and Zatanna turning away.
I focus my eyes back to the sky, and speed onward to Paradise Island.
'Mom...I need you to be okay…'
"Approaching Paradise," I announce.
They both come out from their seats, and look out the windshield of the Jet.
Their eyes widen, and their jaws drop.
"You live here?" Zatanna asks in awe.
"When I become first-in-line Princess of the Amazon's, then yes," I answer. "But for now, I just live in an apartment in California."
I bring the jet over to the sandbank, and I slowly land it where the waves and high tide won't reach it.
I open the door cautiously.
"Whatever you do, don't shoot anything," I order. "It could be an Amazon, and we don't need anyone to be banished. Clear?"
"Yes," Artemis and Zatanna affirm in unison.
I slowly jump out of the Jet, followed shortly by Artemis and Zatanna.
Right away, I notice that something smells... off… like a perfume made of B.O, and Axe cologne. But the scent is too faint for anyone else to notice, but it's there…
"Addie, is something wrong?" Zatanna asks me, noticing my stare off into the jungle.
"Yes…" I answer. "Follow me, and stay close. Something's not right, and I have a feeling that we are not alone here."
As we begin our trek through the jungle, I can't help but feel as though we are being watched.
I keep my head on a constant swivel. Looking through the dense brush, and ahead into the trail o the main plaza.
We soon come to the first semi-clearing. This is where one would see many Amazonian women bathing, and playing within the safe waters of Themyscira, and yet there is not a single Amazon in sight.
I scowl at the scenery. Something is definitely wrong.
I jump off of the small bridge, and land softly on the sandy bank of the river-pool. I see strange tracks in the sand. There are many of these tracks. They are in pairs, parallel to each other, but they all run different directions. I kneel down to run my hand over them.
'I do not know these tracks… they are not from any animal I have encountered…' I ponder.
"Addie," Artemis whispers. My head pops up as if I were a meerkat. "We have something here."
I jump back over the bridge to see that Zatanna has pulled back the large leaves of a bush to reveal a pile of bullet-deflecting cuffs.
My eyes widen in shock.
"We must make haste to the plaza," I announce. "If something truly has happened here, we will find out if there is no one in the temples."
"Lead the way," Artemis says, readying her bow.
"Follow me, quickly," I order.
I didn't wait for them to reply as I take off down the path, straight to the temples.
Running into the center of the plaza, I'm thrown to the ground by some sort of blue magic.
I was thrown back ten feet, but, given my training, I claw at the cobblestone, and slow myself to a kneeling stop.
"Addie!" Artemis yells.
"I'm fine!" I shout, throwing my hair out of the way so I could see our new opponent.
He is a tall man. Which is the first thing to surprise me. How did he get here? No man has been allowed on Paradise since… well, since Steve Trevor, and the Nazi's.
The man has frosty blue hair, and his eyes are a dark green, but they're bright at the same time. He's wearing a long, black leather trench coat. Popped at the collar, and tied around the waist.
He's wearing long, black pants, and black combat boots, tied up all the way.
"I can't let you pass," He states in one of the deepest voices that I've ever heard.
I lift myself up menacingly. "You dare come and defile the Island of the Amazonians?"
"I dare do what I please," He replies. "But you are not who I was hoping for."
"Well sorry to disappoint," I say, launching myself at him, using my flight to increase my speed.
He simply rolls his eyes, and flicks his hand, sending me back to the ground.
"Addie!" Zatanna yells. "Etativel reh!"
I'm suddenly lifted up off the ground, seconds before an electric blue whip crashes down on the cobblestone where I just was.
I see Artemis begin shooting explosive arrows at the man, but he kept up a shield around himself, making them miss him and explode elsewhere.
"Careful, Archer," He tuts at Artemis. "Wouldn't want to destroy the town now, would we?"
Zatanna releases her hold on me, and I fly up and untie my lasso from my waist.
I begin to twirl it in the air, only to nearly miss an arrow.
"Hey! Watch where you shoot!" I shout at Artemis.
"That wasn't me!" She shouts back, taking aim on the blue haired man.
"How amature to assume that only one person arrived on Paradise…" Another voice begins.
I look around to see another man defiling my island with his presence.
He has dark pink, almost red hair, and dark brown eyes. He wears a black leather jacket with two zippers, and epaulettes with silver buttons on the edges of them. He leaves it open, though. Revealing a very toned, very tan chest. He wears dark black jeans with golden zippers going every which way, paired along with the same combat boots as the first man.
In his arms, there is an electric pink bow and arrow quiver, that I would've made fun of if it didn't look so...cruel.
"Artemis!" I shout. "Take the archer! Zatanna, hold the one-man-blue-man-crew off! I need to find Wonder Woman, and the Amazons!"
"Go!" Artemis shouts, taking aim at the new archer.
I fly off to the temple of Athena, hoping that someone would have taken shelter at her sanctuary.
"Look out above!" I hear yet another male voice say.
I stop for half a second, and am barely skimmed by a black spear coming up from the ground.
It scrapes my arm as it comes back down to it's owner, making me fall to the ground.
"You have to give me some credit," he begins. "I did tell you to look out."
"Another man, defiling the beauty of Themyscira…" I spit, recovering from my fall. "It seems to me like we need to move."
"If it helps any, it wouldn't help," He says. "We found this by tracking Wonder Woman sightings, strange phenomena around the-"
"Doesn't matter that you found us," I say, pushing myself up. "It matters that you dared to step foot on my island, and had the nerve to attack my family."
This man is wearing a black leather jacket with leather tassels hanging from the body of the jacket.
Unlike the previous man, he has a white shirt on underneath his jacket. But like the pink haired man, he wears the same pants, and shoes.
His eyes are a lighter brown, but his hair is a bright, snowy white.
"Just how many more of you are there?" I ask angrily.
Something big hits me in the back, knocking me back over.
"He's the last one," The white haired man smiles.
I snarl, rolling out of the way, and standing myself back up.
This man was sporting some black leather pants, and a black leather and fur vest, with no shirt on underneath, but in his defense… I guess… he also has quite a few large necklaces to cover up.
He had a bowl cut hairstyle, covering his eyes. Off to the side of his dark hair, there lies a single caramel streak.
In his hands he holds a large, white mace.
"I'm starting to notice the boy-band theme here," I joke.
"Boy band?" The bowl-cut guy asks the white haired one. "Hwan, are we in a boy band?"
"I didn't think so…" He- Hwan replies. "But I think we'd be good at it, Seung! Kyung, and Jeong would be alternative rappers, and we could be main vocalists!"
"I think Jeong would be a singer, and Kyung would be the rapper…" Seung ponders. "And what would we make Haneul?"
"Haneul?" I ask hearing the Magicians' name. "You know him?"
"Now you've gone and blown our entire scheme, Seung!" Hwan yells. "Now we have to explain it to her!"
"Do we?" Seung asks.
"It would be polite-" Hwan explains.
'I could totally just back away slowly, and go find my family…' I note as the two fight.
'Yeah. Yeah, I'm going to just be going…' I use my power of flight to slowly float back into the Temple of Athena.
"Those two are just…" I sigh.
I look up at the towering statue of Athena. At her feet there are bowls of fruit, and other sacrifices given to the Goddess of Wisdom.
I pick up a grape and examine it.
It's still cold, and ripe. So they haven't been out long.
Someone must've come to pray to the Goddess for the wisdom to beat these men off of the island.
If this is so, then maybe there are a few women that these other magicians' missed.
I have to go find them… but where?
And how do I deal with the Magicians'?
"And what does Haneul have to do with this?" I ask out loud.
"A good question," I hear Seung reply. "But sadly, we've decided not to tell you. You did run away after all."
'I can't fight them in here,' I conclude. 'And I can't fight them with only my cuffs and lasso. I'm not that good… but if I can find a sword, or dagger…'
"You think we should take her back to Kyung?" Seung asks Hwan.
"He's busy with Jeong dealing with her friends…" Hwan states. "We could take her to the other Amazons…"
"So she could plan an escape with them?" Seung points out. "We should fight her, then bring her to Kyung. That way, she'll be dealt with, and he and Jeong can deal with her friends in peace."
"You keep referring to me as that," I begin, spotting a sacrificial dagger. "'Her'. Why is that? I assume you know my name. Or am I overestimating your collective intelligence?"
They give me questioning glances.
"It seems as though I am overestimating you," I state. "I am Wonderbat. The genetic combination of Wonder Woman and Batman. Princess of the Amazons, and the Knight of Gotham. You know what that makes me?"
I slowly move to the dagger.
"Not one idea?" I ask. "It makes me a Princess. And you're in my Castle. Uninvited. I'd ask you to leave nicely, but…"
I throw the bowl of grapes at them as a distraction.
"You've made me angry!" I finish, using the dagger to attack them.
I go after Hwan first. He seems like he'd be the most dangerous. More… in control that Seung.
I go for his arm first. If I incapacitate it, then he won't be able to throw the spear, and make an easy opponent.
If not for Seung, I probably would've done it, too. But alas, the white mace-man comes up on my 5 o'clock, in attempt to get me off of Hwan.
I have just enough time to anticipate this, and leap off of Hwan seconds before Seung hits him with his white mace.
It made a very amusing sound. Like a 'Thwack' and a 'Crack', and a 'Pop' all at once.
"Seung! You idiot!" Hwan shouts, holding his tender jaw.
"Would you prefer I left her there?" Seung asks.
I begin to fly out of the temple at m top speed.
"She's getting away!" Seung shouts.
"She's mine now…"Hwan says.
I can't see what he's doing, but I can assume that he's winding up to throw the spear at me again.
I burst out of the large doors, just as the black spear grazes my already wounded arm.
'That thing comes back!' I remind myself. I duck, and roll through the air, letting it pass me as I fly off to find Artemis and Zatanna.
Wasn't that hard. I just needed to follow the sound of explosions.
Soon enough, I see the two still battling Kyung, and Jeong (which one is which, is a mystery to me.)
"Artemis! Zatanna!" I order, seeing Artemis resort to her crossbow as she runs out of arrows for her bow. "Two more hostiles! All powered! Retreat, and reform!"
"W.B! Where?" Zatanna asks.
"No time!" I explain shortly. "Scatter!"
Not my best call, but if we are to defeat these men, and relieve them of their place on Paradise Island, we need to be alive.
I see Artemis and Zatanna disappear into the dense brush of the island, Zatanna reciting a spell, and Artemis jumping onto vines and branches.
Meanwhile, I hear the blue haired man yell to the other:
"Find them. Now!"
I take off into the depths of the jungle. I run, jump, fly, and hurtle over and under branches, hoping to lose whoever might have been on my tail.
I duck behind a few large boulders just next to the waterfall.
Waiting for someone to show themselves, I wait behind the large rock formations.
This is my home turf. I know this Island like the back of my hand. If they want to try their chances, I'll let them. But they better be prepared.
When no one comes along for a few minutes, I begin to make a call.
Hanuel had shown me how to call his staff earlier in our 'friendship' in case I needed help.
I needed to draw a symbol somewhere, and recite a small incantation. No powers of the supernatural needed.
The symbol is quite simple: A line, in a triangle, in a circle, in a square, in a star.
"Audite vocem meam, Haneul!" I chant.
The symbol turns a bright red, and it turns clockwise, then counterclockwise.
"Who is this?" The metallic voice of Haneul asks.
"Who else did you tell about the staff-connection?" I ask sarcastically.
"Wonderbat?" He asks. "You are still on Paradise Island, are you not?"
"Yes, I am," I answer.
"Then why-"
"I need answers. Now," I begin. "Jeong, Seung, Hwan, and Kyung. Those names mean anything to you?"
"If my first language isn't too rusty, they mean: Silent, Victorious, Bright, and Respected," He sasses.
I narrow my eyes.
"They're names. Do you know them?" I ask.
"Don't believe so," He answers. "Why?"
"Four guys here. All magicians, and they keep mentioning your name," I report.
"I don't recognize the names…" I answers again.
"Well… we're past that now," I sigh. "How do I incapacitate them?"
"You can't," He says. "But, you can drive them away. All you need is Iron. Iron is the only thing that can wound creatures of magic."
"Right," I nod, trying to think of something that might work.
'Iron? We might not have any of that on Paradi-WAIT!' I think, gaining an idea.
"Would a bell work?" I ask with a newfound excitement. "We have these...church bells of sorts. If I were to ring it, would it hurt?"
"See, you do have a brain past all of that hair," He teases.
"So it'll work?" I ask, disregarding his comment.
"If you can get to it, yes," He confirms. "But be careful. If there are four magicians on the Island, that means that they're there for something. And whatever it is, it's enough to make four magicians to come together to obtain it."
"I'll be careful," I promise. "And you better come back alive too. You hear me?"
"Loud and clear, Princess," He smirks. I can't see him, but I assume he's always smirking.
The transmission ends just as I hear a rustle in the jungle behind me.
My head snaps around and I duck even further behind the boulders.
I take the dagger out from my belt, and I get ready to pounce.
I hear their breath, and their steps as they near my hiding spot.
'Three… two…' I count down as they get closer.
'One more step…' I think.
I hear them take that final step, and I pounce.
I tackle them by coming from behind them, grabbing their shoulders, throwing my body weight over , and bringing the person down with me on the ground.
I bring my dagger to their neck, and throw them on the edge of the waterfall, holding them in place.
"Addie!" Zatanna yells. "Addie, it's me!"
"Zatanna!" I shout in surprise. I back off, and help her up. "Sorry. I'm on edge…"
"It's fine," She assures. "I would be too."
"So, do you know where Artemis is?" I ask.
"I haven't seen her, but I can see if I can find her?" She suggests.
"I'm not sure your location magic will work on Paradise Island," I say. "This is no regular island. It plays with magic, and makes compasses go haywire."
"Alright. So then we need to find her?" She asks.
"Yes… Or perhaps she will find us," I state. "Did you gather any information on the Magicians while you fought them?"
"Well… they're much more powerful that Klarion," The reports. "I don't think Wonder Woman and the Amazons are missing, either."
"Elaborate?" I ask.
"Klarion had to use himself, and about five other sorcerers to take this world, and split it into two dimensions. I think whoever these guys are, they're more powerful because they did that spell to Paradise Island. And only here. And they have the juice to stay out of the incantation, and fight with their magic, and they're still powerful." She reports. "I don't know if we can beat these guys without some serious juice."
"But they were saying that they'd put me with the others?" I ask.
"If they didn't want you to know, they were probably bluffing," She reasons.
"I contacted Haneul," I begin. "He says that Magicians are creatures of magic. And all creatures of magic have a similar weakness-"
"Iron!" Zatanna interrupts. "Do you have any iron here?"
"It's a church-bell… of sorts…" I explain. "It's in the Temple of Hera, but from what I saw, they might be guarding it. So far, it looks like my plan is to ring it, and hope that it hurts them enough that they leave."
"But, how will we get everyone back?" She asks. "If they leave, the spell won't break…"
"... What other choice to we have?" I ask softly. "If we let them stay here, they would defile the beauty of Paradise… And my grandmother wouldn't allow such a thing."
"But I think she'd also like to see you again," Zatanna says, placing a hand on my shoulder, as I place my palm on the trunk of a tree.
"This is a tough decision to make…" I sigh.
"I know… It's never going to be easy…" She says.
'I suppose she knows all about it too… her father had to make the decision…' I think to myself.
"We need to get to the Temple," I decide. "We'll figure out a plan, but we need a back-up."
"Alright," Zatanna agrees. "Lead the way."
"Don't move!" A hard voice orders from beside me. "Addie? Zatanna!"
"Artemis!" Zatanna shouts. "There isn't really time to explain, but we need to get to the Temple of Hera."
"The one with the olives?" Artemis asks, putting down her crossbow.
"No, that would be the Temple of Athena," I correct. "Hera's temple is in the middle. The largest, grandest Temple on this Island."
"With the bell right?" Artemis asks.
"Yes. The one with the bell," I sigh. "It's made of Iron. One of the things that can harm creatures of magic."
"Well, maybe this can be of some use," She says, pulling out a metal wire roll.
"What is this?" I ask.
"It's an aluminum-iron alloyed metal wire," She explains. "G.A uses it when he needs to zip-line around. He gave me one for emergencies. This definitely counts as one of those."
"I could kiss you," I smile. "But Wally would get jealous, so I'm not going to."
"Wait… Now, I have a plan!" Zatanna exclaims.
"I'm ready for it," I smile.
"Where are you little Princess?" I hear Hwan coo as he searches for me around the Temple.
"Not telling…" I mock from the shadows.
'Just need to keep him busy until the signal…' I recall.
"Should I tell Kyung that you're not being nice?" He threatens.
"Now… which one would he be?" I ask from a different spot in the tree. "Smurfette, or the Secret Powerpuff Girl?"
"I won't tell him that you called him 'Smurfette," He laughs. "But we did tell him that Frosty blue would make him seem a bit… cartoonish."
I hear a series of pops in the distance.
"Sorry, Frosty," I apologize. "I have somewhere to be."
I jump down from the branch I've been perching on, swing around on his black spear, and bring him to the ground as I land upright.
I smirk, then take off towards the bell tower.
'Make it as obvious as possible…' I remember.
"You know me too well!" Hwan shouts. "I love the chase…"
'Because that wasn't pervy…' I think as I run.
I can't fly, otherwise he'd lose my tail, and with our new plan, we can't have that.
I make it seem like I'm trying to lose him, but I know what's going on.
I slow to a jog as I approach the Temple plaza. I hear Artemis and Zatanna fighting Jeong, Kyung, and Seung.
Trying to get them to line up.
I burst through the brush, and surprise Jeong by lasso-ing his bow away from him, and when he leans down to chase after it, I knee him in the jaw as I run into the center of the plaza.
I look back, and I see Hwan trip over Jeong as he too emerges from the brush.
Artemis distracts Kyung, by launching exploding darts at him, pushing him back.
Zatanna recites incantations, lifting, and dropping Seung, lining him up with the other three.
We pause, and they all regain their stances.
"We are going to ask this once," I begin. "Reverse the spell on Paradise Island, and leave for good."
"But you have something here…" Kyung responds. "And we can't get it with these Amazonian Women around…"
"Alright," I respond. "Zatanna, if you please?"
"Eit meht pu htiw eht piz-enil!" She recites.
Seconds later, all of the magicians were upside-down, hanging by their feet.
I see them attempting to use their magic to get down, but it doesn't work.
"Aluminum-Iron alloyed zip-line wire," I explain. "Compliments of Green Arrow, and our very own, Artemis."
"You think this can hold us?" Jeong asks. "It's alloyed! We can still use our powers."
"Oh, I am very much aware of that," I smirk. "But you see that? That bell is made of Pure Iron. You decide to not cooperate, I ring it, and your ears start bleeding, and you die of blood loss."
"In short," Artemis interjects. "We can do this the hard way, or the Amazonian way. I would have said the easy way, but you already gave that one up after we asked nicely."
"So, reverse the spell, or face the consequences," I give them an ultimatum.
They give each other questioning looks, and Jeong shrugs.
"Fine," Kyong agrees.
He begins a spell in a deep voice, and in a foreign language.
All around us, the figures of Amazons begin to fade in. Some are running around in battle armor, and some are praying for wisdom, and guidance.
I spot Mom talking to Grandmother in front of the Temple of Hera.
Wonder Woman spots us, the Magicians' included.
"Mom!" I shout, flying up to the top if the Temple to embrace her in a bear hug. "I thought I 'd never see any of you…"
My grandmother breaks me and Diana apart, so she could embrace me in her own hug.
"You will see us until you tire of us, my little love," She smiles.
"Mother," I address pulling us apart. "Artemis, and Zatanna assisted my quest in a tremendous way, going up against these creatures of magic."
"I see…" My Grandmother frowns at the men. "They will be rewarded in time. But for now, these creatures of magic are men. And they defile the greatest beauty on this planet with their presence on Themyscira. They should be eliminated."
"Perhaps this is too rash of a decision?" I question.
"Explain," She orders.
"Well… in the World of the Man, there is something I have learned that has become a most prominent factor in my morality. Robin, who I consider as my brother, one said to me: A life is a life. No matter how vile. We are not meant to be executioners. Destroyers. I say, we let fate take over," I try to reason.
"Are you suggesting that we do not punish them?" She asks.
"No! They have done terrible deeds while on this island," I agree. "But, I may have a better idea…"
"I have got to say, Addie," Zatanna begins. "I like this much better."
We all decided to tie up the magicians to the outside of the invisible jet, and drag them around through the ocean.
But just before we tied them up, Artemis, and Zatanna were rewarded by the Queen, and Princesses of Paradise Island, with an unexpirable welcome back to Themyscira. They recieved Golden half crowns as 'thanks' and were also given the location of Paradise Island.
What? If they're welcome back, might as well tell them where the exact coordinates are.
"Have they had enough yet, Artemis?" I ask as she monitors the men through the roof of the jet.
"Eh… One more, and I say we cut ties," She smirks.
"Going down!" I announce, as I dive the belly of the jet into the ocean, and Artemis slices the wire.
"I have to admit," Zatanna begins again. "As almost sadistic as that was, it was pretty funny."
Heys! I know I've been out for a long time! School officially ended last week, I'm moving (but not far), and I've been so super tired. But I got a chapter done for you lot! Over 5,000 words! The second longest chapter!
Firecracker: I did not in fact have fun. Just so you know. Lol
Luna Star Phantom: Draw those pictures, girl.
.L: When ever I see another chance, I'll try and put in a little Addie/Dick fluff. I love the dialouge, and the older brother role that Dick has a chance to practice before Jason, Tim, and Damien become the 'Robin's'.
Anime hotty lover.18: The gap has indeed gotten bigger... Will he resist the Dark Side? Or will His love for her drive him to insanity? All shall be revealed...
Brandon 1289: If there happens to be some sort of space creature that looks like a dragon in the D.C.U, then the creation of Sko is purely coincidental. But if not, Sko is an OC of sorts. I created him when I rewatched X-Men and said 'What if Mystique had a dragon?' And out came Sko. So, yes, Sko is an OC, but if he resembles a DC character, then it is purely a coinci-dink.
That's all for right now!
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I want to know what you guys think of Hanuel? Do you like him enough for a chapter in his P.O.V? Or would you rather keep him all strange, and mysterious? And any Fan-theories on the connection between Hanuel and the 4 Magicians? Comment below, and let me know!
-Gargoyle77 Out-ie 5,000!
