Flames of Anger
Disclaimer: All familiar characters belong to DC or Marvel. I own Farrah/Persiana and Selene.
Chapter 11: Rescue Part 1
Surtur attacked with his fire demons at the heroes. Wonder Girl ensnared one with her lasso and spun it around, barreling it into its fellow demons. Ice zapped one with a blast of cold ice, encasing it in a frozen glacier. That lasted for about five seconds, as the demon melted the ice and threw a fireball at Tora.
At the last minute, Sif deflected the fireball with her sword, glaring,
"Foul monster! Taste my steel!"
She cleaved the demon in half and it incinerated immediately.
Guy Gardner, Blue Beetle, Selene, and Booster Gold were fending off the swarm, as well as combating the rock trolls. Tigra jumped over one fire demon and watched it smash another. However, as the tigress landed, another fire demon jumped her. For a moment, Greer froze, her fear of fire taking hold over her.
Beetle saw what was happening and fired his BB gun, which blinded the demon and forced him into a pillar. The feline heroine kissed Ted on the cheek,
"My hero."
Volstagg, Hogun, and Fandal roared in, hacking and slicing everything that came at them. Volstagg hefted his mighty battle axe and cleaved a fire demon right down the middle. He bellowed,
"WARRIORS THREE, FOR ASGARD!"
Dr. Fate began chanting a spell,
"Flames of darkness and destruction, extinguish. So says Fate!"
A mystical blue aura surrounded the magician, and a blue blast shot from his hands, banishing several more fire demons.
Diana deflected several fireballs with her bracelets and, grabbing one of the fire demons, slammed him into a pillar. She then heard Hyppolyta's voice cry out,
"Diana!"
The older Amazon princess shot her head in the direction she heard the voice come from, and bolted.
Surtur hissed,
"You foolish mortals will perish with your Asgard allies, and the fire demons shall rule for eternity!"
Thor raised his hammer,
"You shall fail, Surtur. We shall defeat you!"
The god of thunder bellowed,
"LIGHTNING, UNLEASH YOUR FURY!"
A bolt of lightning shattered the ceiling, and shocked Surtur. However, the lord of the fire demons shrugged it off and glared,
"Pitiful, Thor. Truly pitiful."
He pressed his hands together and launched an impressive fireball at the Norse warrior. Thor took the impact and went sailing through a wall and into another room.
Sif snarled,
"No one beats up my husband but me!"
She charged in, slicing three demons in her path. The warrior goddess jumped and slammed her sword right through Surtur's hand. The fire demon yelled in pain, and sulfur acid bled from his skin. However, Surtur was far from defeated. He pulled out a sword and slammed it near Sif. Sif rolled out of the way, which was the opening Mary Marvel went for. Flying at full super-speed, she slammed Surtur with an uppercut and a right hook. Surtur stumbled back, and Guy Gardner launched an emerald green beam from his ring.
The fire demon was down, but was far from out. Dr. Fate began casting another spell,
"Stall for time. I have an idea."
Surtur roared,
"None shall defy Surtur and live!"
Selene smirked,
"Wouldn't bet on that."
She looked to Donna,
"I have an idea, sister. Tie your lasso around my sword."
Wonder Girl blinked for a minute before nodding. Selene had a plan.
The sword was tied to the lasso, and, using all her strength, Donna threw the sword at Surtur. It went into his chest, and the fire god was writhing in agony. The younger Amazon princess then began to dig in, her feet embedded into the floor and trying to bring the giant down. She shouted,
"Hera, give me strength!"
Surtur could feel himself fall again, but fought with everything he had,
"Foolish girl. I will burn the flesh from your bones!"
Dr. Fate smirked,
"By the hand of Fate, I banish you!"
A mystical white aura appeared around the magician and he pointed to the fire god. Surtur was enveloped in a white aura and he proceeded to disappear from view. Surtur roared,
"I shall make all of you pay for this! One day, Surtur will rise again!"
He then disappeared fully from view.
Meanwhile…
Diana was running through the halls, trying to find her mother. Hyppolyta's voice continued to ring out,
"Diana! Where are you?"
The older Amazon princess frantically looked around. The sound seemed to be coming all around her. It confused and infuriated the Amazon that she could not find whom she was looking for.
She spied a door and charged through it without thinking. There, she saw what she thought was Hyppolyta. The princess rushed to her,
"Mother, I'm here now. Let me get you out."
She went to touch her, but her hand haplessly went through Hyppolyta.
It was an illusion.
Just then, a manifestation of Loki appeared, cackling evilly,
"You fell for such a pathetic trick, mortal."
Diana glared murderously at the trickery deity,
"When I get my hands on you, Loki, I'll do things to you that I would never do to anyone else, not even Hercules."
Loki shrugged,
"Well, then. Come and get me."
She disappeared from view. Diana bolted out of the room and continued her search. She prayed to Hera that she would get there in time.
Next Chapter:
Loki has one more trick up her sleeve. Or his. Whatever. Find out what it is, next time!