REIGN
By FAH3
"You have to pardon the mess. I just finished a few prototypes not too long ago." Wade said as the lights to the massive lab/workshop came to life.
As Dr. Irons followed on his crutches, he couldn't help but marvel at what he saw. The lab was immense. It was almost four, maybe five, times larger than the lab he had to work with when he first made the prototype armor. Every machine he would ever need to make the prototype were spaced out all over the lab. With all this equipment, he could probably make several prototypes. What was Dr. Load making in here anyway?
"Is it enough?" Wade asked him.
"Enough? It's more than enough!" Irons said with a pleasant smile on his face. "This place is incredible. You could build just about anything in here, Dr. Load. Maybe even the batmobile."
"Or several." Wade whispered to himself as he brought the computers to life. "If you need anything, just let me know and I'll be able to get it. This lab is secluded enough so that no one will be able to hear the machinery." Wade said.
"Dr. Load, I just have to ask. Why do you want to recreate the prototype? It was a failure." Dr. Irons said.
"Dr. Irons, have you ever heard of Kim Possible?" Wade asked him.
"Of course. She's a reporter for the Daily Planet. I read her column."
"But did you ever hear of her before she became a reporter?"
"Well . . . not really. I remember there was a young woman that used to help people around the world. I think her name might have been Kimberly."
"That was Kim. You see, I was always her tech guy. I created her gadgets, ran her web site, all those things. But, I always felt like I wasn't doing enough. I knew that I was helping make difference, being behind a computer just isn't the same thing." Wade told him. Wade saw that Dr. Irons face was neutral for a few moments before it broke out into a wide grin.
"I'm glad you said that, Dr. Load." Dr. Irons said.
"If you had said anything else, I would have stopped this project right here and now." He said as he tried his best to walk toward a computer terminal. "Out of curiosity, do you know your measurements?" Irons asked him.
"Yeah, I do. Why do you ask?"
"Because it's going to be six weeks before I can walk without these crutches. And if we get this thing up and running before then, someone's going to have to wear it." He said with a smile.
"Say what?" Wade asked him.
STAR Labs
STAR Labs was one of the leading research laboratories in Metropolis that dealt with several fields of science. From inventions all the way down to genetic research, only the scientists of Lex Corp and Cadmus Labs rivaled the developments they had made. After Superwoman's fight with the monster known as Doomsday, the Mayor had given STAR Labs claim to the creature's remains. Ever since then, they had been studying the creature's corpse in any attempt to try and figure out where the creature may have come from. They were also trying to discover why the creature was so impervious. However, many of their investigations had hit dead ends. It seemed that even x-rays weren't even strong enough to examine what lies beneath the creature's thick skin. It was also the reason the head of STAR Labs, Dr. David Connor, was storming down the halls that lead to the heavily fortified floors of the building as his temper boiled. Each footstep sounded more like a steel gauntlet pounding on an iron door.
After swiping his card through several secured locks, four finger print scanners and two retinal scans; Dr. Connor entered the secured laboratory like a steroid fueled bull in the world's largest china shop.
"You better have a damn good reason why the specimen isn't chained to that table, Dr. Brenan!"
"Dr. Connor! What are you,"
"I just received notice that Cadmus came in here and took Doomsday from us. WHY DIDN'T YOU STOP THEM?!" he asked the young brunette doctor.
"I couldn't, sir. They were authorized."
"Authorized? That's impossible. We were the ones assigned to study Doomsday!"
"But our tests weren't leading us anywhere, sir. Everything we've done has been a dead end. Cadmus used that to convince the President to let them try, and he signed Doomsday over to them. I saw the paperwork myself." She said to him.
"I don't believe this." He said as he raked a hand through his thinning hair.
"I don't like it any better than you so, but it's – it's – oh my God." She said as the door to the lab opened and a strange figure joined them. Ass soon as Dr. Brenan saw the new arrival's face, she felt like she wanted to scream.
"What is it?" her boss asked and noticed that she was looking past him. As he turned to see what was wrong, he let out a loud gasp as he felt every nerve in his body flood with intense fear.
"Tell me where he is." the figure asked in a voice that sounded like a woman's but also digital. "Doomsday. Where is he?"
The Watchtower
We have these images of the first two posers. So far, we don't have any images of the third." Flash said as the original members of the League met in the briefing room. All of them weren't happy about the appearance of these Superwomen imposters, and wanted to make sure Kim's legacy was preserved and not cheapened.
"What about the young one? The one that claims to be a clone?" J'onn asked.
"GJ received word from Jim Harper, and he's confirmed it. It turns out Westfield ordered the clone's creation behind everyone's back. She's the real deal." Green Lantern Will Du said to them.
"I still can't believe this. How can they get away with that?" Shayera asked.
"They can't. Wesfield is sitting in a Federal prison right now for the theft of her body, and the clone. They don't know what they're going to charge him with." Lantern said.
"And the clone?" Shayera asked.
"There's nothing they can do. She's a living person like everyone else." J'onn said.
"What about the one with the dark hair and visor?" Flash asked.
"We have nothing on her, yet. So far, she's the most violent of the three." J'onn said.
"According to the reports from in and around Metropolis, she's used excessive force. She burned a car jacker with some sort of energy blast. With two drug runners, she broke their legs and gave them a concussion. She broke a bank robber's arms so badly that the bones were nearly crushed. And she killed a rapist." GL said.
"Wait a moment. She killed someone?" Diana asked.
"She threw him through a wall, but he died at the hospital. Their doing an autopsy to determine a cause of death. All the reports about the third Superwoman say she was a cyborg." J'onn said.
"But Earth doesn't have that ability yet. The closest thing to a cyborg is Metallo." Shayera said.
"So our main focus should be on the one with the visor and this so called cyborg." Flash said as he glanced around the table. As he did so, he noticed Diana kept scowling at the display monitor. There were only a few times he saw the Amazon Princess pissed, and the end result was never pretty. "You okay, Wonder Woman?" Flash asked her.
"This visored woman is nothing like Kara." She said.
"Neither are the other two, Dina. The kid is helping everyone for all the press coverage."
"But Kara would not purposely hurt anyone like that woman has. It's an insult to Kara's memory with that woman claiming her name and her symbol." She said.
"We agree, Diana. For now, we need to monitor the crimes in Metropolis more closely. If this visored woman is spotted, we need to apprehend her at once." J'onn said.
"I'll keep an eye out for her." Diana said to herself as she glared at the image. No one ever insulted a warrior like Kim. Not while Diana was still around.
"CODE RED! REPEAT, CODE RED! WE HAVE A BOGEY ON A DIRECT COURSE FOR CADMUS HQ!" Jim Harper shouted through out the complex as the scrutiny officers scattered to their designated positions. Alarms were blaring through out the base as Harper entered the main command center of Cadmus. On the main screen, a radar image was showing the incoming bogey and showed that it was coming at them with the speed of a fighter jet. Maybe even faster. "Any change in course?"
"No, sir. Bogey is still heading straight for our position and it's not stopping, sir."
"Can you identify it?"
"Sensors are reading it as a humanoid, sir."
"Is it the kid?"
"No, sir. Mass is completely different from the kid. Bogey is unknown."
"Scramble the Sky Sentinels at once. Maybe they can shoot this thing down. Or buy us some time." He said as he looked at various other screens that were tracking what they were temporarily calling a UFO.
"Sir?"
"What is it, soldier?"
"We just intercepted a call from STAR Labs to the Metropolis PD. Someone just stormed through there demanding for the Doomsday creature."
"Son of a bitch. Whatever this thing is, it's coming for him. I WANT CADMUS ON FULL LCOK DOWN! ALL PERIMETER DEFENCES ARE TO BE ACTIVATED NOW!" Harper shouted as he grabbed a near by headset. "Sentinels, this is Harper. Tell me you've got a visual."
"We have a radar lock and we're activating night vision now, sir. I see the bogey now, sir!"
"Damn, that thing is coming fast. Permission to arm weapons, sir?"
"Permission granted, maximum fire power. Whatever it is, that sucker is coming for the Doomsday creature's corpse. Don't let that thing get anywhere near here!" Harper ordered.
"Affirmative, sir. Lock and load men!"
"Wait a minute. Sir, I have a clear visual on it."
"Then open fire, damn it!"
"Sir, I swear that it's"
There was a noise so loud and intense that it made Harper throw the headset off and cover his ears as others winced from the noise. After a few seconds, Harper put the headset back on and tried to re-establish contact with the sentinels.
"Sentinels, this is Harper. Do you read me? Sentinels, come in!" he asked, but received only static. "Will someone tell me what's happened?!" Harper shouted.
"I've got them, sir. Whatever it was, it sent them into a free fall. But they're okay. They've re-established a stable flight path." One tech said.
"And the bogey?"
"It's still coming, sir."
"Shit. What's its ETA?"
"One minute, sir."
"At least we'll have home court advantage." Harper said as he activated the comm system. "This is Director Harper to all non-military personnel. The Sky Sentinels have failed and the bogey is in the zoom way. All civilian and non-military staff are to report to a secured area and remain confined in there until further notice. All military and security forces are to report to battle positions, and weapons ready. Switch visors to infra-red. We're running silent." Harper said as all the lights in the facility shut off. Harper quickly moved to another location that had the infra sensors activated so he could see what the hell was going on.
"This thing is going to have to be a bat to get past our security teams." Harper said as he kept his eyes locked.
"Bogey is in the complex, sir. It's not much, but we have a visual."
"Bring it up. I want some idea of what the hell we're dealing with." Harper said as the tech in front of him called up the data. "What the hell?"
The image in front of him showed a slim human like figure. Judging from the way it looked, perhaps it was a female. It looked to be wearing a cape, but several places one the intruder's body were barley giving off any kind of a heat signature. Like it was – artificial.
"We've spotted the intruder! We're engaging the target."
"The weapons have no affect!"
"WHERE IS DOOMSDAY?!"
"Oh no! It can see us! It can – AAGGHH!"
"Intruder is approaching zone two! Open fire! Open – AAARRGGHH!"
"GIVE ME WHAT I WANT, AND I'LL LEAVE!"
"Our forces aren't even slowing it down, sir! It can see them in the dark!"
"Fire all disrupters at full power. I want this thing blown apart! Tell all the men stay down on the floor. We're in a kill zone now." Harper said shouted.
The visual they were watching turned white as all the facility weapons aimed and opened fire on the intruder. They couldn't make heads or tales of anything that was happening, or if the intruder was still standing. Not even the other sensors could tell them anything as most of the power was being drawn to the weapons.
"You're wasting your time. Your weapons can not hurt me. Give me Doomsday!" The intruder said.
"That's it, I've had it! Stop the weapons and turn the lights on. I want to know what the hell we're dealing with!" Harper ordered.
"There's no way you're going to stop me. I've come for Doomsday."
The lights were soon restored in the command center, and through the rest of the complex. As the monitor switched to the normal security cameras, Harper saw something that shook him down to his very core. "Sweet Jesus, Mary, and Joseph! It – can't – be." he said as he began to cross himself. Something he hadn't done in several years.
"Give him to me, NOW!"
"In the wake of the second theft of the late heroine's body, several reports of rescues preformed by super beings who have claimed to be the late Superwoman have been coming all over and around Metropolis. Ever since the theft of the body and the reported sightings, more and more Superwoman cultists have been flooding the sight of Superwoman's tomb. The cultists believe that Superwoman is the second coming of the messiah, and that her theft is actually a resurrection for her to continue her battle against the forces of evil.
Last weekend, Daily Planet investigative reporter, Lois Lane, revealed that one of the beings claiming to be Superwoman is actually a clone that was created by Project Cadmus. Project Cadmus, a government research lab that was responsible for the first theft of Superwoman's body, was questioned about the supposed clone's origins. Acting Cadmus director, Jim Harper, has chosen not to comment at this time."
"I can't believe this!" Anne said as she turned off the TV and dropped the remote on the coffee table. She rubbed her temples to try and make the small headache she was suffering from go away. But the smell of old coffee and alcohol wasn't helping. She had decided to come to work again so she could try and deal with the loss of her daughter, but everything on the news was driving her nuts! Kim's body gone, and these – these pretenders?! And now she finds out that they cloned her! How dare they!
"Mom?"
"Tim? I thought you and your brother were at work?" Anne said one of her twin boys entered the employee lounge.
"Jim's still at work. When I watched the news earlier, I thought you might want to talk." Tim said to her as took a seat next to her.
"Right now, I just wish I was drinking woman." Anne said to herself as she laid her head on her folded arms.
"You don't mean that." Tim said.
"I need something to help me deal with all this non-sense."
"I guess you already saw the Planet, then?"
"And Fox news, CNN, and every damn station that exits." Anne said as she gritted her teeth. "How could they do that? How could they clone her?" she asked as she looked at her son.
"I don't know, mom. Frankly, it turns my stomach just thinking about it." Tim said. When it came to the realm of cloning, he didn't know what to think of it. The idea of creating a duplicate human being sometimes sent shivers down his back. Genetically speaking, it was the same person, but it would be a completely different person no matter what. So just because this kid was a clone of his sister, didn't mean that she was. She never grew up with him, she didn't go to high school or meet Ron. She just – wasn't Kim. "Out of curiosity, where's Kal?"
"Oh. He's still at the fortress." She told him.
"He's still there?"
"Yes. When I e-mailed him, I asked when he was coming home. He said he was working on a project and didn't know when he'd be home." Anne said as she took a deep breath. "God, I miss that boy."
"I don't blame him for staying there."
"You don't?"
"No. Look at it his way, mom. He's on a planet that looks more like he's been thrown who knows how far into his planet's past. He didn't grow up here like Kim. To him, he must be among cavemen. And Kim was the only one left of their kind. With her gone, he probably feels alone."
"I tried to tell him he wasn't." Anne said.
"I know you did, mom. But being told that and actually knowing it are two different things. He'll come back when he's ready." He said.
"I hope you're right." Anne said as she took another deep breath. "I'm going to head to the roof for a minute to help clear my head. You can go ahead and go home. When I get off work, I'll get us some take out."
"Are you sure?"
"I'll be fine, Tim. You don't have to worry about your old mother." Anne said to him.
"All right. But call if you need anything. Okay?" Tim asked as he stood and began to leave.
"I will, Tim." She said as he left the room. "Maybe fresh air will clear my head.
The view from the roof was actually quite beautiful. When Kim was younger and Anne brought her to work with her, she would take Kim up here to see almost all of Middleton from here. When they had helicopters dropping off emergency patients, you didn't really have a lot of time to just stand and look. But every so often, this was a wonderful place to take a break. Of course, every now and then, she caught a few RN's and doctors up here practicing their bedroom technique. Of course she wasn't one to say. Her and James would have a quick get together up here themselves. So much had changed in these past months. Several months ago, she would have given anything to have her daughter back. Or to just see her face one more time. As she took one more deep breath to make herself go inside, she thought she heard some kind of thump behind her.
"Mrs. – Possible?" a strange voice asked behind her.
It sounded like a woman, but there was something different in it. Almost synthetic? Maybe even digital, like a keyboard. As she turned around, a loud gasp of shock escaped her mouth as her heart increased to a ferocious speed. She was face to face with a strange – thing. It looked mostly human, but it wasn't. From the creature's mid thighs downward were two sleek metal legs that looked more like sculptures made by a master artist. Both were so polished that they held a perfect reflection of the environment around it. At its chest, the right arm and part of the creature's torso was also the same as the legs. A strange robotic arm that was smooth, sleek, and had a reflective high polish. And through a mane of red hair that was blowing in the wind, Anne could see that the left eye, the side of its head, and part of its jaw was also the same. Where they eye would sit was a glowing high polished red lens that almost looked like ruby quartz. As Anne took the sight in, she also noticed something else. She was wearing a blue uniform and a red cape, similar to the uniform that Kim used to wear. Right down the symbol of the House of El on her chest. As the creature brushed the hair back with her robotic limb, Anne gasped again as she saw the face of her daughter!
"You are Mrs. Possible? Someone – who was very important to me." it asked again.
"Who – what? How can?" she asked as both gazed at each other.
"I know I'm different. Perhaps – unpleasant to look at. But I am Kara Jor-El."
"You can't be." Anne said as she looked at the being in front of her. "You look so . . . . I mean . . . does it hurt?"
"No. I really don't feel any pain." The creature said.
"This is impossible." Anne said as she tried to control her anxiety.
"Anything is possible – for a Possible. Is that right? I'm so – unsure of so much." The creature said as it glanced to the right, like it was deep in thought and worry. Only her family and Ron knew that old saying. Could this be Anne's little girl?
"If you're really – how did you come back? How can you be part - - machine?" she asked the cyborg.
"I can't remember." The cyborg said as it looked sad; almost depressed. "So much of my past is a haze to me. My memories are all so scattered."
That's when the rational part of Anne's mind came back online. If this thing was going to try and pass itself off as her daughter, it had another thing coming. "That's a little convenient, isn't it?" Anne said as she narrowed her eyes. You know, anyone can put on a blue costume and say they're Superwoman. If you're really her, you're going to have to prove it. Tell me something that only she would know."
"Everything is so random. Voices and places that last for only seconds. I try so hard to remember. But I think – there was a high school. A young blonde boy with freckles. He had a pet, some sort of naked – rat?" it said.
"Ron and Rufus!" Anne thought to herself, but didn't let herself hope. She would need more than that.
"But I remember a man – dying. He was so important to me. It felt like I failed him. He was very important to both of us. The name begins with a J. James, I think."
"James! Her father! Can it really be you?" Anne thought as she felt her throat close in on itself.
"It's frustrating! I've been through so much, and it feels like I'm not the way I should be! I want to remember! I want to know who I was!" the cyborg said as the human side of her face filled with despair, and tears began to fall from the one normal eye. Anne wanted to believe it was her daughter, that she had her baby back. But after living with a scientist for so long, a part of her self demanded more concrete proof. And she knew of one way to find out if this was her daughter or someone else's twisted experiment.
"I might be able to help. There's someone that used to work with Superwoman in the past. If anyone can verify that you're her, it's going to be Professor Hamilton." She said.
Kal walked softly as he could to the bedroom of the fortress and looked inside. Galatea was still asleep in the bedroom with the windows closed and the lights off. There was enough light from the rest of the fortress filtering through the opening to allow him to see her nude body under the sheets of the bed. He had been trying to comfort her as much as he could, but she was still upset at what she had done. He couldn't blame her for hurting the rapist, but her actions led to his death. And the one thing he nor Kim could stand was the taking of another life. Apparently, she couldn't stand it either. What were they going to do?
"I know you're there, Kal." She said as she sat up, not bothering to cover herself as she did so.
"How are you feeling?"
"Lousy." Galatea asked as she brushed her long dark hair aside. "How long have I been here?" she asked him.
"Two days." Kal said.
"It feels like it's been longer than that." She said as she stood and let the sheet fall to the floor. As she looked up, she snickered as she noticed Kal drooling over her. "Since I'm a clone of Kimmie, doesn't that make me your cousin to?" she asked him.
"I told you, your DNA has been altered. We're not biologically connected anymore." He said to her with a chuckle and stepped into the bedroom and held her close. "How do you really feel?"
"I'm still upset over what I did. You know I'm telling the truth when I say it's an accident, don't you?" she asked him.
"Of course I do." He said to her as he continued to hold her. He gently stroked her back as he could feel her breath being caught in her throat every so often. He wanted to help her more, but he just didn't know how. Or maybe he did.
"If you want to be Superwoman, you can be."
"No I can't. I killed someone."
"By accident, Galatea. But you want to help others, don't you?" he asked her.
"Yes."
"Then – why don't I go out there with you?" he asked her.
"What?"
"Let me fly with you. That way, I can be back up. Or maybe moral support." He said.
"Kal, are you nuts?! You don't know what it's like out there! There are things worse than that damn rapist! Or those drug runners I stopped!"
"Are you sure?"
"You bet your ass I'm sure! I've seen it! And you don't know how to use all of your powers, yet! It – it would be suicide!"
"So the world does need a Superwoman?"
"DAMN RIGHT IT DOES!" she shouted at him.
"Then what are you waiting for?" he asked her.
"Huh?"
"What are you waiting for? I know you still hurt, but you need to fight through it, like you did with your vision. Prove to them it was an accident. Prove to them that you deserve to wear that shield and cape." Kal said to her.
"You really believe in me that much?" she asked him. Part of her almost couldn't believe the passion she was hearing in his voice or seeing in his eyes.
"I know you can do it, Galatea. A part of you is Kim. That means, deep down in you, Superwoman exists. I know it. I believe it." He said to her.
"Why?" was all she could ask him. "Why – have you done all this for me?" she asked him.
"Because – I – I love you." He said to her as her eyes widened and her breath caught her throat.
Kal had just laid his heart out to her, tight then and there. She had gotten to know Kal very well over these past several weeks, and knew that this kid could rarely lie. And right now, he was telling her the truth. She had never thought she would be able to find the things that what she called 'real people' took for granted. She always had to deal with the fact that she was a cheap knock-off of someone else. Now here she stood. She was her own person, a real person. She had a life, and she had someone who loved her.
"I'm going to regret this." She thought to herself. But as she leaned in and kissed Kal-El with as much emotion as she could put into it, she knew she had been lying to herself. She loved him too.
"I see it, but I just don't believe it." Professor Hamilton said as he and his assistants, Jim and Tim, looked at the cybernetic being in front of them.
Anne had called her son Tim, and told them to meet her at the space center. She was bringing a guest, and they needed to meet in Hamilton's private lab. But when they saw this amalgam of machine and flesh enter the laboratory, they were both surprised and awe struck. Anne was just concerned with only one question at that moment.
"Professor?" she asked Hamilton, finally getting his attention.
"What is it, Mrs. Possible?
"I just said, is there anything you can do to find out if this – person - is Superwoman?" Anne asked him.
"Frankly, I'm not sure. I was the only one that had the equipment that could do medical scans on Superwoman. If she thought a fight took too much out of her, I was the one she saw. In fact, that's how she – never mind." Hamilton said as he mentally kicked himself for almost babbling about one of Superwoman's secrets. Anne knew that Hamilton didn't know about Kim's secret identity, but it was frustrating having to pretend. The cyborg showed signs that it may know of Kim's secret life, but she couldn't take any chances. All this not knowing was driving her insane.
"What does – it - have to do?" Anne asked him.
"The machine itself is a somewhat modified CAT scan, but without the use of magnets in order to gain images and readings." Hamilton said as he powered up the machines in his lab.
"What do I have to do?" the cyborg asked as she followed the Professor, making him jump slightly when he noticed how close she had gotten.
"Um – just l-lay on the gurney. We'll do the rest." He said nervously as he watched the cybernetic organism follow his instructions. As soon as she had positioned herself, the gurney retracted itself into the machine as the sensors inside began to come online.
"Jim, Tim? Are you ready?" Hamilton asked them.
"We're ready Professor." The twins answered in unison.
"Then let's don't waste any more time." Hamilton said as they activated the machine.
A steady hum of machinery began to echo throughout the lab as various lights filled the chamber the cyborg was in. Various images, readings, and data began flooding the monitors as all the sensors within the machine scanned every inch of the life form. Jim, Tim, and Hamilton's eyes were glued to the monitors and drooling over the data like a virgin at a peep show. Anne kept waiting patiently as they kept reading the information in front of them. After the machine had stopped, all three scientists were still keeping their attention glued to the information in front of them.
"Do you have anything yet?" Anne asked as the gurney moved the cyborg out of the machine and powered down.
"Oh, yeah." Jim said, sounding like he was on the verge of an orgasm.
"TWEEBS!" the cyborg shouted, making all of them jump. As Jim and Tim looked at the machine, their eyes were wide open as they kept looking at the cyborg with their jaws hanging slack. "What? It felt like the right thing to say." She said.
"That was still"
"Uber creepy." The twins said as they pulled themselves together.
"Boys, what does the machine say?" she asked them.
"Something very interesting." Professor Hamilton and switched the displays of the cyborg's biological systems onto a large view screen. "The scanners analyzed every part of her biological systems. Every cell and every genome in her body was compared to all the records I had on file from Superwoman's past examinations. Everything it scanned matches the DNA of Superwoman down to a T." Professor Hamilton said as the view screen zoomed in on a DNA chain and compared it to one from a previous exam.
"But what about everything else? The machine pieces?" Anne asked him.
"I have no clue. I've never seen anything like this alloy before in my life." Hamilton said.
"But we have." Jim said as he replaced the data with their own analysis. "Two years ago, Superwoman let us examine the ship that brought her to Earth. We were hoping we could reverse engineer some of it to advance our own chances for deep space travel."
"But we failed miserably. We're still trying to understand some of the components." Tim said with a nervous chuckle. "However, we were able to analyze the metals the ship's hull were composed off. The circuitry and alloys that make up the cyborg match the alloys and neural networks that were in the Kryptonian rocket ship."
"What about my memory loss?" the cyborg asked them.
"Trauma victims usually have memory lose after surviving horrendous accidents. Frankly, I'm not surprised." Jim said.
"After fighting Doomsday, and supposedly dying and a miraculous rebirth; I guess it's only natural." Tim said to his brother.
"What are all of you trying to say?" Anne asked them.
"What we're saying, Mrs. Possible, is that we are looking at a Kryptonian cyborg." Professor Hamilton said. "I'm convinced, without a doubt, that this being in front of us is Superwoman brought back to life!"
"I have to admit that the earpiece was a good idea." Galatea said as she flew over the skies of Metropolis again. She still wasn't sure of herself, but it helped to know the Kal was practically there to help her along the way.
"Don't mention it. But we better keep a careful eye out."
"Why's that?" Galatea asked.
"If I've been reading this right, there are two others claiming to be Superwoman. And the Justice League issued a statement that says they don't support any of the newcomers to Kim's symbol."
"I guess I had a hand in that." Galatea said.
"That was an accident. We just need to prove to everyone you're not some violent savage. But I don't know what one of these other two Superwomen will do if they find you."
"With everything you put in this solar suit? I'd like to see some super powered bitch take me on." Galatea said before something bashed her in the side of the face so hard that she swore she felt some of her molars coming loose.
Galatea tumbled through the air, not knowing what had happened until she landed in an unused plot of land. The force of her impact caused her to dig a small trench that looked like a giant gold club had sliced through it. As she shook the dirt from her hair and cape, she found herself slightly light headed as she staggered back to her feet. What had just hit her? A flying MAC truck?
"Galatea?! Galatea, can you hear me?!" Kal asked, almost on the verge of being frantic.
"I can hear you, Kal." She said as she massaged her sore face.
"The sensors in the suit weren't making any sense. Did you crash?"
"That's a definite yes." She said as she looked at the damage she caused.
"What happened? Did the suit fail on you?"
"No." Galatea said as she looked up into the sky. "I'll get back to you, Kal. I've got company." She said as the strong, yet feminine, figure landed in front of her. "Let me guess. Judging by the symbol you've got across your tits, I'd say you were Wonder Woman?" Galatea asked her.
"You would be correct, imposter." Diana said as she glared at the woman in front of her.
"Mind telling me why you decided to play swat the fly with my face?" Galatea asked.
"I've come here to demand that you stop impersonating Superwoman at once." Diana growled as she took several steps forward.
"Is that you talking, or do you represent the rest of your little glee club?" Galatea asked, refusing to be intimidated by the Amazon warrior.
"The real Superwoman was a friend of mine. A warrior of honor and courage. And she would be turning over in her grave if she saw that a brainless thug, who wears her shield as an excuse to kill, was disgracing her name."
"I've got to go, Kal. This bitch is asking for an ass kicking." Galatea whispered as she reached for her earpiece.
"Galatea, what are you doing?! The computers said that voice belongs to Wonder Woman! Don't do,"
Galatea removed the earpiece and dropped it in the dirt as she looked the Amazon in the eyes. "Listen here, bimbo. That was an accident. I'm not proud of it, but I'm the closest thing this world has to Superwoman. And the day I stop wearing this cape and shield is when you take it off dead body." Galatea said as her eyes narrowed.
"That can be arranged." Diana said as she slammed an uppercut to Galatea's chin that sent her flying backwards into an ark.
Galatea bounced as she hit the ground and tumbled into a wooded area, taking down several trees as she bounced again. Diana glided over to the edge of the woods, trying to see if the imposter was still conscious. But she had been flung so far into the woods that she couldn't really see here. As she tried to look harder, a massive blast of energy struck her in the chest, and sent her flying toward the highway. The cracking of the asphalt echoed for a mile as Diana hit the street and tore off the back of a Sedan as she rolled into the grass and came to a stop. The chest of her armor was still smoking as Diana struggled to her feet and saw the false Superwoman hovering above her with her hands glowing with energy.
"You think you can take me? WELL BRING IT ON, BITCH!" Galatea screamed as the energy began to glow even brighter.
Diana leapt to the air with her fists forward and rammed Galatea in the stomach with full force, sending them both higher into the air. As they climbed higher, Diana belted Galatea across the face with a left and almost cracking her visor. Diana was coming at her with a right cross before Galatea blocked it and bashed her in the face with her right fist and shoving her left into her abdomen and giving her a right uppercut to the chin. Diana began to tumble downward toward the ground momentarily before stopping herself. She felt something warm begin to trickle toward her lips as she controlled her decent. She used her hand to wipe it away. As she saw a red smear on the back of her hand, a hardened scowl began too form on her face.
"You drew first blood. But it'll be the also be the last time." Diana said as she propelled herself as fast as she could toward Galatea like a torpedo.
Galatea easily maneuvered out of the Amazon's way, smirking as began to power her fists again for another attack. The smirk quickly disappeared when a golden rope snagged her around her wait and pinned her arms to her body. As the rope began to glow and tighten, she began to mentally kick herself as she realized what happened. "Oh, shi,"
Disorientation was clouding her mind as she felt herself being pulled higher and higher upward, and then felt herself being pulled around and quickly flying down toward the ground. The impact of Galatea crashing into the Earth caused the ground to tremble before Diana pulled her back into the air, and then brought her crashing back down into the Earth again. Diana firmly grasped her lasso as she began to pull the imposter out from the ground and begun to spin her around. Diana begun spinning slowly at first, but she began increase her speed. Faster and faster they went with each increase in speed kept lifting Galatea higher and higher into the air. Soon, both Diana and Galatea were nothing but a blur as she kept spinning her around like an out-of-control merry-go-round. With one last spin, Diana let the rope go and watched as the fake Superwoman sailing through the air. Diana quickly followed as she watched her opponent fly across several miles and crash into the one of the top floors of a skyscraper; her impact shattering several windows in a circle pattern.
Diana flew into the building where Galatea had crashed and begun searching for her opponent. People were still screaming as they ran away from what had just happened, but Diana paid them no mind. She could see the toppled cubicle walls and shattered desks, along with the computers. But the one thing she couldn't find was the woman that had been claiming to be her late friend. As she continued to look, Diana froze when she noticed something laying on the ground. It was her golden lasso, but the woman she had been fighting wasn't in it. As Diana picked it up, one thing was on her mind. How did she escape?
"You'll have to better than that, sweet cheeks." Galatea said as she stepped out from behind a cubicle and slapped Diana on her ass.
"No, you didn't." Diana growled before being blasted in the face with both of Galatea's gauntlets and shoved through a wall.
"I guess it's a good thing me and Sherri used to play with knots." Galatea said to herself as she saw Wonder Woman stand back up as she tried to get her bearings. With a primal yell, Galatea charged toward Wonder Woman as fast as she could and leapt for her.
Galatea tackled Wonder Woman as hard as she could, sending both of them through a window and falling through the window of the neighboring sky scraper, and then through three floors. Both finally stopped and rolled away from each other to catch their breath as all the office workers looked at the two heroes. Galatea was the first to her feet and saw an opening. As Diana tried to catch her breath, Galatea firmly grasped her by her ebony locks and flung her into a wall face first. Diana hit the wall hard, leaving a hole where her face hit. Galatea quickly shoved her face further into the wall before slamming her fist in the middle of Wonder Woman's back and bashing her across the back of her head. Grabbing her by the hair again, Galatea spun her around and flung her back out the window they had originally come through. Diana tumbled head over heels through the air until she crashed into the pavement below, creating a small crater in the street.
Diana groaned to herself as she forced her eyes opened and popped her neck. As she let her eyes focused, they bolted open as she saw Superwoman coming at her fast with her feet aimed at Diana's head! Diana quickly flipped herself into a crouching handstand, and then jammed her feet into Galatea's chin only seconds before she landed on the pavement. The force of the hit slammed Galatea into the firm side of the building hard enough to crack the windows several floors above her before slowly leaning forward and falling to the ground.
"My turn." Diana said as she ran to where Galatea had fallen and began to slide. As Galatea tried to move, she found Wonder Woman's legs had closed around her neck in a very strong and tight scissor hold. She was starting to have a little trouble breathing as she tried to force the Amazon's thighs apart. "Nothing to say, fraud?" Diana asked her.
"Actually, I do have something to confess." Galatea said.
"Really? What is it?" Diana asked, thinking she had won the fight.
"I always wanted to get in between your legs one day, but not like this." She said.
Diana's face froze in a dazed look of confusion as she processed what she just heard. Did she actually say what she thought she said? With a leering grin, Galatea kicked Wonder Woman in the face once, then twice. With a third swift and harder kick, Wonder Woman let go as she clutched her face and swore she felt something break.
"I will personally send you to Tartarus myself!" Diana screamed as she stood to her feet and her fists balled.
"Not before I shove your head even further up your ass!" Galatea shouted back.
Both were ready to continue their fight and beat each other until they were both black and blue. Both raised their fists as they readied themselves for the next round. That's when a massive explosion echoed across Metropolis as a thick plume of black smoke rose high into the sky.
"That came from the industrial part of town." Galatea said, memorizing Metropolis' layout years ago. Galatea glanced back at Wonder Woman one last time before turning toward the black plum of smoke and flew toward it. Diana gazed at Galatea's retreating form for a few moments before quickly following. Their fight could wait, people were in danger.
Another explosion rocked what was left of the refinery, causing the rescue workers to fall back. As the fire fighters did their best to extinguish the giant inferno, Wonder Woman emerged from the flames with one injured worker in her arms while another clung their arms around her neck. As she landed, paramedics quickly made their way toward her to treat the injured she had rescued.
"Are there anymore in there?" the fire marshal asked as he ran to Wonder Woman's side.
"I couldn't find anyone else. What about the other woman that came here? Where is she?" Diana asked.
"I don't know. She rescued about three dozen workers before flying off. I don't know if she's still in there or not." The fire marshal said.
"LOOK! UP THERE!" one of the fire fighters shouted and pointed to the sky.
As all looked to the skies above, all of them were awe struck at what they saw. Even Diana herself was amazed at what she was seeing now in front of her. Above them, Galatea had returned. But she wasn't empty handed. In the skies above her, Galatea had begun herding as many clouds as she could with her breath while creating more at the same time. As more and more clouds gathered overhead, thunder began rumbling as lightning traveled through the clouds like a spider. Within moments, sheets of rain began to rain down upon the inferno, aiding in the fire fighter's battle against the blaze. As the flames began to dwindle and weaken, the fire fighters and rescue workers began to cheer. Wonder Woman stood there, completely dumb founded. She had thought this woman was claiming Kim's shield as an excuse to fight. To try and become something like the fake heroes she had heard stories of from the other Amazons. Maybe – she had been wrong about this woman.
Galatea descended tot eh ground and fell to her knees as she began to feel exhausted. She had reached her limits, and the suit needed time to help her recharge. As she tried to catch her breath, she looked up to see Wonder Woman towering above her. It looked like the Amazon was ready to finish what she had started.
"All right. Let's get this over with." Galatea said as she forced herself to her feet.
"I'm sorry." Diana said.
"What?"
"I'm sorry for attacking you. Amazon's are warriors born, but we also know when we act irrationally. Superwoman was my friend, and I didn't want her memory disgraced." Diana said.
"I really didn't mean to kill that man. I was just trying to stop him." Galatea said as they both just looked at each other. "So what happens now?"
"I still don't think you should be called Superwoman." Diana said with a stern face before part of it began to soften. "But I am willing to wait and see if you earn it."
"All I want is a chance." Galatea said.
"Just remember that we're keeping an eye on you." Diana said as she looked to the skies and took off. As Galatea watched her fly off, she began reflecting back on what had just happened. Was this a regular occurrence when you chose to be a hero? AS she looked back to the refinery and saw that the fire fighters had the blaze under control, she decided that maybe it was time for her to go home and rest for a little bit.
Kim Possible is owned by Disney, Superman and the Justice League are owned by DC Comics and Warner Bros. I don't work with either one and wrote this for fun.