Saleen nearly feel over with surprise as Brittany returned to the fight with a new companion: an armored woman with sword and shield who immediately flung herself upon the soldiers with a shrill cry. "Fall back, beasts! The might of the gods will smite you!"
"W-what?" Saleen panted.
"Amazon, no memories, helping us," Brittany said, releasing an arrow at a soldier. Saleen continued to fight, but the two woman quickly found that their work was rather unnecessary as the Amazon cut, punched, and otherwise forced her way through the soldiers until every one of them was down.
The amazon knocked the last soldier down with the flat of her blade and turned to face the two of them. She was smiling widely. "A good fight! These monsters will not trouble anyone now."
Brittany's mouth was hanging open; a human gesture of surprise, Saleen remembered. She herself was lost for words. The amazon just grinned.
The three of them returned to the apartment Brittany and Amber shared, carried by Saleen. The amazon spent the trip gazing about the city and comparing everything from Saleen's ring to a lamp post to one thing or another that sounded completely unfamiliar and very strange to both of the other women, though Brittany guessed that it all had to do with Greek mythology or something. History had never been her strong point.
Amber had coffee ready for them when they got back; the amazon took one sip and declared it a drink fit for the gods. Saleen sipped her cup carefully, apparently unable to make up her mind whether she liked it or not, while Brittany simply flopped onto the couch, dropping her bow and quiver onto the floor beside her as she downed a gulp of the caffeinated drink. Amber tried to organize the data they had gathered, but she couldn't help staring at the amazon.
Saleen, after finishing half her drink, offered to scan the amazon and attempt to discover who she was. The tall, dark-haired woman agreed, though she watched Saleen's ring with as much care and curiosity as anyone else in the room had as they looked at her. Saleen seemed disappointed by the results she got, and sat with her for a while, apparently determined to get answers of some sort.
Brittany lost track of what was going on around her. She could feel her muscles tightening, especially where she had sustained some bruising, and she knew that the best thing she could do for them would be to stretch and take a hot shower. She felt too tired to move, however, despite downing a cup of coffee in record time; her workouts in the gym, even her most intense acrobatics, had not prepared her for that battle. She suddenly regained awareness of what was going on as Saleen's voice crept into her wandering thoughts.
"She is a clone. Her memories-the few she has-are artificial. There's no clue who she is a clone of, or where she comes from...and she has no idea herself."
"Seriously?" Brittany's words were half-mumbled, but she didn't care. "We've got an Amazom clone in the house? A clone?" Amber shot her a look that said she needed to straighten out her speech, but she ignored her, instead glancing over at the amazon. She was sitting cross-legged on the floor, flipping through some sort of magazine while her helmet, sword and shield lay beside her. She did a double take as she realized what she was reading. "Comics? Amber, you're having her read comics?"
"She's most similar to Wonder Woman," Amber explained. "It should give her an easier transition to where she is now if she has someone to relate to-even if that someone is fictional or lives in another world."
Brittany groaned and rubbed her forehead. "Just don't give her a lasso, or put her in that swimsuit costume. Please."
The amazon suddenly looked up. "Is everything well?"
"Yeah," Amber assured her. "Just fine. How are you liking that so far?"
"It is...interesting." She regarded the comic for a moment, then looked up again. "This woman. Wonder Woman. She is a hero."
"Yes."
Brittany covered her face with her hands.
The amazon nodded, and seemed to be thinking. "I think I will be a hero as well. She has a special name. What should I call myself?"
Brittany sat up so fast that her head hurt for a moment. She realised that her mouth was hanging open as she stared, and Amber looked like she had to fight to keep from laughing. For a moment, neither of them were able to respond, but Saleen saved them the trouble.
"Perhaps you could be the Wonder Woman of this world? Or, if you prefer, you could simply be Amazon. I don't believe there are any others here."
After a moment, she nodded. "Amazon it is, then."
"You need a real name as well," Amber said, getting up and walking over. "It wouldn't be right for us to just call you Amazon all the time. How do you feel about...say, Diana. Like Wonder Woman."
"Diana." She smiled. "I like it."
"Then Diana you are," Saleen proclaimed. "And now, if we are finished with this, we need to figure out what we shall do about these invaders."
"Kick their butts," Brittany said flatly. She was only half over her shock, but but there were more important things to focus on. "It's up to the three-uh, four of us."
Amber nodded in agreement. "That it is, and I think I've got something. Or rather, I've got a way to get something." She pulled up a file on her computer; a map of the earth that had a number of locations highlighted. "The attack just earlier wasn't the first. I've done some digging, and I've found references to others, as well. I've put those together with the information Saleen gave me, and I'm pretty sure there's a pattern. I just need to identify it."
"And once you do that, you can predict where the next attack will be, right?" Brittany didn't know much about stuff like that, but she knew a lead-up statement when she heard one.
Amber grinned. "Exactly. I've got the computer running some programs, and I'm hoping to get something within the next couple of hours. In the meantime, though, I expect we should try to get some sleep. And maybe get our new friend more accustomed to these surroundings."