Uncanny Wonder Woman

Chapter 4: The Indigo Project

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.

Quote of the day- 'Man, I love duct tape. I love how it tapes. I love the sound it makes. I love saying it. Duct tape. Duct tape. Duct tape.'

Somewhere in Boston-

It was night time in the city of Boston and everybody was sleeping peacefully. Everybody that was, except for a young woman who was running for her life through the city's back streets and alleys.

This was no ordinary runaway however. This young girl had blue skin and bright pink hair. She was also as naked as the day she was born.

The young woman was also being chased by a small squad of heavily-armed guards. The guards had been dispatched by project Cadmus to hunt down and find the young woman. Their orders were also to destroy her if she caused trouble. And what trouble she was causing…

The Cadmus guards hammered on the energy force field that the young woman had projected.

'It's no use!' One guard yelled. 'We can't break through!'

'Don't be stupid!' Another guard retorted. 'She's low on energy. There's no way that she could keep projecting this force field forever!'

Fortunately for the young woman, rescue came in the form of one of Boston's very own Amazonian super heroines.

'You guys should know that Cadmus isn't welcome in Boston.' Donna Troy tutted as she hovered before the guards with her arms crossed over her chest and a peeved expression on her face. 'Now, how about we act like nice little soldier boys and run along without too much fuss, hmm?'

'Kill her!' One guard ordered. 'Our orders were to eliminate anybody that got in our way!'

Donna just rolled her eyes as the guards opened fire on her, their bullets ricocheting harmlessly off her bullet-proof bracelets.

'You guys are lucky that my sister isn't here to see this.' Donna tutted as she grabbed one guard's gun and crushed it into a tiny ball. 'I don't think that she would be as lenient as me.'

'Thank God for little things, huh?' A voice chuckled as an arrow flew through the air and imbedded itself in the barrel of on of the guards' guns. The guard let out a yell as the gun exploded.

'And I thought this was going to be a quiet date.' The young archer and member of Titans East known as Speedy quipped as he jumped down from his hiding place atop a fire escape and kicked one of the Cadmus guys in the face.

'I told you already, Roy, this is not a date.' Donna rolled her eyes as she tossed another Cadmus guy over her shoulder. 'Well, not in the conventional sense…'

'Do we get to make out afterwards?' Speedy inquired optimistically as he let another arrow fly, nailing one more Cadmus guy against the wall.

'If you're lucky.' Donna smiled cheekily as she threw the last Cadmus guy through a nearby shop window. 'Now to see who these guys were chasing after…'

Donna cautiously led Speedy into the alley. There was no telling what kind of thing the Cadmus guards were chasing after.

'The Cadmus guys have been dealt with…' Donna announced gently. 'It's safe to come out now. We don't mean you any harm…'

'Donna! Look out!' Speedy yelled as he pushed Donna out of the way. 'It's coming right for us!'

'Roy, you fool!' Donna swatted her friend on the arm. 'The poor girl is most probably scared out of her wits.'

'But she has weird glowing eyes!' Speedy responded, indicating the frightened young girl.

'My sister counts a green-skinned Martian amongst her closest personal friends.' Donna pointed out. 'One blue-skinned young girl with weird glowing eyes isn't so strange.'

Donna then knelt down to speak to the young girl.

'I'm sorry about Roy. He gets a little over-eager sometimes. But really, we're not here to hurt you. We're here to help.'

'I believe that is more than likely.' The young girl replied in an eerie monotone. 'You are Donna Troy and Roy Harper. Also known as the young metahumans Wonder Girl and Speedy. You are also affiliated with the Steel City metahuman team Titans East.'

'Well, there goes our secret identities.' Speedy sighed.

Donna just ignored the young archer's comments and helped the strange purple girl to her feet.

'Well, you seem to know our names.' Donna noted with a nod. 'So why don't you tell us yours?'

The blue girl seemed to think about that for a moment.

'My designation is Indigo.' The young girl finally said.

'It's a pleasure to meet you.' Donna smiled kindly. 'Now what do you say we find you some clothes?'

Indigo matched Donna's smile.

'That would be preferable.' Indigo nodded. 'The cold night air may not be very good for my inner systems.'

Grant's Gym, the next morning-

Cheetah woke up to the delicious smell of frying bacon.

'Mmm, five more minutes…' The feline former villainess mumbled into her pillow.

Eventually, Cheetah's stomach soon won out over her laziness. She headed into the shower to clean up before throwing on some clothes that had been left out for her and heading towards the smell of cooking pork products.

'Good morning', sleepy-head.' Ted Grant smiled as he saw Cheetah walk in. 'How's the head?'

'Better than it was.' Cheetah yawned as she took a place at the small dining table.

'That was some knock you took.' Ted said as he handed Cheetah a plate of eggs and bacon. 'Are you sure you're one-hundred percent?'

'Yeah, I'm sure.' Cheetah replied as she began to guzzled down her breakfast. 'Thanks for letting me stay the night. There was really no need.'

'Aww, forget about it…' Ted chuckled as he sat down with his own breakfast. 'It's a pleasure to have company anyway.'

'Y'know, there must be some way I can repay all this kindness.' Cheetah suggested as she wiped bacon grease from her chin.

'I wouldn't think of it.' Ted shook his head. 'Seein' you up and about is reward enough.'

'Yeah, right.' Cheetah snorted. 'Such kindness as this needs a reward and I intend to make sure.'

'Then what do ya have in mind?' Ted asked curiously.

'A date.' Cheetah replied simply.

Ted spat out his orange juice in surprise.

'Say what?' The former Heavyweight Boxing Champion coughed.

'A date.' Cheetah reiterated. 'Me. You. A couple of beers. A good night out.'

Ted put down his knife and fork and rubbed his eyes.

'Just-just… let me get this straight…' Ted said. 'You wanna go out on a date… with me?'

Cheetah just leant back in her chair and crossed her arms over her chest with a satisfied smirk.

'Yup.' She nodded. 'Is that such a bad thing?'

'What d'you think Wonder Woman would say?' Ted asked. 'I ain't exactly catch o' the century.'

'Who cares.' Cheetah shrugged. 'I don't bitch about her thing for Dark Knights. Even if I was there first…' (1)

Ted knew that it was useless to resist.

'Okay. Ya backed me into a corner. I'll go on a date with ya.'

'Good boy.' Cheetah grinned as she used a slice of bread to mop up the remainders of her breakfast. 'You shan't regret this.'

Meanwhile, in Diana's place-

It was a normal breakfast time in Diana's house over on the other side of Boston. The Amazon herself was still in bed after having a busy night fighting the Joker. That just left Donna to take care of their new guest.

Indigo was dressed in one of Donna's over-sized Tigger t-shirts and black boxer shorts. She was patiently waiting for Donna to finish preparing breakfast.

'Are you sure I cannot assist you?' Indigo enquired. 'There must be something I can do.'

'It's best that you just leave Donna to it.' Roy replied. 'She hates it when people interfere with her culinary efforts.'

'Oh, I see.' Indigo nodded.

'Why did Cadmus want you anyway?' Donna asked as she began to dish up everybody's breakfasts.

'Because they created me.' Indigo explained. 'I am an artificial organism created in one of their labs. I was supposed to be their ultimate weapon, until I escaped'

'Well, I think it'll be a good idea if we get you into the Justice League Watchtower as soon as possible.' Donna nodded. 'There's no telling when Cadmus could strike at you next.'

'But… we cannot leave yet…' Indigo said, her face suddenly full of fear and worry. 'There is still someone in there that needs to be rescued.'

'You want to go back to Cadmus?' Roy blinked in surprise. 'But that would mean that you'd be walking straight back into their clutches!'

'Anything to rescue the man that I love.' Indigo answered vehemently.

'Okay, we'll do what you want.' Donna sighed as she lay everybody's breakfasts down on the table. 'But as soon as we rescue whoever this guy is, we're taking you straight up to the Watchtower. You'll be much safer there.'

'Oh, thank you…' Indigo beamed. 'If he was here, I am sure that Shift would thank you himself.'

'I just hope that Diana doesn't blow her top when she finds out that we did this right under her nose…' Donna bit her lip nervously.

'That's if she finds out…' Roy pointed out with a conspiratorial smirk.

Donna matched Roy's smirk with one of her own.

'If is good…'

TBC...

Next: Shifted

Donna, Roy and Indigo take on the might of Cadmus to rescue Shift. Will they survive? Of course they will. Cadmus is no problem. But what about Diana when she finds out? How will they cope then? Tune in next time to find out…

Author's Notes-

(1)- Cheetah was indeed there before Diana. She kissed Batman in 'Injustice For All'.