Uncanny Wonder Woman

Chapter 5: Shifted

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.

Quote of the day- Fuzzy demons dance the tango on my colon in Brighton.

Diana's place-

It was midday, and Diana had just woken up. She was resting after her fight with the Joker. After cases like this, Diana would have usually gave the Watchtower a call and relayed her report. But she was exhausted.

Diana stopped and sniffed the air. She could smell bacon. As a vehement vegetarian, Diana didn't eat bacon. She didn't like the smell either. Donna usually sprayed air freshener whenever she cooked herself breakfast as to hide the scent. But for some reason the smell of bacon still hung in the air.

'Donna, are you in?' Diana called as she walked in to the kitchen.

Diana then noticed that somebody had left all the breakfast plates on the table. The food had barely been touched. Donna must have left in a hurry.

'Mornin', princess.' Cheetah greeted as she sauntered in to the room. 'Can I smell bacon?'

'Donna hasn't cleared up after breakfast, either.' Diana frowned. 'She is usually so good with her chores.'

'It looks like the Mary Celeste in here.' Cheetah pointed out as she grabbed some leftover bacon, then promptly spat it out. 'Eww! It's all greasy and cold.'

'I didn't hear you come in last night.' Diana remembered as she gave her feline roomie a look. 'Where were you last night?'

'Ask no questions, and I shall tell no lies.' Cheetah smirked.

'Suit yourself.' Diana shrugged. 'I have more pressing matters to attend to.'

'Right. Donna.' Cheetah nodded. 'I think I overheard them saying that they're going to go kick Cadmus butt with that robot girl they found.'

'Robot girl?' Diana blinked. 'What robot girl?'

'You were asleep when they came in.' Cheetah replied. 'But anyway, I think they took the invisible jet as well.'

'Donna knows better than to do something on her own!' Diana rubbed the bridge of her nose. 'Taking on Cadmus on her own? What was she thinking?'

'She does have Speedy with her, remember?' Cheetah pointed out. 'And that robot girl as well.'

Diana just shook her head with a frown.

'I have to call Batman...'

Elsewhere-

Meanwhile, at the headquarters of the Boston branch of Cadmus, guards were supposed to be doing their rounds. That was until Donna Troy, Wonder Girl, paid them a visit.

'I estimate that it will take more guards to show up in approximately fifty-seven seconds.' The android girl known as Indigo explained as Donna punched out the last guard. 'We must make haste.'

'But how will we know where to find this Shift guy?' Speedy wondered out loud.

'I uploaded the schematics of this complex when I escaped.' Indigo answered.

'Oh yeah. That'll do.' Speedy nodded.

'Just point us in the right direction and show me more guards to hit.' Donna smirked.

'Donna! Behind you!' Speedy yelled as he let an arrow fly, pinning an unfortunate guard to a nearby wall.

'Oh goodie.' Donna clapped her hands excitedly. 'More toys to play with!'

Before the guards could make a move to defend themselves, Donna was upon them, her fists flying, and her bullet-proof bracelets deflecting their bullets.

Speedy's arrows weren't much use at close range, so he piled in as well. The young archer was by no means a slacker in the martial arts department. Green Arrow and Black Canary had both taught him a few tricks.

One guard tried to shoot at him, but ended up having his wrist broken and his gun snatched away. Speedy then smashed the unfortunate guard in the face before tossing the gun away.

'I must urge caution...' Indigo piped up again in warning as she created an energy force field to protect them all. 'There are more guards assembling nearby. They have an electro-cannon. My energy shield will not be able to hold up for long against an onslaught like that.'

'Hmm. My bracelets won't be able to deflect electricity.' Donna tapped her chin in thought. 'Anybody got any ideas?'

'I have one...' Speedy offered. 'But it's not pretty.'

Donna fully well knew what Speedy was talking about.

'Oh no. Not the boxing glove arrow...' Donna groaned. 'What do you plan to do with that?'

'Just you wait and see, sweetness.' Speedy grinned as he got the arrow ready. 'Indy, drop the energy shield when I give the word, okay?'

'Understood.' Indigo nodded.

Indigo removed her energy shield and Speedy carefully snuck around to face the guards. He then let the boxing glove arrow fly and promptly plugged up the barrel of the electro-blaster.

'I think you'd better put the shield back up.' Speedy yelled a warning as he dove for cover.

Indigo did as she was told, and put her energy shield back up, just in time for the electro-shield to explode, sending guards flying everywhere.

'Right, where to next?' Donna inquired as she rubbed her hands together in anticipation.

'We must rescue Shift.' Indigo replied.

Donna shook her head with a sigh.

'You android types really don't have any idea what a rhetorical question is, do you?'

Meanwhile-

Outside the Cadmus complex, Diana, Cheetah and Batman had just landed in the Bat-Plane. They surveyed the wreckage that Donna had wrought. They hoped that Donna was the one responsible for such carnage. There were unconscious guards strewn about amongst the wrecked Cadmus weaponry and various vehicles.

'Wow. Donna certainly is through.' Cheetah commented as she prodded one unconscious guard with her foot. 'At this rate there won't be anybody for us to fight.'

'I just hope that Donna hasn't bitten off more than she can chew.' Diana sighed worriedly. 'She has a habit of doing that.'

'I am sure that your sister is quite all right.' Batman reassured. 'She is a very capable fighter. She must have inherited that from you.'

'As much as I usually like it, now really isn't the time to stroke my ego, Batman.' Diana sighed. 'We have to find Donna soon. I would dread to think what I will say to mother if Donna has gotten herself killed.'

The trio halted in their tracks as they heard gunfire and a group of people shouting.

'It sounds like Donna's made it out all right.' Cheetah smirked. 'If her language has anything to do with it. Jeepers. I never knew your sister had such a potty mouth, Princess.'

'That is what I get for allowing her to socialise with Green Arrow's protégé.' Diana narrowed her eyes angrily.

'Now would be a good time to fight, don't you think?' Batman commented as he took out a batarang from his utility belt.

'Aww, c'mon Princess...' Cheetah grinned, beginning to twitch impatiently. 'Please can we go kick some butt?'

'Just try not to kill anyone.' Diana sighed.

Cheetah shot Diana a hurt look.

'Kill somebody? Moi? How dare you suggest such a thing!'

Inside-

Back inside the complex, Donna and the others had released Shift from his internment. It turned out that Shift was a clone of the shape-shifting elemental hero known as Metamorpho. Cadmus had somehow managed to get their hands on a sample of Metamorpho's DNA and tried to copy him.

Shift had presently changed into methane gas and was wafting over the remaining guards. Those guards that weren't bent over and vomiting up their last meal were falling victim to Donna's fists.

'Aww, yeah!' Shift crowed as he changed back to normal and hugged Indigo close. 'It sure feels good to kick ass after being held up in some damn tank!'

'I told you I would be back for you, darling.' Indigo smiled adoringly as she blasted a guard with a bolt of energy.

'And I'm real grateful for it, too.' Shift nodded.

'Does that mean that I am to receive a treat?' Indigo smiled hopefully.

'Just you wait and see, babe.' Shift gave the little blue android a wink.

Unfortunately, there were still several guards left. one reared up with a tazer to take Shift down.

'Eat this, freak!'

Fortunately, the guard never got to use it as a batarang flew threw the air and imbedded itself into the guard's hand, disarming him. That was soon followed with a feral yell as Cheetah leapt through the air and tackled the guard to the ground.

Donna groaned into her hands.

'Oh Hades. I am so busted!'

'How about hello Diana, thank you for saving us?' Diana commented as she yanked a guard backwards with her golden lasso and kicked him in the face.

'I'm in trouble, aren't I?' Donna winced.

Diana ducked a punch from another guard and tossed him over her shoulder.

'We shall talk about this when we get home.'

Diana then turned to Speedy.

'And I have also called Green Arrow. He will be here soon.'

'Aww, man.' Speedy groaned. 'Ollie's gonna be pissed... that he missed a good fight.'

Back home-

Diana, Donna and the others had escaped from Cadmus with only minor injuries. They were now sitting around the kitchen table. Green Arrow had taken Speedy back to Star City to give him a talk about charging into stuff without thinking it through first. Shift and Indigo were... catching up elsewhere.

Donna gazed at her hands. She really didn't want to look into Diana's eyes. She could tell that her older sister was angry with her.

'Now Diana, I am willing to forgive the fact that you took the invisible jet without notifying me, but I am not willing to forgive the fact that you went storming into a potentially deadly situation without notifying me! What would Mother think if you were killed?'

'We only went off without telling you because time was of the essence.' Donna explained. 'If we didn't get there when we did, who knows would Cadmus would have done to Shift?'

'This was a selfless act, however...' Diana continued. 'So I am willing to go easy on you. But, if you should do anything like this again, I will not be so lenient.'

With the mandatory talk finished, Donna left the room and headed upstairs. She needed to compare notes with Roy.

'You handed that well, princess.' Cheetah commented. 'Who'da thought that you could be such a cool sister?'

Diana just sat down with a cheeky grin.

'Now that Donna has gone, we can talk about something else that ahs been bothering me...'

Cheetah sank down into her seat. She pretty much knew what Diana wanted to know.

Diana leant across and looked straight at Cheetah.

'So... you have a date with Wildcat, huh...?'

TBC...

Next: Holy Hairballs, Cat-Man!

Cheetah goes on her date with Wildcat. Unfortunately, their date will have an uninvited guest: The Cat-tastic Cat-Man!