Uncanny Wonder Woman
Chapter 17: She's Back!- Part 2
By
The Uncanny R-Man
Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.
Gotham City-
Gotham City was in a very sorry state. An army of female supervillains were running amok. One such female villain was the blonde young woman known only as Kitten, the daughter of Killer Moth. The girl was sitting on a bench watching her mutated moth pets devour the city while she held a gilded cage on her lap. Inside the cage was the former Boy Wonder, now known as Nightwing. Nightwing had been transformed into a blackbird. Kitten could barely resist the offer that Circe gave her: Create havoc in Gotham, and her beloved Robbie-Poo would be hers forever. Okay, he had grown up, and taken on a new name and costume, but to Kitten, he was still her Robbie-Poo. The trasnformed Nightwign flapped about in his cage frantically, trying desperately to find a way out. For him, Kitten brought back bad memories.
'Oh., I can't believe how lucky I am, Robbie-Poo...' Kitten gushed as she hugged her cage tight, making Nightwing tweet in fear. 'All I had to do was unleash my pets and now I've got you to keep as my own! Although, it would have been nicer if Circe hadn't transformed you. Perhaps I could ask her to fix that later...'
Kitten watched as the super-strong villainess known as Rampage wrestled a rhino to the ground. A rhino that up until recently had been the Justice Leaguer known as Atom Smasher. Star Sapphire was there too. The pink-clad villainess was chasing after an iguana that had once been the legendary Green Lantern Hal Jordan.
'Get back here, Jordan!' The villainess commanded as she flew after the scuttling lizard. 'Breaking off your tail won't save you now!' The large green lizard looked back and gave Star Sapphire the iguana equivalent of a raspberry. 'Oh, you think you're funny? Come back here and I'll show you how funny I think you are!'
Kitten hopped off her bench and decided to make a move. Gotham City was starting to get a little bit too crowded for her taste.
'Come on, Robbie-Poo. Let's get out of here...'
'His name is no longer Robin, and he is still not your poo!'
Kitten spun around at the sound of the familiar voice. Her face fell once she saw who was talking to her. It was Starfire, the Tameranian princess and charter member of the Titans. She also happened to be Nightwing's fiancé. Thje golden-skinned alien was none-too-happy to see Kitten in the possession of he rman, albeit in his feathered form. Her presence made Nightwign give the blackbird equivalent of a releived sigh.
'You can't have him!' Kitten hugged her cage tight. 'Circe said I could have Robbie-Poo all to myself!'
'Then it shall be my pleasure to take him from you.' Starfire growled, her eyes starting to glow bright green.
Kitten let out a shriek as a Starbolt blasted her off her feet. Upon falling from Kitten's hands and hitting the ground, the door to Nightwing's cage popped open and the transformed hero made his escape.
Starfire smiled at the avian Nightwing as he fluttered around her head, twittering lovingly.
'You are quite welcome, Nightwing. And I love you too.' Starfire smiled warmly as she held out her hand so Nightwing had somewhere to rest. 'Now, let us find Zatanna, so that she may return you to normal.' She flew off, being very careful not to let Nightwing get harmed.
Arkham Asylum-
While the other heroines were rounding up the transformed heroes and attempting to prevent the army of female villains from hunting them down, Diana made her way to Arkham Asylum with her team to take down the one person that was responsible for all this mess: the immortal sorceress known as Circe!
Diana had decided that it would be best if she and her teammates split up. It would make finding the sorceress easier, and there would undoubtably be the asylum's staff to help.
Diana cautiously stepped through the eerie darkness of the asylum. The Amazon princess had never visited the place before, and she was glad of that. Arkham Asylum gave her the creeps, and Diana of Themyscira didn't scare easily.
'HA-HA-HEE-HA-HEE!!'
The Amazing Amazon froze at the sound of the maniacal laughter. It laugh sounded like it came from the Joker, but it sounded more animalistic. Diana held her golden lasso tight and soldiered onwards. She then sensed a presence behind her.
'ROAAAARR!!'
Diana dove out of the way just in time, as a giant polar bear took a swipe at her with its massive paws. The beast must have once been the frigid villain known as Mr Freeze. Circe always did have a love for irony.
'Doctor Fries, I don't wish to hurt you...' Diana tried to calm the rampaging arctic beast, using her ability to communicate with animals. 'You are not thinking for yourself. You are under the control of Circe...'
Unfortunately, Freeze wasn't listening. The polar bear loud out another fierce roar as it charged at Diana. The Amazon princess tried to roll with the blow, but ended up being smashed through a wall into one of the inmates' cells.
An angry hiss made Diana get back up to her feet in a hurry. The cell had belonged to the reptilian villain known as Killer Croc, now having been transformed into his namesake.
'Oh, this is just wonderful...' Diana grumbled to herself. 'I wonder how many other inmates Circe has transformed into her pawns...'
As if in answer to the Amazon princess's question, more transformed beasts slunk into the broken cell. There was a two-headed hydra that was one Two-Face, a black panther that was once Black Mask, and an elephant with a ventriloquist's dummy on its back that was once the Ventriloquist. Diana recognised the dummy as Scarface. Last, but by no means least, was a laughing hyena that was once the Joker.
'HA-HA-HEE-HA-HEE!!' The hyena laughed as it advanced on Diana, an insane hunger in its eyes.
The Amazon looked around her for a way to escape the cell, but she was backed against a wall. There was no escape for her this time!
Elsewhere-
Somewhere in the nether regions of Arkham Asylum, the mastermind behind all of the magical chaos was watching the action through a magical scrying pool.
'Oh, this is going to be so much fun!' Circe applauded. 'It's a pity that I couldn't have taken the princess on by myself, but I'm having too much fun here with her dear, old Batman.'
Circe turned to poke at a bat hanging in a cage beside her, earning a hiss from the former Dark Knight.
'Oh, shush, you.' Circe tutted. 'I never knew Batman could be such a grouch. Who would have thought that such a moody so-and-so would have such a beautiful singing voice. I should have transformed you into a nightingale, or something'
'But what if the stinky princess beats 'em all up?' A little voice piped up.
Circe smiled down at the purple-haired girl standing next to her.
'Mommy's got just the thing, Lyta...' Circe told her daughter. 'You remember Superman, right?'
'Uh-huh.' Lyta nodded in understanding. 'He's always hanging out with the stinky princess and the stoopid Batman.'
Circe stepped back to show her daughter a figure trapped in a cage of magical energy. The figure had bony protrusions sticking out of its face and was dressed in a tattered red-yellow-and-blue costume. It looked like a cross between the Man of Steel and that Doomsday creature that the Justice League fought a few years ago.
'Well, let's just say that I have a plan up my sleeve...'
TBC...
Next: She's Back!- Part 3
If Diana ever survives the attack from the transformed inmates of Arkham Asylum, then she must find a way to beat a transformed Superman! Oh, and there's Circe too.