Uncanny Wonder Woman

Chapter 27: This is Themyscira- Part 3

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.

'Ohh, for God's sake! He's got an arm off!'- Shaun (Shaun of the Dead)

Themyscira-

Diana and her allies trudged through the forest heading towards the palace. Circe would have undoubtedly holed herself up in there once she took control. She would have also used the palace as a base of operations to direct the battles going on all over the island in peace.

'I knew I should have never left Themyscira.' Hippolyta shook her head sadly. 'This is all my fault. If I had stayed…'

'Don't blame yourself, mother.' Diana reassured her mother. 'How were you to know that Circe would try to take over Themyscira?'

'That's what you get for not killing the witch in the first place.' Artemis sniffed. 'Why, if I were in charge, I would have executed her long ago.'

'And that's just why you'll never be in charge!' Donna snapped at the redheaded woman. 'Not with an attitude like that.'

'I'm not going to warn you again, Little Princess.' Artemis sneered at the younger Amazon. 'You would do well to watch your mouth when you talk to me.'

'Why do we need help from this load of psychos anyway?' Donna grumbled.

'Themyscira is their home as well, Donna.' Diana reminded her sister. 'Besides, we need all the help we can get when Circe is concerned.'

'At least somebody's grateful for our assistance.' One of Artemis's Amazons muttered under her breath.

Speedy decided to change the subject before the Amazons started fighting with each other again.

'So, what's up with all the guns?' The young archer enquired.

'Ancient weapons are no match for a decent gun by your side.' One of the Bana Amazons responded. 'You would not catch any of us using anything as primitive as a sword or a shield.'

Batman stopped in his tracks when he heard something rustling in the undergrowth nearby.

'Wait, there's something here…'

'You worry too much, Dark Knight.' Another one of the Bana-Amazons tutted. 'Are all men as cowardly as you?'

'Batman is no coward.' Diana warned. 'He just has a talent for seeing trouble coming.'

Unfortunately, Batman was soon proven correct as something leap out of the bushes and tackled the Amazon to the ground, tearing at her with its claws.

It didn't take Diana very long to recognise who it was that had attacked the first Amazon.

'Doctor Minerva?' The Amazon Princess blinked in confusion. 'What are you doing?'

'It's not Doctor Minerva any more, princess.' The feline villainess growled as she licked the dead Amazon's blood from her claws. 'Please, call be Cheetah.'

'It doesn't matter what you call yourself!' Artemis yelled. 'You won't find the rest of the Bana-Mighdall as easy to kill!'

The other Bana Amazons prepared to open fire on Cheetah but soon found themselves being set upon by two winged women. They were Stheno and Euryale, the sisters of Medusa the Gorgon. They had joined Circe to get revenge on Diana for killing their sister.

'Hello, princess.' Stheno, the younger of the Gorgon sisters hissed. 'It's been a long time.'

'Not long enough, Gorgon.' Diana retorted as she unsheathed her sword and pointed it in her enemy's direction.

'Nuh-uh. Not so fast.' Stheno shook her head. 'We haven't finished the introductions yet.'

A huge shadow appeared over Diana, making the Amazon Princess look up to see what had caused it. All she saw was a giant foot coming down to crush her.

'Giganta!' Diana realised as she rolled out of the way of the giant villainess's foot. 'What are you doing here? You should be in prison!'

'Circe made me an offer.' The redheaded behemoth answered. 'She said she'd bust me out if I helped her invade this stupid little island of yours. So, here I am.'

'Enough chattin'!' Wildcat growled. 'My mother always said that it was rude to hit ladies, but you ain't no ladies!'

Stheno was taken by surprise as Wildcat laid her out with a punch to the head.

'Ow, hey!' The Gorgon yelped. 'No fair! I wasn't ready!'

'You always did protest too much, sister.' Euryale sighed as she leapt in to defend her sister.

Speedy nocked an arrow into his bow and let it fly, hitting one of Euryale's wings.

'Ah! Damned child!' The elder Gorgon hissed. 'You shall pay dearly for that!'

'I don't think so, monster!' Donna retorted as she tackled the winged woman to the ground and smacked her in the face. 'Get away from my boyfriend!'

'Ah, so he is your lover, hmm?' Euryale chuckled. 'Then perhaps I should take my time to kill him.'

Donna grabbed Euryale by the hair and pulled her up to her feet.

'You should know better then to threaten an Amazon's loved one.' Donna spat at her foe. 'We don't exactly take that kind of thing lightly.'

Donna grabbed Euryale by the throat and threw her over her into the air. The young Amazon stepped out of the way as the winged woman came crashing back down the ground.

Elsewhere, Batman was dealing with Giganta.

'Gee, you really are a jittery little Dark Knight, aren't you?' Giganta grumbled as she repeatedly tried to stamp on Batman, only for him to keep rolling out of the way. 'Now, stay still so I can squish you.'

Batman brandished a batarang and plunged it into the underside of Giganta's foot.

'Ahh! Sonova…!' The giant villainess hissed as she clutched her foot. 'That hurt, dammit!'

Giganta made an attempt to grab hold of Batman, but he shot out a Bat-Grapple that sent him flying out of his foe's range.

'Stay still, dammit!' Giganta growled as she tried to swat the Dark Knight.

Batman released his hold on the Bat-Grapple and landed on Giganta's shoulder. He then took out his Bat-Tazer and jabbed it into the base of Giganta's neck.

'AAAAARGHHH!!' Giganta screamed as thousands of volts coursed through her body.

Batman leapt off of his foe as the giant redhead came crashing down to the ground.

Nearby, Diana was taking on Cheetah.

'Why are you doing this, Barbara?' The Amazon begged her former ally. 'I thought we were friends.'

'Then you thought wrong!' Cheetah spat back. 'Do you know what it was like for me? You kept me like a damn pet! Circe showed me the way it was supposed to be! You can't tame wild animals, Princess!'

'Then I am sorry that I must do this.' Diana sighed heavily. 'I used to consider you as one of my closest friends.'

'Shut up and fight, already!' Cheetah hissed.

Diana had little choice but to fight her former friend.

While all of this fighting was going on, nobody had noticed that Hippolyta had snuck away and was heading towards the palace and Circe.

The palace-

Circe was sitting on the royal throne watching the ongoing battle through a magical portal. Things had evened out after the heroes had arrived, but it was only a matter of time until Circe won. The heroes would grow tired whereas Circe's army of magical beasts could go on fighting.

'It seems such a pity to just sit here and watch.' The evil sorceress sighed. 'But then again, it always was more fun to get others to do the hard work for me. Isn't that right, Phillipus?'

Circe turned to regard the woman she was holding captive in a cage of magical energy. It was Phillipus, the captain of the Royal Guard, and the acting leader of Themyscira while Hippolyta was away doing her work in Man's World.

'You shall die for this, witch!' Phillipus spat at the evil sorceress. 'Amazons do not fall easily!'

'But you will fall, dear Phillipus.' Circe chuckled. 'Amazons grow tired as easily as anybody, and when you do…'

Circe's boasts were cut short as the door to the throne room was torn off its hinges.

'Ahh, you took your time, Your Highness.' Circe laughed once she saw Hippolyta standing in the doorway.

'This ends now, witch!' The rather angry Queen of the Amazons stated. 'I intend to make sure of it.'

'Well, it seems that I will have to get my hands dirty after all.' Circe chuckled as she stepped down from the throne. 'It was nice knowing you, Hippolyta. Okay, it wasn't, but that's not my point…'

Circe's hands started to glow green as she began to summon a magical fireball and tossed it in Hippolyta's direction. The ball of magical energy impacted harmlessly against the Amazon Queen's chest.

'What the Hades?' Circe blinked in confusion. 'You should be nothing but charred bones!'

'I know your weakness, sorceress.' Hippolyta explained. 'You magic is useless against moly. Zatanna was helpful enough to provide us all with some.'

'That damn amateur!' Circe hissed in anger. 'She's screwed up my plans for the last time! I'll destroy her!'

'I think not, witch.' Hippolyta said as she flew towards Circe, tackling her through a stone column.

'I was so close to winning…' Circe blinked in disbelief. 'This… this is madness!'

'Madness?! Madness?!' Hippolyta retorted. 'This is Themyscira!'

Circe barely had time to defend herself before Hippolyta ran her through the stomach with her sword.

With Circe defeated, the magical cage holding Phillipus disappeared.

'My Queen…' The weakened Amazon bowed. 'It is good to see you again.'

'I wish that it could have been under better circumstances.' Hippolyta sighed sadly.

'And Circe, what of her?' Phillipus enquired. 'Is she dead?'

Hippolyta turned, expecting to see the vanquished witch lying in a pool of her own blood, but found that Circe had disappeared.

'I should have expected as much from her.' Hippolyta shook her head. 'But it doesn't matter. With Circe defeated her army will soon fall.'

Later-

Hippolyta's words soon proved correct as the army of mythological beasts fell with ease without any leader to guide them. It didn't take the heroes and remaining Amazons very long to clean up any remaining invaders. With Circe defeated, Cheetah and Giganta were returned to their normal selves, albeit very confused and with slight headaches.

'So… did we win?' Donna asked.

'I'm not sure than anybody won today.' Diana shook her head as she looked at the other Amazons gathering the dead. 'It will take us a long time to rebuild after this.'

'That is why I am going to remain here.' Hippolyta told her daughter. 'I feel partly responsible for this mess. I have to stay here to help rebuild the island.'

'Cassandra will miss you, mother.' Diana sighed. 'She does love to spend time with you.'

'Then you'll have to come and visit.' Hippolyta smiled slightly. 'You will come and visit, won't you?'

Diana enveloped her mother in a big hug.

'I promise.'

TBC…

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