Justice League of Amazons: Fallout
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Chapter 1
Aboard the Justice League Watchtower above Earth in space. February 2013.
Diana, the Princess of Themyscira, home of the Amazons, also known as the heroine Wonder Woman, founding member of the Justice League, stood in the observation room, looking through the tempered vacuum sealed ten-inch-thick glass window at planet Earth below. Silent tears poured down Diana's cheeks as the events that had only recently happened played through her mind.
What were the events that happened, you ask?
Aresia, Diana's sister by adoption and an orphan from a war that had killed her family and was raised as an Amazon, had decided that, in accordance to Amazon beliefs and teachings, for all women to be free, every man on Earth must be removed. During her final trial which she spent in an isolated tower in solitude, Aresia had studied books on biology, chemistry, magic, and germ warfare. Then after recruiting some criminals with promises of easy money, power and dominion over the world, Aresia gathered the supplies she needed to create a virus with the intention of killing every male person on the planet. The first test subjects were the male members of Aresia's impromptu Injustice Gang who quickly succumbed to the virus and died.
And like a snowball rolling down a snowy mountainside, the virus grew bigger and affected every male person, until it rapidly spread across the globe. Even the male members of the Justice League, Superman, Batman, Flash, Green Lantern and Martian Manhunter, were affected by the virus and succumbed to it. And worse still, the virus did not spare anyone, including teenagers and children, even unborn babies died in the wombs of their mothers, leaving those women with the horror of a stillborn child.
Try as they might, Diana, Shayera and Diana's mother and queen, Hippolyta, had tried their best to stop Aresia. Even when Hippolyta revealed to Aresia the truth of how a man had rescued her and brought her to the safety of Themyscira, even though it cost him his life, Aresia was unrepentant.
The world had descended into chaos from there as the male population of Earth succumbed to Aresia's virus in what could be simply & best described as gender genocide, all in the belief of freeing women everywhere according to the Amazon teachings.
Diana felt disgust and shame, at herself and the very beliefs she longed believed in and held pride in. She was disgusted that she had not done anything sooner to stop Aresia from unleashing her virus on the world, and she was ashamed that the Amazon beliefs were the root of this terrible tragedy. When she first arrived in Man's World, she had her initial prejudices against men, but she quickly learnt that while there were many men who validated Amazon teachings, she saw that many women were and are just as bad if not worse in some cases. Diana had also learned that despite the apparent corruption in men's hearts, there was just as much good in them, if not more so; the men of the Justice League were prime examples of such goodness.
Diana's thoughts then drifted to her now deceased teammates; Superman was the leader of them, who inspired hope and courage in everyone around him and encouraged people to be their best, no matter how small and insignificant their deeds may be. Batman was the foil to Superman, providing realism and pragmatism with his vast experience and had astounded Diana at just how skilled and determined a mortal man could be in the face of insurmountable odds against practically godlike beings. Flash, although he could be immature and prone to rash thinking and actions, he was the heart and soul of the team and was what kept them all grounded and human. Diana had often thought to herself that if she ever had a little brother, Flash would be it.
Green Lantern, although their first impression of each other wasn't exactly stellar by any means, there was clear respect and admiration between them, and Diana had respected the man's sheer willpower and dedication to doing good. And Martian Manhunter she felt some kinship towards as they were both outsiders in a world that was unfamiliar to them, and there was deep familiarity with each other as they both learned to live in the new world they found themselves in.
These men, they were heroes in every sense of the word, what men should truly be, and now they were all dead because of Aresia's misguided interpretation of the Amazon Way. What was the message in that? Where was the justice in it? To answer it simply; there was no justice to it whatsoever. They had died because of one Amazon's misguided view of the Amazon Way.
The door to the observation deck opened and Shayera walked towards Diana. "Diana? Are you okay?" the Thanagarian woman asked the Amazon who nodded shakily in response. "The others are already here," Shayera then said. "So, if you're ready, we can get the meeting underway," she added gently.
"But, what if…?" Diana tried to say when Shayera gently cut her off. "I've already spoken with them. They don't harbor any grudge or resentment against you for what Aresia has done. They're giving you the benefit of the doubt," she explained.
Diana nodded slowly and wiped away the tears staining her cheeks. The pair then left the observation deck and headed towards the conference room where a group of women were waiting for them.
It turned out that Batman had a series of contingency plans set in place should any member of the League be unable to fulfill their duties, and there were even plans to expand the Justice League roster. Given the fact that many costumed crime fighters around the world were male and had succumbed to the virus, that left only the female heroes left, but there was still a good number of them.
From Gotham City, there was Batgirl, Huntress, Black Canary and Zatanna. From Metropolis there was Superman's cousins, Supergirl and Power Girl. From New York, there was Vixen and Stargirl. From Brazil and Norway, there was Fire and Ice respectively. From Japan, there was Katana and Doctor Light. Each of these women were proven heroes and dedicated to the mission; they each had special skillsets and abilities, be it martial arts and acrobatics, or powers of flight and strength, or even specialised equipment that granted them greater capabilities in combat or investigation.
As Diana entered the room, some of the new heroes stiffened up slightly, but they relaxed quickly. They did not hold any ill will towards Diana, but there was still some apprehension towards her.
Shayera quickly called the meeting to order. "Welcome to you all. Please take a seat," she said firmly, and everyone did so. Pressing some buttons at the computer console, Shayera brought up a holographic display of Earth along with some statistics.
"A few hours ago, Aresia, a rogue Amazon of Themyscira, unleashed a virus with the intention of eliminating all men on Earth," Shayera started and there was some dark mutterings and scowls on nearly everyone present, but Shayera pressed on. "Aresia succeeded in her plans, but what she failed to realise, or more likely, refused to acknowledge that men were necessary to continue the human race through procreation with women," the Thanagarian said.
"With the current fallout of what has happened, the state of the world has descended into anarchy with much of the law enforcement agencies around the world being severely depleted of staff and members."
Shayera then looked at each person in the room before saying, "Now, it falls to us to continue the work the Justice League has set out to do and bring order to the world and find a way to prevent humanity from falling into extinction," she said sternly.
"How are we going to do that?" Kara AKA Supergirl asked. "Every man on Earth has died to the virus, as you just said. So, what can we do to make sure humanity survives?" she said.
"We'll find a way," Shayera then said confidently. "In my time knowing the human race, I've found they're extraordinarily resilient; capable of overcoming any obstacle placed in front of them," she added with a look of admiration in her emerald eyes.
"Humanity will survive this," the Thanagarian woman declared. "And while I don't put much stock into matters of faith, Green Lantern once told me that sometimes you have to have a little faith that things will turn out for the best," she said with a look of sad nostalgic fondness in her eyes.
"So, what do we do?" Helena AKA Huntress asked getting right to the matter. "Where do we go? And who's going with who?" she then added.
Shayera nodded in approval of the brunette's attitude and she began to lay out plans of what to do, who was going where and who they were going with.
When the plans were made, everyone then prepared to head to the Javelin bay and headed down to Earth to begin their mission of bringing order to the anarchy that currently gripped Earth.
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In a little alleyway. Metropolis City. February 2013.
In an alleyway in Metropolis, it was dank and dirty as trash littered the ground. Then the air suddenly began to hiss and crackle as little arcs of electricity sparked out from nothing. Then with a crackling sound of electrical discharge, two figures appeared on the spot in a flash of bright electric blue light.
The first figure was a man wearing what looked like olive green riot armour that had been heavily modified. A pair of rifles were slung over the man's back; one was a lever action rifle that had a Native American Medicine Wheel butt sleeve over the stock, the other rifle looked akin to a paratrooper marksman's rifle with a forest camouflage paintjob to it. On the armoured man's right hip was an ornate looking single action revolver with an ivory grip and gold and silver filigree on the metal. In another holster under the man's left shoulder was a 9mm pistol made of silvery nickel plated metal with intricate engravings and the grip was mother of pearl with the painting of a woman on them.
The other figure was not human at all in that it was a basketball sized machine riddled with antennae, sensors and other little tools. The spherical machine floated up in the air of its own accord and buzzed and chirped in communication with the man whose helmeted head turned to look at his surroundings.
"This doesn't look like the Strip," he said, his voice a deep baritone albeit synthesized through the heavy riot helmet he wore on his head. Lifting his left arm up to reveal a bulky looking wrist computer, the man pressed some switches and dials and tilted his head to the side in confusion as the little screen on the wrist computer was garbled with lines of code. "We're definitely not in New Vegas," he stated. "Let's hope we're not in the Sierra Madre," he muttered grimly.
Looking towards the end of the alleyway, the figure then whistled to the floating robot and said, "C'mon, ED-E. Let's see where we are." ED-E gave a beep and chirp in response before following his owner out of the alleyway.
Leaving the alleyway, the man stopped to look at his surroundings. Although his face was hidden by his riot helmet, his body language showed that he was in shock and disbelief. "Where the fuck am I?" he asked and he looked at ED-E and said, "ED-E, where are we?"
ED-E beeped and buzzed in response. "Okay… scan for radio traffic. NCR, Brotherhood, Followers, anything," the man ordered and ED-E beeped in response before finding a radio station.
"Good morning Metropolis City, or at least what's left of Metropolis," a woman's voice crackled through ED-E's speakers. "I… don't know what to say really. All these years working on this radio station for Metropolis, I never would've thought I would be sitting in the booth acting as the DJ," the woman's voice said.
A shaky sigh was heard before the voice continued. "As we all know, last night a tragedy occurred when an Amazon from the hidden island nation of Themyscira unleased a terrible virus that has eliminated all men on the planet…"
"A virus that kills men?" the man said to himself and he listened more closely to the radio station.
"Many of us have lost our husbands, our fathers, our brothers or our sons. I know this feeling because I lost my father and brother to this virus too," the DJ said and her voice cracked a little upon the admission.
"I know many of us are demanding that the Amazons answer for what one of their own has done. I too demand justice! And I know some of us are wondering why Wonder Woman, an Amazon herself didn't do more to stop her fellow Amazon for committing this… horrendous act of gender genocide," the DJ as her voice began to crack with barely suppressed sobs.
"That's enough, ED-E," the man said to the robot who switched off the radio station. "An Amazon… never heard of such a thing," he muttered to himself. "Well, whatever an Amazon is, they sure have it out for men," he added.
Looking around, the man said to his robot companion. "Let's get to high ground and find somewhere to bunker down. Don't think I wanna be caught out here." ED-E gave a chirp of agreement and the pair then headed across the street into the city.
As he made his way through the city, the man failed to notice that some street cameras caught sight of him and his robot companion.
TO BE CONTINUED…
A/N: There! I finally got around to writing this idea that I had planned so long ago. I deeply apologise for making those of you who waited for a Justice League of Amazons/Fallout crossover. I don't really have a good excuse, but I hope this makes up for the wait.
So as you can guess, I'm using the Courier from Fallout New Vegas, arguably the best Fallout game in terms of story, characters, themes and content out of all the Fallout games thus far, and given the adventures the Courier has been on in New Vegas and the DLCs, he may be a little unhinged at times or a complete murder machine badass.
Anyway, not much more to say so I'll leave this here and see you all in the next one.
Be kind to one another,
Angry lil' elf.