MUD PART 1.

The Rangers were in practice shooting range. Kal and Shayera were shooting first while John and Wally talked about their lives. John enjoyed a little of Barry's company, but he found it very annoying. Kal and Shayera talked about how Diana had been looking for a criminal or a trail in a forest that was not there. They wondered if they were good companions after that.

"We are Shayera," Kal told him. "We are good companions. But sometimes I think everyone needs their time without the team, and as time goes by, Diana does not accept orders of any kind when it's something that really matters to her. I hope this does not become custom."

"I just hope she does not mortify herself if she can not find anything." Shayera replied in a thoughtful tone.

"I hope so too," Kal said with a slight sigh. After a little while, it was Barry and John's turn.

"Seriously, I did not expect Diana to be someone so stubborn and stubborn," Barry said.

"I do not understand how you did not see it," John said sharply. "Since she got mad at me because I told her I was not ready, it was obvious that she was more of a girl. I hope she does not get us in trouble with her stupid pride. "

"I think you also have pride, but you're more ... boring." That offended John. All the Rangers on the team were proud, just like every human being, but the Rangers were prouder, especially Diana and John, but Diana was the most stubborn. What offended John is that Barry told him he was boring, so he left the training room. Kal and Shayera approached him.

"Good move, Barry," said Shayera.

"I said it, but I did not want to offend him," Barry replied.

"Go apologize to him," Kal ordered. Kal and Shayera went to their rooms. The four of them had already eaten and they hoped that Diana was fine. Barry went to John's room, but the door was closed, so John did not want to talk, so Barry left. He expected everything to be resolved quickly.

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J'onn wrote in his report everything and all the information he had collected. He was waiting for Diana to return and return to the base before the commander gave her an ugly punishment. He also hoped that the commander would not restrict the Rangers from the investigations all the time. The door opened and she saw a scruffy and careless Diana, who was full of mud all over her uniform, and apparently, she had not gone to clean up anywhere.

"I was wondering when you would come back, Diana."

"Me too," Diana replied, smiling. When it started to get dark, Diana had given up and returned.

"I see that you've covered yourself with mud, literally."

"I was looking for some clue to help you, but I did not find anything. I found what you see here," she said smiling, although she looks exhausted.

"I'm sorry you have not succeeded." J'onn said in a very compassionate tone.

"It's okay, but at least I know that I tried."

"Diana, we'll solve it. Now it's better that you go clean yourself."

"Why does the commander not allow help?" Diana asked with a steady gaze. There was silence for a minute.

"Because he does not want risks in anything." J'onn replied before continuing. "Now go clean up."

"Thanks J'onn." Diana went to the showers, and went to sleep in her room.

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The next day...
The Rangers went to breakfast, even Diana, who was more tired today because she had been looking for a clue to help find the thing or criminal they were chasing. So her fellow Rangers decided to tease her with it.

"Did you find anything, Di?" Barry asked.
"No." answered Diana with a sigh.
"Did you see anything suspicious?" Kal asked teasingly.
"No, Kal." Diana said smiling but a little downcast.
"And did you like to be an investigator?" Asked Shayera.
"Yes, it was fun." Diana kept smiling.

John wasn't asking. He was still angry about yesterday, but he didn't want to make another partner suffer. He was beginning to see that Diana wasn't ready for much, but she was an honorable person. The alarm rang and the Rangers had to go on another mission. Arriving in the conference room, they entered and saw Commander Wayne and J'onn in their usual position.

"Rangers," said Commander Wayne. "We have a hostage situation at the hands of Basil Karlo." A hologram was shown of him. "Basil Karlo is legendary horror movie actor who became a murderer when they wanted to make a remake of his movie with another actor. He's in the Gotham City theatre, where they exhibit several classic films. The location is already marked on the bikes and on the vehicles. We know this thanks to security videos. Good luck. "

"Ready?" asked Kal.
"Ready!" The other four Rangers responded.
"Justice League, activate," rhey said in unison.

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Upon reaching the theater, the Rangers split into groups. All with their pistols in hand. Kal went alone, while Shayera and Diana were in a group and Barry and John were in a group. The girls with girls and boys with boys. Kal decided it was best for the team to work better, that and that Diana and Barry were not a good team. They arrived at three different points: Barry and John were on a balcony. Diana and Shayera were in the seats and Kal was questioning the stage screen.

The Rangers approached the hostages who kept asking for help. They heard a Morphos sound. They all opened and listened to J'onn speak through them.

"Rangers," J'onn said, "listen carefully: there is a trap near each hostage, which will explode if released. They must secure the area to be able to call the bomb squad."

"Thank you, J'onn." They all said in unison.

"There's more," J'onn snapped. "I have analyzed the mud, and the mud moves, moves by itself. This means that the thing is some subordinate of Karlo, that can be transformed in any form, like adapting to the form of whatever. Be careful with that."

"How did you find out?" Kal asked.

"With Diana's help. Actually, "J'onn said with some suspicion. "The mud that she brought moved by itself. He helped me investigate and track him. Now that you know, good luck. "J'onn said goodbye. The Rangers hung up and went back into action.

Diana was happy that her vain and useless search had surfaced something, even her fellow Rangers congratulated her and told her well done. But they did not apologize. Diana hoped they would apologize later.

"Well, now that Diana is fine again, let's look for Karlo, or the mud man, and get out of here," Kal ordered. All went to work. Using their Morphos, they now used flashlights built into their pistols. It was hard work, that Diana and Shayera knew how to execute. Shayera because she heard very well and Diana had been doing detective work the day before, so she should not be so impatient. Kal was just checking each wall just like Barry and John, but they did not find anything.

Kal was hit by a mysterious figure, causing him to fall to the ground. Kal aimed and was ready to destroy him, but he saw nothing. He was struck again by the mysterious thing. Kal managed to recover, and began to hit the air in all directions. A blow was intercepted by the thing, the thing took him in his hands and threw him to the ground floor.

John and Barry were attacked from behind by the mysterious thing. It was very tall, so they fired. The thing did not flinch, they managed to make him a little tickle, but nothing more. The thing took the weapons and hit them both. Then the thing formed hammers with his hands, and hit the two Rangers. Then, the thing turned into a giant sphere and rolled against them, but Diana and Shayera received the sphere with laser shots.

The sphere stopped, and he stood up again becoming a human form again. He started running towards the Rangers. The Rangers ran to where Kal was. The thing formed giant clamps, and took the Rangers, and then throw them on stage, where the hostages were still tied and scared.

"They're not going to prevent my revenge on these bastards," the muddy man said.

"Revenge does not solve anything," John shouted in response.

"We're here to stop you," Kal said.

"We are the Justice League," Diana said.

"And we never let any criminal get away with crime," Shayera said.

"Then you will die too" Said the mud man.

The mud man attacked the Rangers. Kal and John made a team, Kal jumped and hit the mud man, while John formed creations with his mind, even made a giant bottle, where he locked it, but the mud man turned into a drill and destroyed the bottle. Then John formed a container and locked the mud man there. There were no movements, until the clay man opened it because it became a giant can opener. John fought him bravely, but the mud man, or Basil Karlo, was too strong for him.

Kal hit him with all his strength, but Karlo did not flinch, as the mud was not damaged by the blows. Diana helped Kal in the fight, but Karlo received no damage. Even the two jumped into the air to hit Karlo in the face, but he sent them out of the building.

It was Barry's turn. Barry ran around Karlo as he fired and hit Karlo, but Karlo turned into a sphere and ran over Barry.

Shayera ran towards him, but Karlo created a saw and attacked Shayera. Shayera was hit by the saw and fell to the ground. Shayera got up again, Karlo attacked again, but Shayera dodged the two saws, then reached Karlo, who became a brown bear with twice his height. Shayera touched Karlo and used his electric shock on his body. Suddenly, Karlo's body went crazy, since the mud was moving uncontrollably. Karlo attacked Shayera again, but Shayera again used his shock and Karlo's body went crazy again. Shayera used her electric shock against Karlo twice more before Karlo finally kicked her off. Karlo's body was still mad.

Karlo's body stopped twisting and changing shape and showed the face of Basil Karlo. Shayera knew it was Karlo's face because he had seen her in the hologram of the conference room.

"You're going to pay for that," says Karlo, as he approaches Shayera.

"Why are you doing this?" Shayera asks. "They just wanted to make a remake of your movie, but not with you. Why do you want to punish them? How did you do this? How did you become that?"

"They should not have done that. It was my movie and they changed it. They took me out. They left me out. I became this because he is the best character I have ever done and with the technology of GothCorp, I managed it. And with this will make sure you stay out." Karlo waved his hand again and became a fan of knives, the knives were fired at Shayera. Shayera managed to dodge a few, but received several blows, but her suit protected her.

Kal, John, Barry and Diana used their Morphos to ask for swords.

"Super blow." The four said in unison. Using all their strength, they launched a super powerful blow against Karlo. Sparks jumped from Karlo's body, but he was still alive. Shayera returned with the other Rangers while Karlo recovered from the blow.

"It's mud. We need bombs. "Says Shayera.

"Great idea," Kal said. "Use your Morphos." He ordered.

With bombs in hand, the Rangers threw them to Karlo, who sent them back as he turned his body into a springboard. The Rangers received a loud explosion and fell to the ground. Shayera knew what to do. Shayera used her Morpho again to bring more bombs and then spoke.

"I'll keep Karlo busy, and I set the bombs. While he's busy, use your punch."

Shayera ran very fast and used another clash against Karlo. Karlo's body went crazy again, and Shayera placed a third of her bombs. Shayera used an even stronger electric shock, and placed almost all the bombs. He used an electric shock and placed the last bomb. Karlo hit Shayera, but Barry ran to Karlo and saved Shayera. Karlo attacked Barry, but the other three Rangers had already used their swords to launch the super blow again. This time there was success. Karlo sparks before exploding and splashing mud all over the room.

"Oh great, and I did not want to get dirty again," Diana said.

"Calm down, novice." John said. "The suit is cleaned once we've left it."

"Good," said a hostage. "Can you get us out of here?" The Rangers called the bomb squad and help was coming to rescue the hostages. Everything went well, although they would devote themselves to removing all the mud.

XXX

Diana was cleaning J'onn's lab with a mop. After the mission with Karlo, the bomb squad liberated the hostages while removing the mud from the uniforms. After the hostages thanked the Rangers and everyone went back to their jobs.

However, the commander congratulated his Rangers on the success of his mission and Shayera's cunning plan against Karlo. But afterwards, the commander punished Diana with cleaning J'onn's laboratory as punishment and as a lesson that she should not always act on her own terms. It was the punishment for her not to disobey rules of her commander or Kal, the Red Ranger.

"You're missing there, Princess." The commander said. Diana cleaned the last corner of the lab and put the mop in her bucket. She was wearing her sports clothes for this.

"Happy?" Diana asked.

"No, princess." Major Wayne replied.

"Then what was all this for?" Diana asked very angry.

"Because you must know that you are in the Justice League, a place where everyone must obey orders, which you only question when necessary. Also, you are not the leader or the commander, that's me, and Kal is your leader. That and that you can not disappear during all that time without reporting, and then fill the hall with mud. " The commander spoke everything is time with a very calm face.

"Well, Mr. Wayne." Diana answered. "I will not do it again, but I wanted to help."

"If something comes up, I'll see if I need help. Meanwhile, do not interfere, or you'll be cleaning more than just J'onn's lab. Rest princess."

Major Wayne left and left Diana sweaty, but a little angry about this. At least, J'onn was in the conference room while the commander watched Diana clean her lab. Diana went to Shayera's room, hoping to talk to her so she would see that she did something right. Although she was punished for acting on her own, Diana was satisfied, as this showed that a change can be made.

Meanwhile, Kal was mopping the stairs of the main entrance. The commander had also punished him for being such a soft leader that he let all the Rangers still act on their own. Kal made a mental note, that he had to improve in his leadership, and he would. He needed more training. The only thing he did not like is how Barry and Shayera were making fun of how he was cleaning. Kal took revenge by throwing them a mop. Now all that remained was to wait for the next mission.

NEXT: WORDS AND ARMORS PART 1. By the way, I made Diana very happy but very impacient and impulsive, but in other chapters you will see that Diana is more than that.

BY THE WAY, HAPPY NEW YEAR TO EVERYONE, ALTHOUGH BE LATE.