So, we decided to go to the speed force dimension to try and figure out what was going on. Raven brought us there, and, let me tell you, it was pretty weird. It was pretty much a grey featureless plain, and you were in constant motion. It would've been easy to get separated. And sometimes features would start to appear if you started going fast enough, which makes NO sense. It was very strange. We met the Flash there, and it was all three Flash's combined into one being. Don't ask me how that worked. He led told us about some areas that he couldn't explore, as those Speed Demon things were hanging out around them. Long story short, we found a power ring batter in there projecting a giant brain, eating peoples minds, and making itself stronger. So, we destroyed the power battery, as the locus points it was making were causing the rifts, and it probably would've eventually destroyed our universe. The Flash said he'd come out after he finished fixing the rifts.
But why do I feel like we missed something? Dammit. I don't feel this way a lot. I'm not a thinker. My function in most battles is to hit things. Hard. If that doesn't work, I hit things harder. I need to talk to Mr. Terrific. Maybe Skyline. She is pretty smart, and she's even on my team.
Basketball
OK, maybe this is a dumb idea, but I wanted to raise some money for areas hit very heard by the YPRBJ's. And I wanted to reintroduce the Amazons to the Earth. I mean, obviously, people know about us, but I don't think people know much about us. And, I wanted to raise people's spirits. Most of the organized sports leagues are still shut down, most movies were put on hold, etc. I think its time to have a little fun, so I'm throwing an event that will, hopefully, do all three at the same time. Since this is me, and I'm a woman, and all the Amazons are women, I thought it should be a woman's sporting event. Which (come on America, what gives?), doesn't give me many choices, if I want to hold this in Metropolis. The only professional woman's sports leagues most people have heard about are soccer and basketball. Hmmm, Amazons. WNBA it is! I don't want to give too many details yet, as this is still a work in progress, but I'm going to try and put together a charity event, featuring learning all about the Amazons, and culminating in a basketball game with superheroes and WNBA players! I'll be there and playing. I couldn't get my team to agree to play, but they'll be there as security and moral support. My sister, Wondergirl, we'll probably be on opposite teams, and Wonderwoman has agreed to come, but she won't be playing. I've have my whole superhero cast lined up! This should be awesome. I hope it doesn't fall through. And, hey, supervillians, this is for charity. Don't come an screw this up for everyone. If you want to just attend, fine. If you want to donate a little money, even better. But lets draw the line there.
Alright, folks, I'm going to end it here. Don't know why, haven't had one in years, but I feel a headache coming on.
Cya
Alright, folks, I'm going to end it here. Don't know why, haven't had one in years, but I feel a headache coming on.
Cya
Search for Speed
As I'm sure many of you know, something is seriously wrong with the speed force. Random people have been speeding up until they die from heat, and heroes who are superfast have been speeding up randomly, too. I'm sure you've seen this in the papers, but you may not have known the Speed Force was responsible. Most superspeedsters have a link to the speed force, even, apparently, me. My powers don't derive from the Speed Force, but, apparently, I have a link to it anyway. Since I'm not a science type, I've been working with Mr. Terrific to try and figure out what is going on. Also, for a while, I've been hearing whispers in my head when I'm going near my max speed, or pushing it for some reason, telling me to "Go faster". Yes, voices. Yes, I told people. No, I'm not crazy. Turns out it was the Flash, trying to communicate with me, from the Speed Force! Apparently, he's alive, and stuck in the Speed Force, and there are other things stuck in there with him. Or maybe there has always been a Flash out here, bleeding some of the energy off when he used his powers, and since he is stuck there, all the energy is building up, and bad things are happening. We don't know, but trying to go fast enough to catch the Flash, apparently, isn't going to work. We accidentally ripped a whole into the speed force dimension, and these speed demons came out, and attacked us. It was weird, they could come out, but the Flash couldn't, or maybe wouldn't. Anyway, they came out and attacked us, while the Flash worked from the other side to seal the rift. We kept throwing them back in the rift, and they kept coming back out, it was kind fun. Once the rift sealed, though, this ball of speed force energy was left behind, and kept trying to wrench us into the speed force dimension. It actually took little pieces of it every time it happened. So, yeah, I've had better days. I heal on the fast side, but nowhere near how Gekko heals. Its going to take me a week to get get back to fully healthy, and with the crap state the world is in, I don't have that kind of time.
Oh, and, I'm sure if I didn't mention them, my comments would fill up, so yes, the Brainiac domes. First, let me say, I know a lot of you are scared, or can't work, or can't even feed your family. It would be callous of me, living in the Embassy, with food, medical care, and heck, even showers, to just say how can you people even think about that. Your scared, or desperate, or both, and scared, desperate people don't often think straight. I get it. Some of you have already gone in, or are seriously considering it. Ultimately, you have to make that decision, and, yes, it is your decision. So, make sure you make the right one. I won't tell you what the right decision is. You know. Even desperate, or scared, you know what the right decision is. What is it that was said about freedom and security? Let me google it, hold on. Oh, here it is.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
Stay strong, people.
Oh, and, I'm sure if I didn't mention them, my comments would fill up, so yes, the Brainiac domes. First, let me say, I know a lot of you are scared, or can't work, or can't even feed your family. It would be callous of me, living in the Embassy, with food, medical care, and heck, even showers, to just say how can you people even think about that. Your scared, or desperate, or both, and scared, desperate people don't often think straight. I get it. Some of you have already gone in, or are seriously considering it. Ultimately, you have to make that decision, and, yes, it is your decision. So, make sure you make the right one. I won't tell you what the right decision is. You know. Even desperate, or scared, you know what the right decision is. What is it that was said about freedom and security? Let me google it, hold on. Oh, here it is.
"Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
Benjamin Franklin
Stay strong, people.
Wake
We had a wake for Haze, just after the funeral. It was strange. A lot of ghosts attended the party, some of the ghost knew Haze. Apparently, she was pretty old, born so that peers of Sherlock Holmes knew her. Yes, Holmes, he was real! I met the ghost of John Watson at the party.
The whole night was held under a spell of sanctuary. No one could hurt anyone else, and none of your secrets would get out, as everyone would forget them after the party. Thankfully, the one thing I wanted to remember, I did.
Vandal Savage? Really, Mother?
The whole night was held under a spell of sanctuary. No one could hurt anyone else, and none of your secrets would get out, as everyone would forget them after the party. Thankfully, the one thing I wanted to remember, I did.
Vandal Savage? Really, Mother?
Funeral
I've been trying to keep thinking about Haze for the last couple of days. Its hard, as, even in death, her curse seems to linger. I did a sculpture of Haze for Oracle to help her remember, and it became an exercise in focus. I had to focus on the image of her in my mind, and if I lost that image, I had to stop. Eventually, I got to the point where I could keep the image of her in my mind, and work the stone at the same time. Maybe that focus is why its one of the best things I've ever made. I gave it to Oracle today, at the funeral. Diana came. Nice of him, I don't think he knew Haze. Black Canary and Green Arrow are here. Nice of them, I didn't think they knew Haze. Heck, even Batman came. And ghosts. A whole bunch of ghosts came for the funeral and the wake afterwards. John Constantine is here, and he wants to talk to me about something. He says I've taken "a step off the sidewalk" or something. I think he's trying to warn me that all this stuff with Haze and the Marvels has gotten me involved with the mystical world, and he's here to explain the rules to me. Oh, and hey, another one of the Outsiders popped up. Omen came to the funeral somehow. I guess there is still a couple more out there, somewhere.
I'm still a little numb. Its been a rough couple of days. Sculpting helps. Its my zen. My way to just try to focus on what I'm doing, and not think about anything. I've been talking to Martian Manhunter, too. About this and some other things. He just seems to get things, and be able to help you talk stuff out. I got mad when Haze died. I just lost it. Lost it like way back when like I lost it on that Bane thug. That rage is a piece of me I don't like, a piece of me I want to change.
Looks like most of the people are heading inside. Time to get dressed, and go the wake. I'm sure I'll have more stuff to say after the wake.
I'm still a little numb. Its been a rough couple of days. Sculpting helps. Its my zen. My way to just try to focus on what I'm doing, and not think about anything. I've been talking to Martian Manhunter, too. About this and some other things. He just seems to get things, and be able to help you talk stuff out. I got mad when Haze died. I just lost it. Lost it like way back when like I lost it on that Bane thug. That rage is a piece of me I don't like, a piece of me I want to change.
Looks like most of the people are heading inside. Time to get dressed, and go the wake. I'm sure I'll have more stuff to say after the wake.
Haze is Gone
She's dead, and I killed her.
The "somethings happening" from my previous entry was a portal opening up, and a god walking through. An evil god by the name of Trigon. The hero Raven's father. An evil being of unimaginable power. Somehow, he took advantage of what was going on with Mary Marvel, and somehow opened a portal to our world, to try and consume our world, as he has consumed so many from his dimension. In the process, he summoned his daughter to him, and used her magic to summon the old Teen Titans to him, and he took control of them all. So, the people who had assembled to rescue Mary Marvel, and Mary Marvel herself, had to defeat the old Teen Titans, while the magicey types had to find a way to close the portal. Knocking out a Teen Titan seemed to snap them out of the mind control. When we had them all freed, except Raven, Trigon himself stepped through. I've never been hurt as much as I was hurt when Trigon hit me with his whip. We carried on, and fought, and contained him, we were starting to lose people left and right. Then I got called over to the magical end of things to help out over there. When I came back, several heroes where down, including Superboy, Gekko, and Starfire, and two of the three magic people were down as well, including Adam Scott and Zatana. I'm not sure what happened, but, the spell started to collapse, Haze somehow kept it going, and Trigon thought he might lose, so he used his last trick. He possessed someone. Now, he can possess someone, but the rules of magic or whatever dictate that a person who loves the person possessed is willing to sacrifice them, Trigon loses. He goes back to his dimension, and gets locked out of this dimension, forever. So, he tried to be tricky, and possessed Haze.
You see, you probably don't remember Haze. She was somehow cursed to always be eventually forgotten. Trigon thought that because she was always being forgotten, that nobody could love her, and, hence, no one could make the sacrifice. But he didn't read the fine print. Apparently, if Haze loved someone, that person could still complete the sacrifice, kill Haze, and banish Trigon. And that person was me. I didn't know. She never told me, and I never noticed it. She probably didn't want me to. All Haze's relationships all end the same way, they forget about her.
So, there it is. There was no other way, nothing else to be done. No way to save her once she was possessed. Haze told me to kill her. I'm a Amazon. Raised to be a warrior. I did what needed to be done. I told her I was sorry, and I killed her. I couldn't even give her a clean death, as I had no blade with me. And now I'm left to pick up the pieces.
I shouldn't feel this way. I shouldn't feel GUILT. I did nothing wrong. But I do. I've never killed anyone before, and now I've killed a friend. Who loved me. Loved me with enough force to banish a god.
Hera help me.
The "somethings happening" from my previous entry was a portal opening up, and a god walking through. An evil god by the name of Trigon. The hero Raven's father. An evil being of unimaginable power. Somehow, he took advantage of what was going on with Mary Marvel, and somehow opened a portal to our world, to try and consume our world, as he has consumed so many from his dimension. In the process, he summoned his daughter to him, and used her magic to summon the old Teen Titans to him, and he took control of them all. So, the people who had assembled to rescue Mary Marvel, and Mary Marvel herself, had to defeat the old Teen Titans, while the magicey types had to find a way to close the portal. Knocking out a Teen Titan seemed to snap them out of the mind control. When we had them all freed, except Raven, Trigon himself stepped through. I've never been hurt as much as I was hurt when Trigon hit me with his whip. We carried on, and fought, and contained him, we were starting to lose people left and right. Then I got called over to the magical end of things to help out over there. When I came back, several heroes where down, including Superboy, Gekko, and Starfire, and two of the three magic people were down as well, including Adam Scott and Zatana. I'm not sure what happened, but, the spell started to collapse, Haze somehow kept it going, and Trigon thought he might lose, so he used his last trick. He possessed someone. Now, he can possess someone, but the rules of magic or whatever dictate that a person who loves the person possessed is willing to sacrifice them, Trigon loses. He goes back to his dimension, and gets locked out of this dimension, forever. So, he tried to be tricky, and possessed Haze.
You see, you probably don't remember Haze. She was somehow cursed to always be eventually forgotten. Trigon thought that because she was always being forgotten, that nobody could love her, and, hence, no one could make the sacrifice. But he didn't read the fine print. Apparently, if Haze loved someone, that person could still complete the sacrifice, kill Haze, and banish Trigon. And that person was me. I didn't know. She never told me, and I never noticed it. She probably didn't want me to. All Haze's relationships all end the same way, they forget about her.
So, there it is. There was no other way, nothing else to be done. No way to save her once she was possessed. Haze told me to kill her. I'm a Amazon. Raised to be a warrior. I did what needed to be done. I told her I was sorry, and I killed her. I couldn't even give her a clean death, as I had no blade with me. And now I'm left to pick up the pieces.
I shouldn't feel this way. I shouldn't feel GUILT. I did nothing wrong. But I do. I've never killed anyone before, and now I've killed a friend. Who loved me. Loved me with enough force to banish a god.
Hera help me.
Its Black Adam's fault, of course...
We thought the world could use another hero, so we hatched a plan to get Mary Marvel back. Most of you know that she went insane, and was just running around the world, collecting magical things. No one knows quite why this happened, but everyone thought the precipitating event was Black Adam giving Mary Marvel his powers to go and get his lady love back. Nope, apparently he gave her something called the Key of Eternity, and that is what screwed everything up. I have no idea what this key does, but I have it currently in my hands, so hopefully it doesn't drive you crazy by just touching it. Zatanna is yelling at Black Adam right now about giving her the Key. Something about how he was trying to bring back Isis as a goddess? Uh oh, something is happening, gotta go.
LOL
Wow. Those Joker Boys crack me up. We just finished kicking their butts, capturing two of them, and they come after us again. I think they were trying to rescue their comrades, but they really didn't think that through. That, and they impersonated Batman trying to get us to give them the bad guys. We saw through that pretty quick, kicked their asses, and sent them packing again. Saw two new ones, though. This woman that shoots fire out of guns and lights things on fire that touch her (never got her name), and Ringmaster, who teleports people and traps people in rings. We didn't, though, manage to capture any of them this time, but we hung on to our old prisoners. And, look out world, Harley Quinn seems to have become an Omega Wave super. Hopefully, she forgets and punches the Joker and the world is a better place. Just a quick one for now. More later.
Fuckin creepy
Ok, this has to be one of the weirdest bad guys I've ever faced. There is a guy out there, a dwarf, walking around in a suit of doll-shaped power armor. He literally turns people into dolls. Let me restate. He kills people by turning them into dolls. He turned his mother into a doll. Fuckin creepy.
Thankfully though, this guys trail of doll-bodies led us to the Joker Boys hideout in Gotham, and we were able to catch a few of them, and blow up one of the Joker's Joker Bots. They were hiding in a mostly abandoned building in Gotham, using some of Darkseid's technology that was stolen to do, something. We aren't sure what. We are going to have to dig it out after the Joker bomb blew up, and brought the building down of top of the device.
Remember before I talked about the Alpha Wave, that gave me my powers? Well the Alpha wave was the "good" energy. When the Alpha Wave went out, there had to be a corresponding Omega Wave. Omega energy is what Darkseid uses. Both of these waves passed through the Earth, leaving behind people with powers. For some reason, the Omega wave is lingering. We theorized it may be happening because of all the Apokolyption technology on our planet. We think that one of those pieces is either naturally keeping the energy around, or has been configured to do so. Which is causing a lot of people to get superpowers. Unfortunately, the Omega Wave makes more villains then it does heroes, as that kinda of energy focuses on and intensifies the uglier emotions.
So when we followed the breadcrumbs that Dollhouse left us, we found the Joker Boys hideout. They had a bunch of people there: the Joker (turned out to be a robot that blew up), Harley Quinn (got away), Hedy Hunter (captured), Poker Face (got away), new guy, kinda reminds me of Clayface. He grows, and shapeshifts, and turned himself into a ball and was literally rolling over people, Punch Line (got away) a strong man who punches things real hard, and doesn't seem to move all that much. I'm going to have hit him really hard one of these times, and see if I can move him, Dollhouse (captured) the freak above, and several Joker Boys (all captured). Batgirl showed up to help, and did good job. So, not a bad days work. We captured several bad guys, and think we found one of the devices interacting with the Omega Wave. We just have to dig it out again.
One another note, two of my amazon sisters died keeping the peace in Metropolis. I offered to bring them back home, to Paradise Island. As I did, I had time to reflect. I was unfair to Batwoman. Like my fallen sisters, Octave chose to be a hero. She chose not to hide from her sister, and to still be out there doing good. I should not disrespect her choices and actions by assigning blame to others for her choices. Should Batwoman have contacted us sooner, probably. But the blame for Octave's kidnapping lies only with her sister, and with Octave's own choices. She made the right choice, a warriors choice. As did my sisters. Goddess grant it works out better for Octave.
Thankfully though, this guys trail of doll-bodies led us to the Joker Boys hideout in Gotham, and we were able to catch a few of them, and blow up one of the Joker's Joker Bots. They were hiding in a mostly abandoned building in Gotham, using some of Darkseid's technology that was stolen to do, something. We aren't sure what. We are going to have to dig it out after the Joker bomb blew up, and brought the building down of top of the device.
Remember before I talked about the Alpha Wave, that gave me my powers? Well the Alpha wave was the "good" energy. When the Alpha Wave went out, there had to be a corresponding Omega Wave. Omega energy is what Darkseid uses. Both of these waves passed through the Earth, leaving behind people with powers. For some reason, the Omega wave is lingering. We theorized it may be happening because of all the Apokolyption technology on our planet. We think that one of those pieces is either naturally keeping the energy around, or has been configured to do so. Which is causing a lot of people to get superpowers. Unfortunately, the Omega Wave makes more villains then it does heroes, as that kinda of energy focuses on and intensifies the uglier emotions.
So when we followed the breadcrumbs that Dollhouse left us, we found the Joker Boys hideout. They had a bunch of people there: the Joker (turned out to be a robot that blew up), Harley Quinn (got away), Hedy Hunter (captured), Poker Face (got away), new guy, kinda reminds me of Clayface. He grows, and shapeshifts, and turned himself into a ball and was literally rolling over people, Punch Line (got away) a strong man who punches things real hard, and doesn't seem to move all that much. I'm going to have hit him really hard one of these times, and see if I can move him, Dollhouse (captured) the freak above, and several Joker Boys (all captured). Batgirl showed up to help, and did good job. So, not a bad days work. We captured several bad guys, and think we found one of the devices interacting with the Omega Wave. We just have to dig it out again.
One another note, two of my amazon sisters died keeping the peace in Metropolis. I offered to bring them back home, to Paradise Island. As I did, I had time to reflect. I was unfair to Batwoman. Like my fallen sisters, Octave chose to be a hero. She chose not to hide from her sister, and to still be out there doing good. I should not disrespect her choices and actions by assigning blame to others for her choices. Should Batwoman have contacted us sooner, probably. But the blame for Octave's kidnapping lies only with her sister, and with Octave's own choices. She made the right choice, a warriors choice. As did my sisters. Goddess grant it works out better for Octave.
And....We're Back!
It's been about a month since I've written anything here. With everything going on, I've been really busy out there, helping people, defending Metropolis, helping rebuild all over, that my experiences lately have been kind of monotonous. Until lately. My sisters, the Amazons, have joined the fight. They are also helping to defend Metropolis, which seems to have this massive meta-gang problem. Where did all these people come from, and why do they seem to think its a good idea that they just take over? Do they really think they can get away with it? I mean, they know people are going to come for them, eventually. In the short term, sure, maybe you get away with it, for a while, but in the long term? Are people just thinking everything civilized has gone away? Maybe in some parts of the world, but not here. So, the Amazons have taken the field, and they really don't get the concept of "peace keeping". We are warriors, we fight wars. And, even my mother has taken the field to help. My mother, the supervillain. She has been a warrior for, what 3000 years? She is so skilled, its hard to believe. She is keeping Amazon casualties down, and making sure that we win most of the battles. She is also (the catch) recruiting. She is rallying what Amazons she can to her banner, and while she is fighting a war, she looks good. We spoke after one particularly vicious battle recently. She wants me to forgive her, and go with her, be part of whatever she is going to do after this is over. I can't. When I was very young, she made it clear that I wasn't important to her, because I had no powers. She only has been interested in me lately because, a) I've been hanging out with Wonder Woman, and b) finally have powers. That kinda thing is hard to forget. She points out that we both are the better part of immortal, we won't get sick, we don't age. We can die in combat, but that is about all. She plans to out wait me.
Gosh, I'm rambling. Other things going on. Octive, my teammate, has been kidnapped by her demented sister. And thanks to Batwoman, we didn't find out until about 2 days later. Since her sister has a space ship, we really have nothing to do. We could go and look for her, personally, but where do we start? We alerted the Green Lantern Corps, as they were after her sister anyway, and I gave Lobo a call. He already has a bounty on the Renegades, and he has a separate bounty on Octave, so I figured if I told him, he would make this a priority. And, I asked him to call me if he found them. So, yeah, if he does find them, my team will probably have to fight Lobo again. And, he knows that we will probably try to get her back, and he'll still call us anyway. Cause he's crazy like that.
Remember I mentioned the Outsiders a couple months back? How they went on a really dangerous mission, and never came back? Well, one of them did! Skyline is back. She's a cyborg, with some Kryptonian thrown in there. I guess she's a tech wiz. Anyway, she said the Outsiders survived what they did, and where on the way back, when they got separated, and thrown into different dimensions. To her sense of time, she's been gone about 20 years. People say she's changed. I didn't know her back then. She's attractive, but I'm still with Junior Supes. And, she'll be joining the Birds of Prey! With Octave out, we need another field operator. I don't know how she fights, but we'll find out. The Birds got together recently. We are going to start team operations again. No, I'm not going to say what we are doing, cause anyone can read this, but these blog posts will be starting up again.
Be safe people, and hey, if you are in the Metropolis area, and need help, stop by the Amazonian Embassy, or the JLA headquarters. There are always people around to look out for people there. Here is a link to other places you can go, in the Metropolis area.
Cya!
Gosh, I'm rambling. Other things going on. Octive, my teammate, has been kidnapped by her demented sister. And thanks to Batwoman, we didn't find out until about 2 days later. Since her sister has a space ship, we really have nothing to do. We could go and look for her, personally, but where do we start? We alerted the Green Lantern Corps, as they were after her sister anyway, and I gave Lobo a call. He already has a bounty on the Renegades, and he has a separate bounty on Octave, so I figured if I told him, he would make this a priority. And, I asked him to call me if he found them. So, yeah, if he does find them, my team will probably have to fight Lobo again. And, he knows that we will probably try to get her back, and he'll still call us anyway. Cause he's crazy like that.
Remember I mentioned the Outsiders a couple months back? How they went on a really dangerous mission, and never came back? Well, one of them did! Skyline is back. She's a cyborg, with some Kryptonian thrown in there. I guess she's a tech wiz. Anyway, she said the Outsiders survived what they did, and where on the way back, when they got separated, and thrown into different dimensions. To her sense of time, she's been gone about 20 years. People say she's changed. I didn't know her back then. She's attractive, but I'm still with Junior Supes. And, she'll be joining the Birds of Prey! With Octave out, we need another field operator. I don't know how she fights, but we'll find out. The Birds got together recently. We are going to start team operations again. No, I'm not going to say what we are doing, cause anyone can read this, but these blog posts will be starting up again.
Be safe people, and hey, if you are in the Metropolis area, and need help, stop by the Amazonian Embassy, or the JLA headquarters. There are always people around to look out for people there. Here is a link to other places you can go, in the Metropolis area.
Cya!
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