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Issue #1.04
𝗪𝗢𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗪𝗢𝗠𝗔𝗡
"Aladdin!"
Le Blanc's shouting echoed around the area for a moment until there was silence once more. Suddenly, he felt the wind picking up while a blue smoke appeared out of nowhere. There was enough smoke that it surrounded both him and the van as the wind kept on going strong. Then, it started to calm down and revealed a woman with an assault rifle pointed at him. She looked like a soldier that saw some action during her service, especially with a large scar on the right side of her face. The woman remained watchful of the newcomer until a man wearing a mask walked beside her. He wore a mask with a skull painted on it while his body armor had painted bones that made an "X" on it. And lastly, an Indian woman wearing a bright white dress with a purple gem on her head sat on top of the van and stared at him. She was curious in the new guy and asked the masked man, "Who is this stranger?"
"Well, it's obvious that he's one of us now or we would have killed him by now." the masked man answered and then looked at the scarred woman. "Give me the rifle."
"Fine" She responded coldly before tossing the rifle over to the man. After giving up her rifle, she went towards the van and saw the bomb still untouched. "At least, this bomb's intact, unlike the last one."
"Well, it seems that our latest member made a wise decision!" Everyone turned around and saw a young man sitting on a carpet while it was flying around. Le Blanc was impressed with the whole performance and realized the reason behind the man's nickname. Eventually, he managed to land on the ground near Le Blanc and offered his hand. "It's nice to meet you, mister. If you haven't noticed by now, I am Aladdin!"
"I am Andre Le Blanc." He accepted Aladdin's hand and shook it. Then, he held up the Angler and waved it around. "Sorry about my partner, but I got his strange device."
"Mister Bend failed where you succeed," Aladdin said in a serious tone before changing the subject. "But, that doesn't matter anymore! Welcome to the group! Doctor Poison is our toxicology specialist and made that bomb for you. Meanwhile, you have Crossbones that provided you with the blueprints of the banks. And lastly, Jinx is the group's magic expect and knows a few things about it."
"What a pretty name," Jinx said in a flirtatious way while she flipping off of the van. She landed with grace and slowly tried to approach Le Blanc, but Crossbones stopped her and looked stone cold at her.
"Not now."
"Come on! Why do you alwa-"
"Because your attempts at flirting are horrible." Crossbones was finished talking to her and turned his attention to Le Blanc. It was time to show the new arrival around the area which was a huge warehouse. "Follow me for a tour of your new home.
Meanwhile, Aladdin flew towards Doctor Poison as Crossbones was giving Le Blanc the grand tour of their base of operations. He watched as she was cautiously moving the bomb to her laboratory for further studying to make sure it was safe. Of course, he snapped his fingers and saw blue smoke picking up the bomb and moved it towards the lab. The doctor was clearly annoyed about the help and grunted her breath just as the smoke carefully place down the poison gas bomb on the table. She went to the table and watched as the smoke returned to Aladdin, but she didn't say anything.
"Well, you're welcome!" Aladdin shouted at her before waving her off and racing towards Jinx with his magic carpet. She was heading towards her room when he appeared beside her and greeted her. "It seems that you like the new guy."
Jinx laughed and said happily, "I always like new people. By the way, when are moving forward with the plan? I hate sitting in this massive warehouse all day long!"
"Soon. For now, we let mister Le Blanc get some rest and explain everything to him over the weekend." Aladdin answered and departed after a short farewell leaving her to read some ancient book on her bed. With the magic carpet, he flew to his room, landed it on the ground, and got off of it before it vibrated to clear itself up. Aladdin walked towards his bed and lay on it in the hopes of getting some sleep. Just when he was starting to fall asleep, the oil lamp nearby begun to shake violently like something inside wanted to escape. However, Aladdin got up and shut it up with a few hits on the side of the lamp. After a few seconds of silence, he smiled, went back to bed, and quickly went to sleep. And in the quiet, somebody could hear muttering inside the lamp.
Western Front // 1916
Following the events at the park, Wonder Woman took Angelo Bend to the nearest hospital to get his gunshot wounds treated. Then, she submitted a report to the Préfecture de Police to ensure that Bend was locked away for a long time. And after all of that, Diana still had people to save in Northern France for a fire. Around nine in the night, she finally returned to her hotel room and got some rest. That was when the dream started. She was on the same battlefield and saw that British soldiers were charging into no man's land.
Most of them were immediately gunned down by the Germans on the other side with machine guns and sniper rifles. Wonder Woman made her way towards the German trench while blocking any bullets with her bracelets. And when she was halfway through the land, the machine gunners started targeting her. It was crazy enough that she pulled her shield to protect herself from death. Sometimes she wished that the Gods made her bulletproof, so it made clearing machine gun nests easier. She saw one of the British soldiers, a young and frightened man, throwing a grenade at the nest before he was shot. She waited until the nest was destroyed before running towards the wounded soldier and using her shield to protect him.
"Are you alright?" Wonder Woman asked the soldier.
"I-I-I think the bullet went past my leg." The soldier answered confidently in spite of his bullet wound. He looked like he was on the verge of tears, but Wonder Woman put her shield away and picked him up without any questions. Then, she took off from the skies while carrying the man as Allied soldiers began their second assault below. Once she was back on the British side, Wonder Woman landed carefully and signaled a medic during a smoke break.
"Sir, he needs help now!" She called out towards the medic, who instantly dropped his cigarette and ran towards them. He said that he was able to carry him over to the medical tent since his wounds didn't appear life-threatening. She waved goodbye at the young soldier, who thanked her for saving his life. And Wonder Woman felt good saving the young lad's life; however, she wondered if the sacrifices were enough to justify a few inches of land that could merely be recaptured. Life in Man's World was complicated and confusing compared to the paradise of Themyscira, yet she hoped that she could understand them more and perhaps live alongside them.
Paris, France // Present
Diana Prince was awakened from her flashback with several loud knocks on the nightstand. Candy was standing above her while she was trying her best to control her anger. But Diana knew when her bodyguard was angry, even if she tried to suppress that feeling. Before Candy could say something, Dominguez ran in the bedroom as she was watching something on her phone. Prince was barely waking up, but she could hear someone talking about something. Dominguez put down the phone for a moment and had a look of concern on her face. "You need to come with us."
After getting out of bed and ready for the day, she followed both Dominguez and Candy to the lobby of the hotel. Diana found that a lot of people, including some of the workers, were staring at the television while somebody was still giving a speech. She approached it and saw the CNN headline that caught her off guard: "𝖲𝖶𝖠𝖭𝖶𝖨𝖢𝖪: 𝖳𝖨𝖬𝖤 𝖳𝖮 𝖳𝖠𝖪𝖤 𝖱𝖤𝖲𝖯𝖮𝖭𝖲𝖨𝖡𝖨𝖫𝖨𝖳𝖸 𝖶𝖮𝖭𝖣𝖤𝖱 𝖶𝖮𝖬𝖠𝖭." And with that brief sentence, she knew what was going on and knew that she needed to listen to the rest of the speech.
“…That is why we are here today. To give them answers on the crucial topics of vigilantes, superheroes, and metahumans. And Wonder Woman is key to finding the answers for the government. She's known as the world’s first vigilant and superhero with superhuman powers that nobody ever saw before 1916. Nowadays, there are hundreds of enhanced humans with different abilities who are using them for good or evil. Captain America, Liberty Belle, Union Jack, and countless other brave souls that risked their lives to secure a better future are the perfect examples of heroes. On the other hand, you have plenty of criminals and scum that I will never name since their acts of terror are unforgivable.
That is one of the many reasons why we are here today. To ask if Wonder Woman's presence to the entire world ultimately causes harm more than peace. This world is entering a new era of heroes and villainy that we haven't dealt with before in our lives. And we have to plan ahead instead of waiting until something terrifying to happen. It is why my fellow Senators and I have come together to create a committee to ask and answer the essential questions ranging from the concept of vigilante to secret identities of enhanced humans. Wonder Woman will have to answer for her actions across a century. And afterward, we will decide what's the best course to deal with other metahumans."
Then, a woman next to the older man started to speak. "We have asked several witnesses to testify in the first weeks of the committee, while we do our own research into Wonder Woman. Our work will begin now while testimonies will start on Monday. However, we do have a message from Wonder Woman. You have done so much good for our world during a century that we are thankful, but we need to know what you stand for. Be prepared for a trip to the Capitol. Thank you, everyone."
Once the speech was over, Diana knew that her entire world was about to change for the worse.
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