Chapter 244: Misdirection Part 4

Superman had seen that Wonderwoman was about to attack so he had launched forward intending to intercept her attack, be he was too late and the man was killed, his head now on the tiled floor while his body thumped down close to it with blood dripping out like a fountain. 

Superman was shocked with Wonderwoman, however she was unmoved, even going as far as to wipe off the blood staining her sword on the man's clothes. "It is a disgrace to use a weapon of the gods to cut down vermin like this, that's the only thing I feel regret over regarding this." 

Superman was now angry but there was nothing he could do, the man was already dead, however he still wanted to voice his displeasure. "You can't just kill people as you please! they are laws here, laws meant to-." 

Before Superman could even finish, Diana cut him off. "Your laws are flawed. When I first came here, I respected them for even I knew that every culture has its own set of rules and beliefs, and that I, as an outsider should follow them. However, I have taken it upon myself to better educate myself on your culture, to better understand your laws and their origins. The conclusion I reached is that they are pointless. Your system does not work, Arias was right." 

Hearing Arias's, Superman's heart involuntarily began to thump harder as if a natural sort of fear dawned on him. On the surface though, he only frowned, "Is he the one who told you to start killing people?" 

This accusation made Diana fairly angry and she didn't hesitate to lift her sort toward Superman. "Do not dare lay false accusation on my friend. Unlike your world leaders, he told me the honest truth about your world, your culture, and the truth I've come to learn for myself. You incarcerate murderers and rapists yet they escape and repeat their actions, even then, you simply incarcerate them again and you think they will change their ways? No. Death is the only thing these people who prey on the weak deserve and it is my duty to uphold justice for those who cannot do so for themselves."

 Diana's words caught Superman off-guard as it was definitely something that was in line with Arias's way of doing things, or at least from how Superman saw it. "Can't you see he's using you? He just-." 

Once again, Wonderwoman cut Superman off, bringing her blade even closer to his neck. "If you dare lay false accusations on my friend once more, I will not hesitate to fight you, even to the death. For we Amazons protect our honor with our lives, and I consider my friends honor my own, so watch your words." 

Superman now frowned deeply, he could see that speaking now would only further escalate the situation in a negative direction. There was no getting through to Diana from how he saw things, and with the man already dead, there was nothing more he could do.

So he simply began to hover toward the woman before covering her with her coat, which was laying nearby. He then lifted her in his arms as he looked poised to leave, but as he was doing so, he gave Diana one final glance and warned, "You may think you're doing the right thing, but you're going down a dark path." 

Wonderwoman, however, was hearing none of that. "Better to go down the dark path than to be a slave and a coward like you." 

Once Diana said this Superman, simply flew out so he could take the woman somewhere safe. 

With Superman gone, Diana glanced back at the man's corpse, showing more displeasure before leaving herself. 

…

Much further away from her location, right on the other side of the city, a similar situation was transpiring. This time, concerning the flash and Harley. 

A group of young men unaffected by the spores, barely teenagers, chose to try and take advantage of the situation in the city, performing thefts and even kidnapping a few affected women and escaping with them to the edge of the city, where police and superheroes weren't present as their focus was the center of the city. 

The group of five had broken into one of the many residential buildings without a care because considering the state the city was in it, was very unlikely they were people present. And even if they were the, group felt they had the advantage in numbers. 

Luck seemed to be in their favor as they had found the building to be empty, at which point the immediately got to work, gathering in the small living room, where they had began to strip the young girls. 

One eager young men was already in the midst of unzipping his pants while two of his friends held down the girls. 

But as they were doing this, *knock knock*, a loud knock could be heard on the door… then, "please help me! help me please, there's a crazy guy chasing! Please, someone, I'll pay, please" 

Hearing the soft, sexy voice of a woman on the other side, the five young men looked at each other and grinned, with the one who was in the midst of unzipping his pants giving the others a quick nod, 

"Go let her in and keep these bitches mouth shut. When she comes in, drag her over here." he instructed one of the boys, who quickly rushed to the door and didn't hesitate to open it, driven mostly by hormones and lustful thoughts, he wasn't the least bit scared of any danger. 

However the moment the door opened his eyes widened as he saw a familiar figure,

"Here's…. Harley!!~"