7 Chapter 6

Mark rushed towards the bed, where the old woman was being supported to keep her alive. The girl was now to her side, looking at her with concern.

I, for the first time in my life, found myself unable to take my eyes away from her.

She wore a dark leather jacket, a red shirt, brown leather heeled boots, and a black belt keeping her tight jeans in place.

Her outfit was eye-catching enough, but it was her face that drew me in. In simple words...she looked just like a younger...Wonder woman.

"Hello miss. I don't believe we've introduced ourselves, I'm called Sentry and he-" I point at Mark"-is my brother Invincible. May I know who you are?".

'What am I doing?' I thought to myself, trying not to cringe.

"Oh...Yes. I'm sorry, I was just a bit worried. She woke up a while ago and went to sleep just as I told the doctors. I'm Donna, Donna Troy" she stood up and smiled.

My heart skipped a beat and a chill went up to my spine. It was... a weird thing to feel, to say the least.

'Donna Troy? I remember her, she's part of the Titans...Can't be'

"Nice to meet you, Ms.Troy".

"Just Donna, please".

"Well...Donna. You are very brave to be here to support your friend at difficult times. You must've been very close"

"Yes...we are" Donna replies with a sad look on her face as she watches Maya.

"Donna... may I ask how you're related to her?"

"Oh...Uhm...She's my si-" she seemingly choked for a bit before continuing, "-mother! She's my mother!".

"Hmm..." I look at the old woman, obviously seeing no resemblance. "She must've been quite the beautiful woman when she was young".

"Why do you say that?" she curiously asked.

"Because you ARE the most beautiful girl I have ever-" I stop, albeit too late. 'She's gonna think I'm a creep'.

"I-I mean you are very caring towards your mother. I wish I was more like you".

I slowly look back to see her wide-eyed, a tinge of blush started on her cheek.

*AHEM!*

Mark, who was behind me, cleared his throat. "Sentry! Read the room!" he whispered.

I try hard not to cringe and say, "I...I apologize Donna. I'm...was being weird. I hope you can forgive me".

*COUGH COUGH!*

"Do-Donna??" a slow voice asked. The older woman had woken up.

She later introduced herself as Maya, after being reassured by Donna's presence, and expressed her thanks to us. Calling us her young knights.

She then asked for some private time with her so we exited the room.

++DONNA PoV++

'Sentry...' I thought to myself at the cute guy who awkwardly blurted out that embarrassing compliment. 'He hasn't talked to a lot of women before'.

"D-Donna?" Maya said weakly.

"Yes Maya. I'm here, you're going to be fine now".

"N-no. Donna listen...I think...I think I'm not..gonna make it. I n-need you to do something for me..." she stuttered, struggling between breathing and talking.

"C-continue the Legacy of War Woman...of your mother...The world of man needs an Amazonian...as one of its main protectors!" the older woman straightened and strained.

I realize what she was trying to do...she wants me to take over mother. Even after she just died not so long ago.

"I need-"

"I-I know, you need time to consider. I have stood with your family long before you were even born, and even...your mother has done the same at first. It proves how seriously you take this responsibility..." Maya nodded weakly.

She paused, letting the moment last as she just stared at me. Before...

"Now...let's talk about that idiot boy who thinks you're beautiful..." she said with a conniving smile.

"I, your 'mother', must tell you a few things you've missed since last you visited here!"

"Maya!" I stood up exasperated. Despite saying that she's not long for this world, her behavior showed otherwise.

++MC PoV++

Mark and I sat just a few benches from the room, even with our hearing we could only hear muffled laughter and shouting. Cecil is quite prepared for everything.

Mark suddenly elbows me and says "Robb, are you seriously hitting on a girl whose mother just survived a horrible accident!?".

"C'mon Mark seriously? You're getting some sweet moments with a girl who, mind you, already has a boyfriend. I think my weird timing is less offensive than yours!". I defended myself.

He just stared at me for a full minute before quietly sitting back.

"I have to admit though-" Mark suddenly spoke "-she is beautiful. Not Eve level beautiful but still Beautiful", as I looked at him I found him looking back with both brows raised and a sly smile on his face.

*Sigh!*

"Mark..." slightly cringing at his poor attempt at humor.

The room door opens and Donna came out of it, she was smiling now. The talk was much lighter than I thought.

She moved towards us, I met her halfway and stopped just as we reached each other.

*Ahem!*

"Hey!... So! Uhm... How was it? Is she okay? Are you okay?" I say somewhat nervously. I almost wanna facepalm myself, what is wrong with me today?

She looked stunned for a moment and smiled. "I'm okay Sentry, thank you for asking..."

"Donna, if you feel the need to talk about it then please don't hesitate to" I was in the process of trying to find a pen and paper when I was stopped.

*Gasp!*

She closes in on me and hugs me, silencing me and surprising Mark behind me. Her head rested on my chest for a moment before she looked at me.

"You're very sweet, Sentry. Thank you-" she smiled at me and lightly kissed my cheek.

*GASP!*

Mark once again gasped behind me, albeit a bit exaggerated than before. 'I'm gonna kill you, Mark!'.

She broke away and lightly chuckled before walking past us. I watched as her hair swung left and right so elegantly, and her ass...I mean form was quite a sight to behold.

She walked up to the elevator everyone had used to get in and out of the place and pressed a button. She looked at me once more with a smile and waved her hand goodbye.

I waved mine in reply as the elevator door closed and she went up, by herself. 'Oh! Should I have guided her out?'.

*AHEM!*

Mark's throat-clearing snapped me out of my daydream, "-aren't you forgetting something?".

"What?" I asked, very confused as to what else I did without much thought.

"Oh! Okay! Mr.'if-you-need-to-talk-about-it' literally forgot about giving-" Mark sarcastically explained as I realized.

'MY NUMBER!!' I flew at blinding speeds towards the nurses' station to find a paper and pen to write on. I found one and not a moment later finished writing my number on it, and flew towards the elevator doors.

The sign above it indicated it's still ongoing, which made me hesitate for a moment. 'She will find it weird if I just punch my way into her elevator'. I put both hands on the elevator door and just stood there trying to come up with ways to give her my number.

"Tsk, tsk, tsk...that's sad man. Opportunity wasted..." Mark commented behind me, "But more importantly Robb, Robot called in. He wants to talk to you in their Bridge base".

I gave Mark a deadpan look and said "Mark...brother. Let me punch you".

"Riiight..." Mark slowly floated backwards and flew away.

"WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL YOU ME, YOU-" I flew after him.

++DONNA PoV++

"He is cute...and very sweet" I smiled while thinking about Sentry's nervous questions. I appreciated his offer for counsel but this was something I needed to handle on my own.

'He didn't give me his number though...Well, maybe we'll meet soon. I hope' the thought made me smile.

I was nearly on the ground floor when I was whisked away from where I was. The high-tech elevator changed into a beautiful forest overlooking the sea.

I was standing on a building made with ancient architecture and a small ivory platform inlaid with a runic script. A tall woman with blonde hair and leather armor had her hands held upwards, traces of magical essence spread across them.

I immediately realized what was going on.

"I was inside a government facility, Mel. I just visited my sworn-sister on man's world for goodness sake".

"As I have insisted many times, it's Melousa. And your 'sworn-sister' is old by now, she won't need your constant annoyance." Mel held a slight smile before it disappeared.

"Your highness, the queen needs your answer sooner. Urgently!..." Mel replied with a hint of worry

"NO! I will not be pressured and pushed into something I'm not even sure I want!"

"Your highness, please! Your mother is gone, the circumstances around her death are unknown to all but the queen herself. She has advised in starting your training now, with or without your taking of your mother's mantle!" Mel insisted.

"I love my mother but I also love my freedom! Tell the 'queen' that I am not ready for the mantle just yet, I need time to grieve Mel. Surely both of you will understand that!"

"I do your highness. I have lost many sisters during the Dark Times, when we were still part of Man's World. And as much as I am bound to my sister's right of burial, so to am I bound to my queen orders. So please...forgive me..." Melousa words drifted as she held up a hand towards me.

A flash of magic later and I was unconscious.

++Queen Penthesilea PoV++

Everything is ready.

My daughter has been slaughtered by someone she didn't expect. Someone she thought she could trust.

I saw it, her last moments.

The last face she ever saw before dying. A being they hailed as their 'strongest superhero'.

He was strong, too strong.

I had believed he was a good match for my daughter, that their offspring will be the most powerful one born on Earth.

But...needless to say, he no longer is a good choice. In all my years here on Paradise Island, I have never imagined my daughter's death. We were unaging as a people, but never truly immortal. Only the gods are.

I will not let my daughter's death be in vain. I will put everything on the line to avenge her, and to kill everything that man holds dear...

*Bang!*

The main door opened to my chambers was opened, and what greeted me angered me but I held it in.

My granddaughter, Donna, was unconscious. 2 of her fellow Amazonians held her aloft while Melousa walked ahead. They bowed as got near, and Melousa spoke.

"My queen, her highness was...unwilling. I had to resort to other methods to get her here" her words nearly made me chuckle.

'Always so headstrong...Much like her mother'. "Put her down by the bed over there and leave us".

They left shortly after gently placing her on my bed. I walked to her side and traced my hands on her face. I gave Melousa a look and she dispelled her spell on my Donna, before swiftly exiting.

Donna shoots up and looks around until her eyes stopped at me. "Grandmother!? Why are you doing this?".

" Oh, sweet Donna." I moved forward and gave her a light kiss on her forehead. "You need to be ready. Your mother's killer is closer than you might think".

" I heard from Mel, I thought it was a lie...Tell me, who is it, grandmother? Who killed my mother!?" Donna asked.

Oh, how I wanted to tell her! But she's not ready...Not yet. He would kill her instantly, and I can bear losing another of my family. Not again.

"Hush my sweet. I will tell you in due time, just know that he is very powerful, ruthless, and dangerous!".

Donna tried to protest but that was easy to solve. She was a stubborn girl, but she still headed my words dearly.

'Soon my sweet. We will avenge your mother, and kill Omni-Man'.