R.I.P. Angel Falls, chapter 6

Continued from:

Angel Falls
~2018~

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Walkiria banked left and descended to match speeds with Mindy Marvel. Her communication with Olga, the Soviet Superwoman and her wife, had become jammed and chopped with static. O.D.I.N. was doing his best to rectify but it appeared to be a deliberate on the part of the cities assailants. The fact she still had a line of communication open at all was a testament to Yoyodyne technology, aided by the fact that very few knew about her allies in that company. Olga had said something about handling a massive breakout at New Tartarus. As badly as she wanted to go and help her, there was so much that needed to be done. Thick, billowing black smoke belched forth from massive fires consuming much of the downtown area. The AFPD building as reduced to nothing but ash and a steel skeleton. Mindy held a gloved hand to her face as her wide eyes scanned the devastation. Maia could see the horror in her eyes and the fear. fear for her family, for John and Cecilia.

"I'm sure they're fine Mindy...John is tough and they don't appear to be targeting any of the schools." Maia said with all the confidence she could muster.

Mindy nodded grimly. "This is bad...nothing will be the same after this."

Maia couldn't argue with her. She had never seen such a loss of life. Such destruction. Maia had visited the 9-11 Ground Zero years ago, but it paled in comparison to what had happened in a single evening to Angel Falls. Helios One shot past her overhead as Bardak leveled out. They were approaching their targets.

"Be ready for anything Mindy!" Maia barked at the smaller heroine. Mindy nodded and curled her gloved hands into tight balls. Maia tried once again to break through the static and send a message to Olga, but was unsure if any of it came through anything but garbled.

"O.D.I.N., please keep trying to clear up that signal." she said to her computerized friend, her tone sharp. He acknowledged just as Skyscraper came into view. The gigantic woman was kicking over cars with feet the size of city buses, watching them fly through the air and crash back to the earth like they were Matchbox rather than real. Dark Star was here as well, hovering alongside her, pointing and giggling at the carnage. Maia's lips curled into a sneer and she opened up the energy portal within herself, gaining strength and power. Violet energy seemed out of her googles and from her hands as she sped towards these monsters. Mindy was positively crackling with energy as well. They had to be stopped. All of them.

Mindy let out a bellow of rage and soared in like an avenging angel. Lightning streaked behind her as she ducked under Skyscraper's massive fist. The tiny woman soared straight up and around her mane of flowing blonde hair as it whipped backwards sending a shockwave through the air. Mindy shot around to the side of her face and smashed into the side of her cheek with both fists. Skyscraper staggered to the side, letting out a bellow of pain. Dark Star was caught off guard by the ferocity. It gave Maia a moment to hit Andrea full on with a massive energy blast. Dark Star had just enough time to shield her face from the onslaught as it impacted, sending her sailing out of the smoke-filled horizon, head over heels. Walkiria took off in pursuit as Helios One turned sharply in the other direction. A payload of missiles and firepower streaked towards Skyscraper. The enormous woman had caught herself on the side of a building from Mindy's attack and was suddenly blanketed with weapons fire and explosions. She shielded herself as her bodysuit was ripped away, her flesh burned and bleeding from the assault. Mindy Marvel did not relent, blasting the super-villainess with blasts of electricity as she zipped around her.

Walkiria caught up with Dark Star and swung at her with a right hook. Andrea had managed to make herself intangible, probably in response to a second blast. She looked at Maia and smiled.

"So good to see you made it Walkiria. It wouldn't have ended properly without you." she said coldly.

"You, Ultrawoman, Skyscraper...whoever else is involved. I swear to you that you will pay for this." Maia barked through clenched teeth. "It ends now! It end tonight Dark Star!"

"I couldn't agree more love." Dark Star smirked.

As she spoke, swirling energy portals opened up in the streets below. The arrived with a sudden, sonic boom that shook the already fragile buildings. Figures poured out of the dark ribbons of energy. Kim Paler arrived with an army of her loyal Arachnos soldiers from one. A contingent of the Fourth Reich from another with massive Terry Keller and a blonde woman who looked strikingly similar to a younger version of Ilsa in a jet-black SS uniform. The armored super-criminal Blastwave emerged from another. Dark Inferna from another. Maia could only watch in disbelief. This was a trap and she had fallen into it. All of them were working together. Every criminal and super-villian element in the city had contributed in some way, shape or form. Dark Star, seeing the realization dawn on her face, threw her head back and cackled before blasting her with an energy beam of her own. Stunned, Walkiria tumbled a few feet through the air. She turned and fired a wide arc of violet energies at her foe, but nothing connected. Dark Star was diving downwards, cutting through the air back towards Mindy and Bardak. Maia gave pursuit, trying once again to contact Olga as she flew.

The white and blue clad Marvel soared upwards as she continued to rain electricity and scorched ozone down on top of the massive Skyscraper. She had seen the energy portals opening, seen the onslaught that was swarming out of them. Skyscraper had to fall and she had to fall now. Mindy prepared to take her down, charging the electricity in both her hands to such a degree that discharges from the heavens seemed to leap down to assist her in the form of thunder and lightning. With all her concentration focused on Skyscraper, Mindy never saw Dark Star close in on her from behind. Dark Star hit her full in the back of the head with a massive dose of her own powerful energies. Stunned, Mindy went limp and plummeted to the ground below. Maia yelled out her name, swooping past the hovering, heavy-chested villain to catch her. Skyscraper lashed out with her fist, catching the red-maned heroine hard and sending her flying. Bardak was opening fire on the ground forces of Arachnos, ripping through their ranks with everything at his disposal. The shields on Helios were holding for now, despite the volleys of energy blasts, machine gun fire and explosives hammering down upon it. The skies were alight from the firepower both terrorist organizations had brought to bear on him.

Mindy crashed into the street hard, punching through a parked car. Robin, Skyscraper, took advantage of both Helios and the Marvel woman breaking off their assault on her and stomped on the helpless woman several times, crushing her into the asphalt in her fury. With a triumphant exclamation of glee, Dark Inferna turned her attention on the downed heroine as well. Wreathes of white-hot fire slammed into her body as she tried to rise to her feet. Dark Star's attention was focused completely on Walkiria who was jetting back towards them at full speed. She was larger than a few moments ago, shrouded in her violet energies. All her thoughts were bent upon getting Mindy out of there. They were killing her. There was no way she could go back to John and tell him that she watched her wife die horribly at the hands of these miserable bastards. Cecilia couldn't lose her mother a second time. Robin raised her foot to bring it down on the crippled heroine again and Maia made her decision, rocketing through her abdomen and out the other side in a burst of gore and purple light. Robin stumbled over clutching at her terrible injury. The over fifty-foot woman grabbed a nearby building, digging her fingers in deep and leaned against it, breathing hard and labored.

Maia continued around in an arc, firing blasts of energy at those assembled near her. Dark Inferna caught the worst of it. The blast slammed into her chest center of mass and threw her to the ground face-long, smoke trailing out of her mouth. A second blast punched into Keller, spattering her with blood and driving her down on one knee. Walkiria scattered the Fourth Reich soldiers as she flew in low. They dove for cover, the ones who weren't killed outright. Maia's face was stone. They had killed so many people. There was only one language they understood. Olga would just have to fucking understand. Where the hell was Olga? Maia prayed quietly that she was still alive, hurrying to get to this location. If someone like Ilsa or Ultrawoman had intercepted her...or both of them. Maia shook it off. Best not to think about it. Think of Mindy and get her out of here. Olga had been in tight spots before, she would be fine. Bardak strafed low and passed her, pulling up to make a second pass. One of the engines was giving off white smoke. Helios couldn't keep taking a beating like this either. They were too outnumbered.

As the amazon, ex-marine landed next to Mindy, it took all her composure not to break down. Mindy looked bad. She was bleeding heavily from her nose and mouth, possibly internal injuries. One of her arms hung limp at her side and she was having trouble standing. Walkiria rushed over taking out several Arachnos soldiers, positioning herself like a shield.

"Hang in there Mindy! I'm getting you out of here! When Olga shows up we can.....AAAARRRRGGGHGGHHHHH!"

Maia clutched at her head with both hands and doubled over. It felt like someone was twisting a hot pitchfork into her brain. She shook her head furiously from side to side, but it did nothing for the pain. They must have a psychic somewhere! She scanned around with her goggled eyes towards the Arachnos squads. Keller, completely healed, came out of seemingly nowhere and slammed into her with a massive shoulder. Maia was knocked back across the street, bouncing over a car she collided with and smashing through a store-front behind it. The blonde in the SS uniform chuckled, wiping a smear of blood across her face from her dripping nose. Keller grinned and took hold of Mindy with both hands. The smaller woman glared at her defiantly, covering her entire body in a sheath of blue and white electricity. The Nazi ogress held her tightly, despite the agonizing pain as thousands of volts coursed through her. She crushed her arms against her body tightly until Mindy cried out. Maia struggled back to her feet at the sound. The pain in her head was unbelievable. She pulled herself up from the shattered glass and lurched out of the store. Her heart sank as she saw Keller crushing her injured friend. Kim Paler had moved over next to her, her black armor reflecting every flame across them. Her bio-mechanical arms carried her over the still body of Dark Inferna and directly in front of Mindy and Keller. She looked back over her shoulder at Walkiria.

"This is what lies in store for all of you tonight!" she yelled over to her, seconds before punching two of her arms through Mindy's chest. The electricity stopped and the beautiful girl's eyes rolled up in her head. Keller dropped her to pavement with a sickening thud. Dark Star hovered nearby, chuckling to herself as if in the middle of some private joke.

To be continued...

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Artwork was provided by the all-power

Massive thanks to for letting me use his creation Mindy Marvel in my tale.

Thanks to for the use of Skyscraper & Dark Inferna!

Kim Paler and her organization belong to my friend

General Bardak is the the property of

Walkiria & Dark-Star belong to and are her property.

The Fourth Reich, Warlord, Blastwave, mentioned Soviet Superwoman & the story are all my property and creations.

Thanks to everyone who helped edit (sorry I brutalized some of your babies )!

You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs!

None of this would be possible with out the brilliant planning, organization skills and the wonderful commissions provided by Angel Falls own

This of course takes place in the future