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The Flash having taken a downed Divine to his no longer in use red room for safe keeping, knew he couldn't leave her there long term. He waited till the next day, long enough for the red lamps to have sapped her powers and grabbed some back up. Kaydin and super lass Titans members to back him up on this league matter. HE leads them to the underground room in an undisclosed location.
"OK guys she should be weaker than normal but this is still a Kryptonian she's not real aware of what is all happening we don't know much about her so be on guard she gave it pretty good to Superman and Shazam last night" Wally says as he arrives at the door and starts to undo the locks and bolts. "be on your toes and consider this an active battle zone till i say other wise"
"Great, I just got done pulling people out of a falling building....Some genius decided to throw a building into the air with a hulk wannabe." Kaydin says, panting a bit as he reaches into his jacket pocket for some skittles, popping a handful in his mouth. "Not to sure I have much more left but bad manners." He says as he chews, trying to get some sugar in him to burn off some fatigue.
Cir-El frowns, "I would have been more useful against Kryptonians a week ago, but I may have something to contribute..." Her eyes glow blue as she studies the person before her with her new, more potent, vision.
Before they open Wally receives a message on the com that others wish to join. Wally gives the location and says he will wait for them to arrive they can use the back up.
Once the back up arrives The Flash reiterates. "everyone be on your toes she can still be dangerous and she's likely confused and scared." Wally opens the door and speeds in to get between Divine and the door.
Kaydin pants a bit more as he eats more candy. A nod given to the people who show up. "Donna, always a pleasure to work with ya." He says with a smile as he looks to Cir-el. "So how are the new abilities?" He asks of Cir-el. "Nothing too horrible?" He asks with some concern for the girl with glowy eyes.
Cir-El is lucky, red sun radiance does not weaken her, though the power does not charge her either. Still, "Allow me to greet her, I am about the closest thing she has to a relative. I am still altered, but as strong and fast as ever."
Donna Troy smiles at Kaydin and nods "It's good to see you again too" then moves into the room and puts a hand on Flash's shoulder. She'd lost count of how many showers and bottles of soap he'd had to use to get rid of the smell from the Hudson. Hearing Cir-el, she nods in agreement.
There is a single person in the red room which looks remarkably like a dungeon. The woman is crouched in a corner, cowering. Hiding. Keeping herself safe. "Release me. I did nothing wrong." She snaps. Her voice sounding identical to the woman they know. She doesn't get up nor does she try to act out. "You imprisoned me."
Koriand'r had just recently come back. She looks and smells clean - though there is a faint scent of ozone around her. She stretches as she decides to stay outside the room, to stand guard.
The Flash speaks in a calm friendly tone. "I'm sorry that we had to lock you up again after freeing you form HIVE. I would be more than happy to release you once we have sorted out who and what you are and what is going on We mean you no harm miss, We just had to keep you contained for a while for safety reason you attacked us and you are startlingly powerful so we couldn't leave you on the loose."
"I'm The Flash I'm with the Justice League, these are the Titans, we are here to figure this out with you so you can go free." Wally says as he gestures to himself and to the assembled team.
Kaydin walks in and looks to the woman. He then looks to Wally and Donna. "They are worried you are going to punch more people into space." He says as he begins to walk to her. "Do you have a name?" He asks curiously, concern evident in his voice for the woman.
Koriand'r nods. "We're sorry about the accommodations - but you can understand that... keeping a Kryptonian confined is not an easy matter." She is staying out of the room.
Cir-El steps into the room, "Hello, Kaydin has a good question. I am called Cir-El and we are cousins, biologically. Well, technically second cousins, we are both cloned from Kryptonians, but I am only part Kryptonian and part human."
Donna Troy looks sympathetically at the woman "Keeping you here was a precaution, I'm sorry it's not the best first impression, but we just want to protect the innocent people outside. We just want to help, will you met us? I'm Troia"
The raven haired woman turns her head. Those piercing blue eyes are tearing through near anyone. "What is a Kryptonian?" She frowns and slowly rises from her position. "I have no name. I was addressed as Project: Divine by the computer." She looks around. "You. You are like me but not like me. Explain. What is a Kryptonian. I was taught I was a goddess amongst mortals."
Koriand'r sighs. "You are not a goddess. You are an alien from a race known as Kryptonians. You're from the planet Krypton. Your species has the ability, under yellow sunlight, to manifest superhuman abilities like you are accustomed to. On the other hand, other frequencies of sunlight - specifically red - drain your powers and make you powerless. How we were able to contain you. And... lacking any other identification, 'Divine' can be your name if you want."
"Thank you Kory, Yes you are at least part Kryptonian they are an alien race from far away. The man you punched last night is Superman he's one of the last surviving members of that race. I feel like you might have been created from his DNA and or more likely the DNA of a good friend of mine named Power Girl. Do you remember who made you and were you told a purpose for your creation?" Wally says smiling and shrugging to seem non threatening.
"Well that sums up a Kryptonian from what I was told." Kaydin says sarcastically before realizing he said that aloud and coughs. "A Kryptonian is a race of people who gain superhuman powers when exposed to a yellow sun, our sun to be specific." He says then sorta shuts up when others explain and he looks to the people curiously.
Cir-El replies to the implied question, "I am very much like you, genetically our powers come from the same sources. Kory here is from a related species with similar powers, powers that are slightly weaker in some ways but also able to function in conditions where most Kryptonians would lose theirs. I am not a goddess, or even a demi-goddess, I consider others to be my equals, just different."
Donna Troy nods her head "It's like being any other alien race, I'm an Amazon, Starfire here is a Tamaranean, doesn't make any of us gods, we're just not human is all. It'll all be OK though, I know it's scary and weird in a confusing way but it'll all make sense and be OK soon"
[Titans] <IC> Koriand'r "Karen, if you're on, can you come to us? (submits coordinates)"
[Titans] <IC> Koriand'r "We found... someone who looks like she could be your clone, Power Girl."
[Titans] <IC> Koriand'r "We had to confine her because her first act was punching Superman into orbit."
"In route." Karen's reply had been to the transmission, seconds later she arrives at just under the speed of sound. The blur solidifying into Power Girl. Understandably a brow arches and her head tilts as her eyes lock Divine. "Huh.." What else can you say under those conditions?
Divine looks up and sees... Power Girl. She attempts to takes off towards her. She takes a swing but only ends up hurting her hand. A growl comes from her throat as she turns and walks back. "I am not an alien. This is my home. I was made here. I don't know what all this Alien stuff is but I am not one of you." She looks at Power Girl... "I am supposed to destroy you. You and the one in blue. A blonde in blue... " She glares. "Why?"
Flash offers to look at divine's hand. "let me look at that. you need to understand this room those lights weaken you"
Wally rubs her hand and says "HIVE is a bad organization they are villainous and aim to take over the world Power Girl and Superman and Supergirl are powerful obstacles to that goal they likely made you to fight them. They made you to be a weapon but you can choose to be more if you let us help you"
Koriand'r nods. "Yes - what better way to take out one's enemy than to create one yourself to fight fire with fire?" she asks softly, hmmmming softly. She just watches the situation.
Kaydin moves to try and stop Divine but because he was already exhausted he was too slow and thus gets there just as she hits her. "Yea...Destroying folks isn't something to do. Got enough assholes in the world, don't need to add more problems." He says as he pulls his package of candy from a pocket and offers some to them, they are skittles.
Cir-El states, "I can tell you this much, 'Divine', you and Power Girl are more alike than most sisters are. I think they intended you to be a fetch...a duplicate who slays the original. You do not have to be what you were made to be. I was made to destroy a world, but instead I chose to save it."
Donna Troy nods smiling as how easily Flash handles the situation "We make our own destinies, the choices we make are nobody's but our own. Now you have a choice to make and no one can make it for you, the choice is yours, believe what you were told or decide for yourself. If Superman or Karen here are so bad then why didn't he kill you? Why were you released and not just killed right there in your pod? Does that sound like someone who needs to be destroyed?"
Koriand'r just watches for now, hmmmmming happily. She decides to just study the situation for now. "The resemblance is striking... a sister?"
Power Girl bends and her head swings back as the punch comes in, no reason to really take on the chin. She watches as the wince swells on Divine as Karen straightens back up. "I have no idea how you came to be. Or why. If you are a clone of me, or Supergirl. Or yet another universe's version." Karen frown and little bit, stepping back as she feels the leeching affect of 'red' solar radiation. "I suspect you were programmed in some fashion to fight me.. This fetch thing seems to fit. I will defend myself and others.. But I have no compulsion or desire to destroy you." She glances to Wally, "Can you turn those down a little?"
Divine sighs, "First I don't know what hive is. Second, I have no idea why I have to destroy it. Just seeing you... burns in my mind. I wasn't created to replace you. I was created to be a goddess amongst mortals. To bring down the supermen. These words are in my head." She frowns and just looks around the room. "You want me to make a choice... I am not free to make it. I don't know who made me but their words are put into my head."
Wally goes to the control panel behind a wall and turns off the red lamps and turns on the regular lights. "Divine it may be hard but you can over come your programming you are more than what they made you to be. You are not a tool or a weapon you are a living breathing person with a soul. You are a woman, a beautiful woman with unbelievable power. You don't have to be what they made you to be you have the power to make your own choices if you have the will to fight the programming. And you don't have to do it alone we are here for you we will be your friends, your family if you want us"
Donna Troy shrugs "Well, you aren't a goddess, none of us are, and there's no changing that, sorry to say," though something about that...she couldn't quite grasp it though. "And following those words definitely won't make you one. Let me ask you this? And yes, you are free to make your own choice but there are consequences depending on the choice you make. My question is this, are you a robot or a soldier that you'll blindly follow these words in your head or will you think for yourself and make your own Judgments? Why do /you/ want to take down the Supermen? What have they done to show you they need to be taken down?"
Koriand'r smiles. "And... you _are_ one of the Supermen. You are of the same blood as the three you said you want to kill. And - Cir-El here had programming of her own that she broke. Do you _want_ to be a murderer?"
Cir-El says, "No one is unbeatable, and Kori is right, you are as much one of the Supermen as I am. I bet that was the idea, after they used you to defeat Superman and the rest, they were going to use your programming to make you kill yourself. They really do not want any of us around."
"Maybe she just needs to get to know us better. I mean, First thing we did was lock her up in a room where she is powerless." Kaydin says as he looks to Divine. "Goddess or not, way I see it is you need a friend." He says as he holds a hand to her. "We can help you, and if you don't hurt anyone then you should be allowed to see the world, maybe even find someone you like above all."
Karen watches the others, taking it all in as she lets Wally tone down the power drain. "We are not gods or goddesses. And the fact you have voice imprinted and ordering you to do something should prove that. You must make a choice, submit to the programming or defy it. We can help you. I will help you to understand what you can be. But you make a difficult choice, and a difficult commitment to do what is just, not just what you can."
Divine takes a moment to think... "I guess you are right. Killing is bad. I think. Is it?" She asks curiously. "It is just part of existing isn't it?" She shakes her head. "I'm not a robot!" She growls. "I'm NOT A ROBOT!" She screams it out and punches a wall. There is just enough strength in her to put a nice sized hole in the wall. Than she simply begins crying.
Donna Troy sighs walking over to Divine and hugging her "No, you're not. I'm proud of you. You've proven you're not a robot, you're not evil, and most importantly you /want/ to be good," starting to sing an amazonian song, soft and calm. Wally pats her on the shoulder. "That's right you are not a robot you are a woman a strong woman with great power and you have a great responsibility to use it in the right ways, but you are not a robot you are a woman and you have friends. You are not alone. Remember that you are not alone you never have to be alone you never have to face this by yourself"
Cir-El joins in hugging Divine, "You have family as well as friends, we may not know each other much yet, but family is there to help each other."