Chapter Twenty-Six

Vera walked into the living room, and to her surprise, everybody was gone. At first, she felt dismayed at the idea her best friend left her behind. She looked around the large room for a moment, and no matter how hard she tried, she didn't believe JJ would leave her behind. She sat in the recliner for a moment, placed her head on the back of it, and tried to relax, but she couldn't. She seethed with anger because her best friend left her. "JJ! Peppermint! Did they leave me?" All she had on at the moment was a soft, white bath towel and some pink panties. "Veo, where are you?" She asked.

Suddenly, he appeared out of nowhere, and said, "Something is happening in Metropolis. All the ladies on our team is under the control of Bay Nelson." Veo displayed a video of the action on the screen. He synced his camera with Orion's camera, and Vera watched the action live. She saw the Vulcan fighting Supergirl in hand to hand combat, and then when Superman arrived on the scene, the Lantern slammed him to the ground.

She noticed Supergirl chasing the Vulcan all over the city of Metropolis, and as soon as she closed the gap, he disappeared and then reappeared on top of her. Flipping over on her back, Supergirl hit him with a full blast of her heat vision. The entire video turned a bright red. It looked like Veo was showing an image of the sun. The Vulcan screamed so loudly that it caused Vera dismay.

"He's holding back," Veo said. "He's fighting the people he loves."

'He's not going to hurt Kara under any circumstance," Vera said, "He's definitely not going to hurt Peppermint. He trained Eli Ga'Narian and Lightning, so..."

When Orion flew behind her, she zapped Supergirl's brain. The girl of steel tumbled to the ground, but the Vulcan caught her with his telekinesis. As he tried to lay her on the ground safely, a bolt of lightning struck him in the chest, and then he tumbled to the ground.

"Holy shit," Vera screamed. "He's trying not to hurt them, but getting killed in the process."

"It's time to suit up," Veo said.

"Suit up? What are you talking about, Veo?" She asked.

"JJ built the new suit specifically for you," he said as he handed her a silver ring. It had the letter "V" in the middle of it. "Put on the ring, and then say, 'Suit up.'" The fact that JJ trusted her with his suit shocked her, and she wanted to wear it badly.

When she placed the ring on her right hand, she held her fist into the air, and said, "Suit up." All of the sudden, she had on a silver suit that covered her entire body. "I can feel the energy." Veo flew into a slot on her back.

"You're now Victory," Veo said.

Moments later…

Victory leaped off the balcony, twirled through the air, and then Veo opened up a portal to Metropolis, and when she came out on the other side, the entire night sky was on fire. Lightning flew above Victory and bolts of lightning flew in every direction. Quickly, she looked around for the Vulcan, but he was helping the Guardian to his feet.

"Veo, I need something to block Bay's spell," she said.

"I'm contacting +Orion right now," he said, "She's telling me that I can reprogram your electrical field, and shoot Lightning with it. It should disrupt Bay's spell for a short while."

"Do it," she said.

It took approximately ten minutes before Victory shot Lightning in the head with the ray to block Bay's thought. But when she fired upon her, Supergirl came out of the darkness and hit Vera in the face. She tumbled to the Earth, but the Vulcan caught her. When he sat her on the ground, he could see Bay on the other side of the park. The young man had tears streaming down his face, and JJ didn't know why he was crying.

"Why have you done this?" The Vulcan asked Bay as he cried.

"They killed her," he said. "They killed my Ursula." The young man clenched his fist, screamed, and then tried to attack the Vulcan. With the power of his mind, he crippled the Incubus mentally, and it was just enough to free Lightning from his insidious spell.

Peppermint landed in front of the Vulcan and then shot him with a mountain of goo. As soon as she caught his feet, Supergirl punched him in the throat. He fell to the ground, on his knees, and screamed as loud as he could. It sent a shockwave through the air causing soil, grass, and trees to uproot in the middle of the park.

Lightning flew through the air, freed from the mind control, threw a lightning bolt, and hit Bay in the chest. Immediately, it broke the spell, and everybody returned to their normal state.

"What happened?" Supergirl asked.

LIghtning landed in front of the Vulcan, and said, "Do I know you? You seem so familiar."

The Vulcan smiled and said, "You're a badass." He walked over to Ursula as she lay dead on the ground. She looked similar to Peppermint in her calm state and it brought fear to his heart. He pushed her long hair out of her eyes, and then placed his hands on her chest. An electrical energy came out of his body and brought her back to life. Slowly, she climbed to her feet.

"I was dead," she said with a calm demeanor. "You brought me back."