a/n: This is an excerpt from my Clois oneshot 'Cape's out of the Bag', in case any of you feel like checking it out.

Cape's Out of the Bag

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"KAL!"

"DIANA, GET OUT OF THE WAY!"

A loud 'oomf' as the princess was bowled over by the giant robot's kick. She went flying through the air and crashed through the side of a building, careening out the other end with just as much momentum and finally skidded to a bumpy, jarring stop. Slowly the high rise began to crumble, piece by piece. The bat plane zoomed in, Batman reading out and grabbing her by the belt just in time for a large piece of granite from the archway to narrowly miss them both.

"ENOUGH!" Superman declared, faster than a speeding bullet he zoomed at the beastly contraption. Air whistled past him in a keening cacophony. He drew back his fist and-

Open came a set of doors in the robot's chest, the infamous green glow of one of Superman's many weaknesses shone from within. He felt sick, his heart fluttered weakly in his chest and his mind fogged over with vertigo. He fell to the ground like a fly that had just been zapped.

Having apparently recovered Wonder Woman had her vengeance face on. With her formidable strength she punched it right in the chest, just above the opening, then ripped off large chunks of mettle, crunching it together like tinfoil into a makeshift cover for the kryptonite. He instantly felt a little better.

It was a short lived victory. Laughter came over the loudspeakers from the robot's helmet. "Three….Two…"

Realizing what it meant Batman hightailed it out of the blast range, Wonder Woman, knowing what would happen next would make Superman vulnerable again, covered him with her body. She knew she was not as fast as he was, and would not be able to get out of the way in time.

"One."

Boom.

The heat singed his hair and burned his cheeks. He looked up at Diana, whose arms were around him, doing her best to cover as much as him as possible, but she was not so large as she would have you believe. And she was not invincible.

"Thank you," he whispered from beneath her.

"Any time my friend," she replied with a wince and groan.

He saw it before he felt it.

Green dust fogged the area, it hovered and swirled in the wind. He had to stop breathing, but it was too late. The sick feeling in his stomach intensified and a savage cough wracked his entire body. When he removed his hand from his mouth blood was spattered in his palm.

"We have to get you out of here," said Wonder Woman with a warrior's calm.

She flew them high above the green dust clouds and settled him outside of the crater that had once been a main street.

The Batplane settled beside them, the roof popped up and Batman leapt out in a graceful summersault.

"I might need a ride home," said Clark.