Somewhere in New Jersey

[-nightwing-.livejournal.com]

The Titans' arrival is silent and swift, determined and precise. Before the shadow of the jet falls over the state line, Nightwing is relaying the plan to the rest of the team.

"Starfire, flank the building and come around from the rear. Hit it hard, make sure they can't get out. Robin, hit the power on that place. Don't wait, Wonder Girl and Nightstar - get inside and do what you do best. Kid Flash, Jesse, you're looking for anything in there while they're being kept busy that can give us an edge on this damned virus. Omen, keep tabs on any magic users in there. Flamebird, Speedy, follow me in after the heavy hitters do their thing. We're on cleanup."

He pauses to check the instrumentation. "And whoever finds Light... make sure you hurt him."

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[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

"Stand down? You would defend that monster hiding in there? That despoiler and murderer of children?"

The barrage of starbolts continues, and she begins to fly higher, trying to draw Wonder Woman away from her targets.

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

"This is STAR Labs!" why on earth would they think that Light was here?

The mental prompting doesn't hit Diana as much but it doesn't matter because the clear fact is that Starfire is attacking for no reason.

"Why do you think he's here! What evidence do you have?" She can block most of the starbolts as she flies at Starfire, but not all.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

"We traced him here!" She continues to ascend in dizzying loops and swirls, her starbolt firing not as quickly now so that they don't intersect her flight path.

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

She's flying in her own complicated pattern to throw her off and make it harder to fire past her.

"Stop and let us discuss it for a moment."

One of her loops brings her close when Starfire is on her own loop and she tries to grab her wrists.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

"Discuss," snarls Starfire. She manages to keep one wrist out of Diana's grasp, but the left wrist is captured. "That is all you humans do--you discuss, and talk, and consider, and you do nothing!"

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

"There is a time to act and a time to wait, wisdom must temper reactions or we have nothing but chaos." One wrist under control she's just trying to hold on for now.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

"Wisdom or cowardice?" No starbolts fly from her hands now. Instead, she strives to fly higher and higher--after all, she doesn't need oxygen to breathe, but the Amazon surely does....

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

But Diana can hold her breath a very long time and flying unprotected in space is not new to her.

"You speak quickly of cowardice Starfire, perhaps you are afraid you possess it, covering your bases with overt violence at every opportunity as you do."

And with a twisting of her body Diana kicks at Starfire's back to drive them back into the deeper atmosphere.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

The blow is true and she staggers, losing altitude but still clinging to her anger. "You know nothing of my people," she growls, reaching for Diana's throat. "Just as you know nothing of the Titans--where was your vaunted wisdom when you treated Cassie as a slave?"

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

Starfire's grip on her throat chokes off any words she could reply with. She lets go of Starfire's wrist to try and loosen her grip on her neck.

The other loosens the lasso.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

"You weren't wanted then," continues Starfire, her face drawing closer to Diana's. "You are not wanted now."

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

Lasso tangled about her arm she hauls back and puts all her effort to hitting Starfire in the face.

Sometimes it's all you can do when words aren't registering and you're being strangled.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

Starfire's grip loosens as her nose begins to bleed from Diana's blow, and the two warriors begin to spin wildly over the Atlantic as the Tamaranean tries to shake the Amazon free.

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

Diana draws in a badly needed breath as the grip loosens, not even trying to correct their course. Right now she may get slammed into the waves with the force of a crashing jet plane but all she can do is try to hang on.

Her grip slips and she is flung away from Starfire at top speed.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

Like the raptors of her lost homeworld, she stoops and follows her prey.

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

She is disoriented for a moment and relaxes into the fall until she knows which way is up, but keeps her body limp watching the golden form stooping after her.

She waits till the last moment and tries to grab and turn so that Starfire will be the one to hit the water first to take the impact. If it's not done right they'll both hit at the same time.

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

The spin catches her by surprise, and only her enhanced stamina saves her bones from breaking as she hits the ocean's surface.

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

It wasn't all that pleasant for Diana either but she manages to not inhale the water.

"Stop this madness, there is something amiss here."

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

The only answer is one of Starfire's boots heading towards Diana's knee.

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

The water keeps her from breaking it but she has to fly up out of reach to avoid another blow.

"I do not wish to harm you!" The lasso is still out and she flicks her arm sending it towards the Tamaranian

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

She pulls up into a loop, trying to escape the lasso, but it winds around her ankle, interrupting her flight with an abrupt jerk.

[amazon-diana.livejournal.com]

She does not have time for this.

"Listen to me, how did you track Light to Star Labs? How do you know that you are not attacking innocents?"

[starfire-kory.livejournal.com]

"I...." She shakes her head, uncertain if the sudden disorientation is the result of battlefield anesthesia wearing off, or something more....