Forcing the old butler, for a trip around the world, with everything paid, to know every part of the planet earth, she would have a guide who would keep an eye on her, to leave him alone, and with that, not stop him from doing what she had in mind....
- As you can do this to me, I did everything for you. - Said the butler on the phone.
- I don't understand, what's going on? - Eduard shouted.
- Eduard, you won't make it back for a year, it's no use at all, I need you to stay out of Lovecraft County. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- I don't need any of that. - Said his butler.
- By the way. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos. – The cards would be blocked and monitored, for withdrawals and certain amounts, they would have to call me directly, and you would not be able to return before the established time.
- Damn, boss, this is kidnapping. - Said Eduard.
Nixty Selenity Delphos needed to plan, and those plans didn't include Eduard, nor her prior knowledge of what she intended to do.
- No, it's not kidnapping, I didn't put you in private jail, nor did I arrest you somewhere, I'm sending you towards various parts of the world, you can very well enjoy your time. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
In Felicity's case this year, she wouldn't have to worry about her for quite a while, unless she ran away.
She'd be stuck in the Black Gate for a year if she didn't run away, and if she did, she'd be an outlaw, by then, she'd have time to plan, what to do while she wouldn't have either Eduard or Felicity to get in the way.
Keeping Dick away, and any of the boys, and also a plan to keep the members of the Warriors Society away.
She would have a few weeks to plan...
4 weeks later...
Nixty Selenity Delphos got involved in gambling, and it was a bookmaker that no hero would enter, but with demons that would, that was just an invitation, which she accepted, it was interesting to say, that she was inspired.
Initially, she shouldn't, but she did, it wasn't against the rules, but no one stopped her from doing it either.
4 weeks after the demons bet...
Nixty Selenity Delphos found herself falling towards some ruins, there was an earthquake, she fell from the crater, falling towards cracks and with a part of her trunk being perforated, vertically.
She had a sharp rock, which had pierced her vertically its thin tip, with a thick extension, pierced from her shoulder towards a lung.
As she broke her spine in the fall, at that time, Nixty Selenity Delphos didn't know if she was going to die from the hemorrhage, or from her punctured lung, or if they were left alive on a bed.
There were several sharp rocks near her spine, the fall itself that made her break her spine, she didn't move, above her, she'd seen, not counting the fact of that sharp rock.
That was Astro-Star that was on top of her, a part of the tip of the sharp rock, had pierced Astro-Star's shoulder that was on top of her.
- Nixty Selenity Delphos... - Astro-Star tried.
- I know you're a good person, but I don't think, I'll last. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- They will arrive. - Said Astro-Star.
- Do not speak. – Tried Nixty Selenity Delphos. - Stay quiet. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- It's so beautiful. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
Astro-Star felt the hot blood splash and spread on that floor, his body in Nixty Selenity Delphos, feeling the blood, there was debris around them.
- I do not know. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos. – I had faith in you, that I wouldn't do anything wrong. - He said.
- Shut up Nixty Selenity Delphos. - He requested. – I hear your heart.
- You're heavy, Klaus. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
The vision of the man beneath her blurred, she saw a light, she was a beautiful person, she didn't know if it was a man or a woman, what mattered was that she was beautiful, and she held out her hand reaching out towards her,
- Come with me. - Said the voice.
- Yes, I'll go with you. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos, she raised her hand from the arm that was not pierced, whose blood spread on the floor, she took the hands of this beautiful red-haired man.
- It's so beautiful. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos, you're calling me, she extended the hand that took it.
Nix fell into unconsciousness when, she heard a scream, followed by a light.
Three weeks ago.
There was a particularly loud earthquake that wasn't destructive because of Astro-Star and some Apoligus.
Taking place on the busy streets of Goldens Valle, it had fractured, at some Luther properties, which in the meantime, was an old building, or even what was Luther's property, were working directly for her.
In the experts and scholars, and scientists to make studies they were sending, scholars and archaeologists, which there were in the course of research.
They discovered ruins, an ancient city with temples relatively intact under the sewers of Goldens Valle the entire city had other buildings they were researching, among these there was an ancient civilization, mummifications, and ancient ones, before the year 1300.
There were tunnels that collapsed, that for more than a month or so were doing the research.
Among them was organized by Luther, which they were funding out of pure interest, besides there were many relics and monuments, besides what would be an image, statues of what would be a huge bat man.
These were three images that interspersed a reptilian man like a demon or dragon, there was in the center the form of a man and in the extreme a hybrid form between the three forms, there were inscriptions, it would give money with excursions and tourism.
It all started a few weeks before...
Many archaeologists were hired and she was directly engaged in
Being poor wasn't easy, and getting old wasn't easy either...
Because of Joker, she couldn't maintain the DragonWoman persona for long, spent her afternoon with a headache, and headed towards the cave, she was supposed to go out drinking, thinking about her retirement.
- The woman did not speak, if a miracle happened and she changed her mind, yes.
She needed some time, the headache was really increasing to the point of looking for a doctor.
It was at the end of that week, she had some tests done, the diagnosis came.
Terminal brain tumor, stage 4, there was no stage 5... which would be unnecessary and all a cheap thrill.
There were some investigations, which would prevent that if she told anyone, caused a stir, which she didn't need.
It wouldn't last long as a crime fighter if she in turn didn't come up with a miracle beyond the Wells of Flamel, or if she earned some money that would prolong her life, but let's face it.
Nixty Selenity Delphos didn't want to prolong her life too long... unless she could do it in a way that had less consequences, Wells of Flamel was out of the question.
Now, she found out that it wouldn't last at all, she needed some time away, she wouldn't live at all, her life gave what it had to, she did her best.
Lately, she thought about sending a letter, to avoid complications, to everyone there, she needed a break, a sabbatical from the cover, which wouldn't really be a year.
It would be a lifetime longer, but she changed her mind, and simply said, when she held an urgent meeting in the Watch Tower gathering all the heroes there around the big table and meeting.
- I'll take a gap year for myself, at the end of the month I'll travel. - He said. – And if all goes well I'll come back. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- Today will be my last day at Warriors Society. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos. - At least for a while. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- What are you going to do, bat? – She Green Arrow.
- I will go on a journey of self discovery, and train again. - Said DragonWoman.
- Will you come back later? – It was Hal.
– Not yet, I won't come back. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
– I'm getting too old to fight. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
– There are a lot of people who are stronger than me. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- I also do not want to go back for now, I have to enjoy a little.
– Take a gap year. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- I have to keep the bones that I still have. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- I want to enjoy my old age that is coming. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
– I don't want to fight anymore, at least for now. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
– I will leave the new generation. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
- So, a year without you, bat. - Said Hal.
- One year. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos. – I will travel at the end of the month. - Said Nixty Selenity Delphos.
As far as she knew, they were projected, like holograms, and was seen by all the screens, only the backs of their bodies as seen.
The Presence appeared above them, accompanied by others, like Lucifer and Neron and the others who appeared beside her in the bar, that Nixty Selenity Delphos drank, she looked around.
His images appeared like mirrors of water, above the clouds and buildings of Lovecraft County, Goldens Valle, Central City, Star City and every other superheroic city.
Astro-Star appeared above the skies and buildings of Goldens Valle and tried to punch the faces of The Presence to no avail, but it went right past her.
- We didn't come here to fight. – Lucifer said. – But to propose a deal. - Said the angel of the morning.
- We are here to announce to all heroes a way to earn money. that will be worth gold. - Said The Presence
- We propose to all heroes, they are not obliged to do it if they do not want to. - Trigon said.
- What do you think we would do that? - Asked Astro-Star. – Do you think we'll do something for you? - Asked the man of steel.
- They won't be obliged, but if they do. - Trigon said. – You will receive 700 billion dollars and 30 gold bars.
Two heroes innocent of sin from each of the cities, without being obliged to do so, must, if they want to kill, in two weeks, 7 innocent people. - Trigon said.
– The villains are not worth, you may or may not kill of your own free will. - Trigon said. – No obligation. - Trigon said.
Above the clouds rose a sky of gold, and a huge pointed tower floating at its tip a box of dollars, opening them, and revealing to all the gold bars and dollars rising in front of all heroes, and then returning to box.
- You kill if you want. - Trigon said. – You don't have to. - Said the devil.
- Within two weeks, you must decide whether to kill or not. - Trigon said.
- The tower is protected, and will not be able to leave there in less than two weeks, those who try will regret it. - Said another creature.
It was announced, on the news, and it went on the internet, broadcast it on all the TV channels networks, and nothing else was said, apart from that for the two days in a row until the end of the week.
Everyone saw and heard the story, everyone there, feeling the pressure and the power...
Yes, they only said the heroes they could kill.
Astro-Star looked towards the sky, and seeing around him the black tower with the gold at its tip on top of it.
- It can not be. - Said Astro-Star.
- Who would kill for money, a hero wouldn't do that.
Astro-Star called a meeting at the Watch Tower later that afternoon.
The heroes gathered in the Watch Tower, if that was enough, Luther set up a march and a press conference, about the danger of Astro-Star, that not even the Boy Scout could ignore a sum of money with this one.
Astro-Star saw Nixty Selenity Delphos' chair being occupied by another DragonWoman.
- What would she earn giving us money to kill?
- See how low we've sunk? – Ravena made an attempt.
- She could see us corrupt and with that, she would have innocent souls being led to the abyss of fear. - Raven said.
DragonWoman looked towards everyone and said. – Corrupt. - He said. - At best.
- Why didn't she choose a villain? - Questioned Zatana.
- Do you really think we will make money if we kill an innocent? - Constantine questioned.
- If they said that anyone could kill, then in the first hour they had already killed. - Zatana said.
- It's much better to see a hero corrupting and maintaining than a villain, she has already been corrupted, and they kill for money, anyone would see, that there would be no fun in not having rules. - Said DragonWoman.
- Then. - Said Green Arrow. – The cool thing is to see who is first. - She said.
Astro-Star flew towards the bat cave, Nixty Selenity Delphos had already returned to the mansion, she was feeling weak, the drink and the pressure didn't go down well, if she had trouble containing Astro-Star in her best form, falling on the weak cave floor, it didn't seem like a good situation.
Nixty Selenity Delphos ignored the league calls, she turned off the computers, the cell phones, everything, she was in the dark, thinking of a backup plan, in case they came to literally want to kill, but she was thinking of Astro-Star.
She alternated with bugging and tracking on each of her allies, Nixty Selenity Delphos supposedly spent the time drinking, she actually grabbed a laptop and followed in the footsteps with cameras scattered throughout the cities, following in the footsteps of every hero in every town.
Nixty Selenity Delphos ran towards the bathroom, not holding back, it was there that she heard Astro-Star flying towards the cave, she couldn't stop vomiting, she heard more than one step, it was someone else...
- Nixty Selenity Delphos. – It was Dick, who had his hands on her shoulders.
Nixty Selenity Delphos finished vomiting in the toilet, she turned around.