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Chapter 19 - duplicate content

"Noooo!" screamed Clark thinking the worst, before launching towards Doomsday, managing to land a brutal mother of all haymakers to his cheek followed up by a knee to his abdomen and a brutal uppercut, but Doomsday quickly recovered as he started to block all subsequent blows. Growling he increased the speed of his assault, yet it was for naught. Doomsday then grabbed Superman's head within his large hand and followed it up with a flurry of bone crushing head-butts that rattled Superman's brain, then a knee to the gut left him breathless whilst his vision swam. He stumbled backwards, attempting to get some distance between himself and his foe however a vicious uppercut left him tasting his own blood. He fell backwards and landed roughly and painfully, groaning from pain.

'ZIP-POP'

That was all to be heard as two pairs of feet could be heard touching the broken asphalt of the road. "Looks like we're a bit late." stated Goku with a frown as he looked towards his companion. He was still in his Super Saiyan 4 form, and thus towered over her.

"If you hadn't acted the fool we would have been here quicker."responded Mary whilst facing Goku, as she moved slightly from his presence.

"Not my fault you wanted to punch me for some reason." replied a pouting Goku before his features became serious puzzling Mary. "Why can't I never be on time to help." muttered the Saiyan, self-loathing evident in his voice.

Following his gaze, she understood why he was suddenly serious. They both had appeared in what could be described as a barren landscape. Rubble remained where buildings had previously stood, whilst the ones that remained intact were belching flames from every opening causing thick black smoke to rise into the sky, blocking out the sun. Numerous heroes lay motionless on the ground, causing Goku to grind his teeth in frustration "Even now, with my immense power I can never prevent others from getting hurt before I arrive." He muttered once more, however Mary heard him and turned to face him once more.

Placing a hand on his cheek she gazed into his onyx orbs noting how they held a sense of regret, a frown played on her lips before slapping Goku hard. "Wake up, damnit!" she chastised, watching as he meekly rubbed his cheek with a red hand imprint on it "You're a hero and these people need saving, not someone feeling sorry for themselves. Do you understand me?"Goku nodded, allowing her to continue "I know you have the Dragon Balls and as such you can fix all this damage after you focus and defeat the enemy." She paused, allowing time for her partner to process her words. After a few moments Goku opened his mouth to retort but she cut him off "Focus! Got it?" another nod in response. "Good, now show them what a Saiyan warrior is capable of."

Goku smirked, her vicious personality reminding him of his fellow Saiyan Vegeta. "Thanks."

"Thank me after we save them." responded the former villain as she motioned to where the battle had taken place. In the middle of the battlefield where out of all the fighters, one was standing upright.

"Mary, can you tend to the injured ones?" enquired Goku, itching to make the monster pay retribution for the damage it had caused.

"You wish! I'm fighting with you, unlike last time when you got yourself knocked out." shot back Mary, causing Goku to reel back slightly as he wasn't expecting that type of response "Furthermore, I'm a Warrior Queen not some doctor!" shestated proudly with a smirk, before launching at the behemoth.

"Mary, wait!" called out Goku, hoping to stop her in her tracks but it was for naught as she seemingly ignored him. Sighing in defeat he figured he could fix up the injured heroes before aiding Mary in the fight since he was confident, she could look after herself. 'And this way I get to see how strong she is compared to Diana.' mused Goku as he floated above the injured group 'I think I should start with Diana, she looks the worst out of all of them' he concluded, after noticing her injured form. He observed carefully checking for any large injuries, noticing her limp left appendage, shallow breath that seemed laboured and numerous cuts and bruises peppering her skin.

He gently lifted her head into his lap and proceeded to try and wake her from her slumber "Diana can you work up please?" he whispered, whilst light slapping her cheek. He watched as her eyes slowly fluttered open, causing a smile to form at the sight. Goku proceeded to encourage her "That's it, open your eyes." Diana slowly opened her eyes, meeting a pair of familiar onyx orbs that shone with happiness but had a hint of sadness in them.

She tried to get up but fell back down into his lap "Ugh…" she groaned, rubbing her head trying to soothe a headache. She winced as stab of pain ran across her chest

"I found you sprawled out on the battle-field and decided to help you out."She gasped as she finally took in her surroundings; they were currently on the battlefield, and she was lying in Goku's lap.

Smiling, he took out a bean from his pocket "Eat this, it should heal you." he said as he placed the bean in her open mouth. She bit down and swallowed, when suddenly she sprang onto her feet feeling her broken bones mend, torn tissue repairing itself and her ribs cracking back into place and to top it all her energy came back making her feel all the stronger"Great Hera!" she gasped, eyeing her good Samaritan.

"They are called Sensu beans and they can heal most injuries whilst restoring energy to the consumer." replied Goku whilst chuckling lightly, her reaction enough to trigger some laughter. "Also, they fill you up for 10 days as well, must not forget that."he concluded, tapping his chin thoughtfully. Chuckling at his childlike tendencies, the daughter of Zeus decided to thank her friend "Thanks Goku. I'm glad you came."

"Don't mention it." came the simple response, accompanied by a smile.

Suddenly the beast known simply as 'Doomsday' came crashing into the ground, resulting in a massive crater, followed by Mary's descent from the sky. "This was the monster that brought trouble to the Justice League. Speaks volumes as to how weak they are." commented a smirking Mary, levitating above the crater with Doomsday in it. She looked worse for wear however, as blood ran from the corner of her lips whilst a few scratches, cuts and bruises littered her arms and legs. Her corset was torn around her midsection, showing her toned stomach muscles but there were multiple cuts seeping blood, whilst her gloves were ripped up as well. She however noticed Diana and smirked, a mischievous plan already in the process of being set in motion. "Hey Sleeping Beauty. Sleep well?"

"What are you doing!? You need to subdue it whilst you have the chance!" cried out Diana in anguish, choosing to ignore the 'Sleeping Beauty' comment.

"Why is that?" enquired Goku, looking up at the form of Mary, noting her battle wounds. Worry gnawed at his stomach but figured her to be too prideful to accept healing in the middle of a battle.

"Our foe can recover from any battle damage and be impervious to what caused it damage in the first place." replied Diana, voiced edged with concern 'So it's like both Kid Buu and Cell in which you have to vaporise them completely.' thought Goku before replying "So to defeat it we must completely vaporise this abomination is that all?"

"That's easier said than done. Not even Superman was capable of such a feat." she responded, questioning the palm haired warrior.

"But I'm not Superman." replied Goku, oozing with confidence as he prepared to take off "Oh! Before I forget you can use these to heal your friends." he stated, throwing Diana a small brown pouch filled to the brim with the magical beans. Diana caught the bag before enquiring "And what about you?"

"I won't need them." Goku replied, preparing to go help Mary, leaving Diana alone with her thoughts 'Might as well get to healing.' she mused, eyeing the motionless forms of her friends.

Wait for few days, I was controlling it properly.

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