Wonder Woman's fist zipped passed Darkseid's cheek as she flew through the air of Goria. The Justice League was here to help free the Gorians from the tyranny of Dakseid's army. The Mad Titan grabbed the Amazon by the wrists, "Nice try, but no woman will ever be able to fell me," and slung her into the ground. Wonder Woman looked up at the tyrant and smiled as she whipped the blood from her lip, "I wasn't trying to fell you, Darkseid!" he was taken aback as the woman rose before him, still smiling and suddenly he was blasted by a particlizer ray and shrunk to the size of a flea. Thinking their master was dead, General Vundabar pulled his troops back. Ray Palmer blew at the barrel of the gun like a gunslinger from the Wild West, "Thank you Hank Pym! Worked like a charm," he caught Darkseid in a mason jar and shook it gently. The warlord pounded on the glass, "Release me from this hermetically sealed prison, now!"
"Don't worry; I poked air holes in the lid so you could breathe. My advice is to enjoy your rest; you won't be terrorizing anybody for a while."
"When I get free of this gigantic cell," his eyes glowed red and fiery, "I've got an Omega Blast with your name on it!"
"Ah ah ah, those walls are Aegis-lined, if you fire that thing, you'll only incinerate yourself!"
"RELEASE ME, HUMAN!"
Vigilante came over to see the results of this new weapon, "I see the Particle gun works, at this size he's almost cute." Vigilante took the jar and threw it as far as he could toward Goria's ocean, "Oh no! Where'd he go? Guess we'll just have to pretend that didn't happen."
The heroes laughed as they watched the jar splash down in the sea several hundred miles away. Wonder Woman asked as she held her limp arm, "I hope he doesn't die out there!
Vigilante answered, "Nah, Goria has no natural predators in their ocean, so he'll be fine til he causes trouble, then he'll meet us again."
The Atom observed, "Yeah, he'll be fine for a while, Ms. Prince. So Troubadour, do you think we've earned some R and R?"
They looked at their comrade, holding her arm and bleeding from her lip, "Looks like it."
Wonder Woman smiled and acted unhurt, "Oh, really, who's hurt?"
*****
Everyone was eager to see if the new particle gun worked. The battered trio of Wonder Woman (Diana Prince), The Atom (Ray Palmer), and Vigilante (Greg Saunders), but as they dismounted from the Javelin none of the returning team members felt like discussing anything. Although Prince looked around wondering where Ray was, but figured he'd shrunk down really small and hopped a ride in her pocket or something; she thought back to their first mission together, the Dark Heart fiasco, some giant nano copy machine; that was the moment she and Ray got closer, and just smiled, "I think we all need a shower, everybody, but the new gun worked just fine!"
At their briefing, Superman was trying to ascertain what happened, "...And what happened to Darkseid?" Vigilante answered that, "That dern wind must've blew the jar right outa my hand and he landed in the ocean, he's probably taking a cruise for a while til the shrink ray wears off." The rest of the team smirked and nodded. Superman wasn't amused, but he could tell everyone was on edge after the Brainiac incident, so let it go and smiled with the rest of them. "The entire League has earned some much needed RnR, so as of now we all have a vacation, go home, have fun, recuperate! I and Jonn will call when you're needed!
Prince looked forward to her respite on Themyscira. Her muscles were sore, her arm hurt, and even her teeth ached. She'd just gotten out of her shower.
