Another Day in Metropolis

[look_upinthesky]

Clark walks out of the bathroom...the sitter had taken Jon for a walk, and Lois was still sleeping in the bedroom.

When he walks out of the bathroom, and sees the smoke in the sky.

Tracing the shaft, it leads down to the general vicinity of Stryker's Island.

Three seconds later...faster than a speeding bullet...he's in uniform and en route.

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[jla_extras]

Strykers Island Penitentiary is one of several in the country that are designed to incarcerate perpetrators of metahuman crime. What sets this prison apart is the level of security measures needed...people who would commit crime in Metropolis are, in fact, a special breed.

The island is surrounded by water, guards are armed with state of the art weaponry, and the walls are designed to withstand the wear and tear caused by metahumans. It's very, very hard to get in without having resistance.

Which makes it all the more disconcerting when a loud "BOOM" is heard in the maximum security block.

[female_furies]

The guards in the vicinity were dropped in a matter of seconds, as much from the element of surprise as from the sheer power of the assailants. Five women, designed to be a deadly fighting force from a world beyond our own.

"Cells aren't marked, Lashina." The one with a bow remarks. "Might take a few to find her."

[female_furies]

"Maybe we should start kicking down doors until we do." The heavyset one retorts. To the side an officer groans.

[female_furies]

"Maybe we should start kicking down doors until we do." The heavyset one retorts. To the side an officer groans.

"No, we'll be polite to the lowlies. We'll ask." The tall, statuesque assasin known as Lashina flicks her wrist, and immediately her strap whips itself tightly around the guard. Another flick, and he's pulled at top speed towards her. "Where is the traitorous piece of offal you call Knockout?"

The guard is so terrified that no words come out when he talks.

"Tell me, worm, or I'll feed you to Harriet. It's been awhile since she's been given a mouse to play with."

[jla_villains]

Meanwhile, topside, one of the prisoners has made it out to sea.

Fortunately, when you can grow to giant size in a matter of seconds, the ocean off shore becomes like a wading pool.

Only this swimmer's...um...skinny dipping.

Prison clothes don't have unstable molecules, you know.

[look_upinthesky]

Clark streaks out of the prison complex and goes right towards her.

Then he notices her state of undress...and can't help but instinctively avert his eyes...

[jla_villains]

BIG mistake.

A backhand swats the Man of Steel at full force. The strength is enough to make an impact...but given that her powers are mystical in nature, doubly so.

Superman flies past the prison and skips along the ocean like a stone, being sent a few miles out from the blow.

Giganta smiles. "If I had known that would make a difference, I'd have let my goodies hang out LONG ago." She sniffs. "Gonna need a bath after this, though."

[amazon_diana]

She had heard about the breakout and was coming to make sure that everything was in hand when Giganta swatted Kal out across the bay.

"I assure you it does not bother me." and she flies in for an uppercut to the oversized naked woman.