Power Play

"Sorry, Superman, but I have to get back to Paradise Island to take care of something," said Wonder Woman. "You have this situation taken care of?"

"Yeah, you go ahead. I'm going to make sure this is dealt with."

And with that she flew off.

Superman turned toward the professor. "Are you going to be alright?" he asked with concern.

"Y-yes...as soon as my heart stops pounding so fast. Before you leave I have to tell you something important. I put a tracking device in my invention after I heard about the first few lab robberies. Y'know better safe than sorry. You can track it with this." Hamilton handed Superman a small electronic device. "You see that blip? Just follow it."

"Thats great, professor. I'll make sure I get it back for you, but what exactly did your invention do? There has to be a reason that she stole it."

"I'm not exactly sure what that might be. It doesn't really do much on its own, but it has to do with brainwaves."

*****

Superman tracked the device to a large abandoned steel mill several miles outside Metropolis.
He entered through a door on the side of the building, snapping the padlocked chains on it with ease.

It was very dark inside and looked like it had been a long time since the place had been used. Large machinery, long dormant, stood like quiet sentinels under shadows and dust.

Suddenly the lights flicked on. "Glad you could make it, Superman." he heard a woman's voice say. She was standing in a doorway across the room high up on a catwalk.

"Who are you?" demanded Superman. All he could see was her silhouette.

"You'll find out soon enough, but first I think there is someone who wants to meet you again right now."

The black clad woman stepped out of a second doorway beneath the catwalk in front of him.
She slowly reached for her mask and pulled it off.

"Wonder Woman!" Superman said with shock. "You? What are you doing here?!"

"Oh she can't hear you, Superman. See, she is under my complete control right now as you soon will be. Wonder Woman will do whatever I want her to."

"This is impossible. I saw Wonder Woman and the lady dressed in black at the same time back at the lab. They can't be the same person." Superman said.

"Ah, that. I guess I'll clear things up a little for you. Meet my other little helper." said the woman on the catwalk.

Another person walked out of the same door that Wonder Woman had entered through.
"Thats right, Superman, Power Girl is also under my control. The first time you were attacked it WAS Wonder Woman. That was just a little test to see how she would match up against you. She did alright, but I wanted to make sure you would be crushed and defeated hence my taking control of Power Girl. She's the one you fought this last time at the lab, where you once again failed to stop my plans from going into motion."

"What are you planning to do with all the technology you've stolen?" asked Superman.

The woman walked out further from the doorway and rested her arms on the railing of the catwalk.
She brushed her auburn hair to the side and smiled. "Simple. I'm combining it to make a device that will amplify my mind control powers exponentially. Soon I'll have the entire United States under my control, and everyone will call Mind Game their mistress!"

"Don't bet on it, lady" said Superman as he flew up toward her.

"Ladies if you will be so kind," Mind Game commanded.

Wonder Woman and Power Girl flew toward Superman. "Diana! Karen! You've got to fight it. You have to try and break her hold over you."

He looked into their eyes and saw a cold, vacant gaze behind them. They had no idea who he was or what they were doing now. He would have to fight them without causing permanent injury.

Superman shoulder checked Power Girl at super speed, sending her crashing into the wall. His eyes flashed bright red as he fired a heat vision beam at Wonder Woman. She deflected it with her bracelets and came at him.

As he grappled with Diana, Power Girl blindsided him with a blow that knocked him to the floor.
He got to his feet, and Wonder Woman landed on his back. She wrapped her powerful legs around his arms and body, trapping him. Power Girl wasted no time as she landed several punishing blows on the Man of Steel. Karen wasn't as strong as Diana, but that fact didn't stop her punches from hurting like hell.

Superman had no choice but to blast her back with a wide swath of heat vision. He was careful not to severely burn her. With Wonder Woman still on him, he lifted the both of them into the air and hurtled back, ramming her against a heavy piece of machinery. Once. Twice. He succeeded in freeing himself just as Power Girl caught his head and neck between her smooth, sensuous thighs in a scissor hold.

The pressure he felt was tremendous, causing Superman to fall to the floor. Power Girl tightened her leg vice on him, and he started feeling light headed. He could feel her strong leg muscles flexing as she was cutting off circulation to his head. He knew he had to get free soon, otherwise he was going to black out. Placing his hands on her knees, and with a tremendous effort he managed to pry her legs apart.

Superman was starting to feel the effects of the battle. He had to end this now. Wonder Woman had other plans though, as she ensnared him with her golden lasso. She and Power Girl proceeded to rain down blow after blow on the bound superhero. With his body wracked with pain, he fell to one knee. The last thing Superman saw before losing consciousness was the duo of beautiful women as they flew toward him, pulled their fists back, and landed an earth shattering simultaneous blow.

Mind Game came out of the lower doorway and applauded. "Very good work, my pawns. You two managed to best even Superman." She smiled as she stood over his unconscious body, which lay in a small crater in the floor. "I'll have him under my control soon enough, but until then the two of you can have fun with him. Do as you wish."

End of Chapter 3