Perdition's End

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The economy of Chile had once been quite vibrant and active. The coastal country, secluded from the rest of south america by mountains for much of it's length has gorgeous country side, with ocean crawling one side and mountain crawling the other. The capitol City of Santiago was most likely decimated when the doomsday clones took over. It was small and out of the way, without major industry control or a large population center, it's gone unwatched and unnoticed since the initial torrent of doomsday clones establishing themselves as world dominance.

Powergirl has spent considerable time here since waking back up as a cyborg human machine freak. She isn't coping very well at all, helping people and keeping busy with other peoples problems is her only recourse from madness. She has frequent bouts of manic behaviour how ever, and will be hysterically emotional one moment and completely apathetic the next. She has also developed extreme anger issues and has actually killed several people on accident since being revived by Spiral since her godlike strength is nearly impossible to control to the level required to prevent fatalities in frail humans. With her, a simple shove or even a shout can be deadly. The people of Santiago have come to fear and love her. They approach her tentatively, but cheer when she leaves a scene she's just saved from disaster.

Currently, she's in the mountains behind Santiago, throwing huge building sized chunks of rock into the ocean. It's sort of her version of skipping stones. With her super vision she can easily see well enough to avoid hitting any thing that might contain life. Though she has killed a few seagulls, possibly on purpose.

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Chile, just one of many places Purgatori visits dropping off supplies every now and then. It had been a while since her last visit it wasn’t something she could help she got caught up in a in a mess involving a group of people wanting to take over Neo Egypt thinking they could run it better not wanting a goddess to rule over them. Needless to say no one agreed with the outsiders and they were dealt with. Still alive but locked up for a long time. She growled to herself thinking all the trouble that group had caused putting her behind on doing a lot of things.

She was pulled from her thoughts when she saw a chunk of rock coming at her fast she just barely ducked under it. “The hell?” That was weird she knew the clones wouldn’t be throwing rocks around they’d smash them or just out right attack you by jumping at you if you happened to be in the air or far away from them. Well she had to be side tracked again to deal with whoever was throwing rocks around.

Purgatroi flew to where the rocks were being thrown as well as avoiding anymore coming her way. When she got to the area where the rocks were being thrown she couldn’t believe her eyes. This had to be a joke Karen was dead she watched her eye unable to save her. Furious she landed in front of the woman who had to be a shape shifter “Change back! I don’t care who you look like but you don’t have the right to look like Power Girl!” her hands were ablaze ready to kill the thing that was running around like her dead wife!

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She saw and heard Purgatori long before Purgatori saw her, she was already in tears, wracked with confusion and pain by the time purgatori got to her. Her hands shaking, her teeth gnashed hard enough to create diamonds. Hyperventilating furiously, her chest rises and falls like a piston.

"Y...you're...No, you... No no no...

She starts breaking down pretty quickly, she clenches her hands into fists and presses them against her face hard enough to cause red marks and skin irritation, which as you well know, is....very fucking hard. The pain is obvious, the heart ache, the soul crushing sadness. It's not something that can be faked.

Moving three times faster than the speed of sound, an inverted sphere of force creators the ground under her as she moves at Purgatori, snatching her by the throat hard enough to show she means business. She wants answers from Purgatori which is the only reason the woman isn't a bleeding mess.

"YOU CANT BE ALIVE. EVERYTHING I LOVED IS DEAD, WHO ARE YOU AND WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? ANSWER ME.

The volume in her voice is enough to fill the country side and will probably deafen Sakkara if she is in human form. Her mouth is dripping with caustic green acid and plumes of deadly gas leak from her nostrils like the smoke from a dragon's nose. Her eyes are filled with electric blue lightning.

To ensure Sakkara doesn't fight back, she has both the other woman's arms restrained painfully behind her back. Enough force in fact, that they feel as if they might snap right off. Intense pain, unforgiving unrelenting. That is the new Power Girl.

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So confusing this was starting to be and painful she grabbed at her throat trying to free the hand that was now there. Now she was sure this thing wasn’t human. She didn’t get much of a change to pull the hand off before she was yelled at literally it was a good thing she wasn’t in her human from she’d probably never be able to hear again until she changed back. Purgatori didn’t say anything she knew this woman wasn’t her wife, Karen’s eyes had a red glow to them when she was really pissed and she didn’t spit acid or smoke. “Do you really take me for a fool? I know your not Power Girl I know her better then anyone. And nothing your doing right now is telling you are her. I’ll give you points for trying though.” just then the ground shot up in a spike form in between the two so she could free herself.

She was in trouble whatever this thing was it seemed to be as powerful as Karen. She knew she’d never be able to punch it out with the blonde should she ever go off the deep end. So she’ll just have to do it a different way. One thing she learned form Karen was that mostly everyone had a weakness to magic maybe this thing did too. She summoned magic chains behind the fake Power Girl and they wrapped themselves around the blonde. “Before I kill you I’m going to find out who created you then I’m going to kill them I wouldn’t want you to be alone on your trip to hell.” the sky over head darkened just before a massive lightning bolt came down on top of the fake Power Girl.

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Powergirl was very angry, being taunted and now attacked by some kind of phantasm of her former lover was more than she could handle. After this thing was dead, the planet earth was next, then she would fly away from this solar system until her powers faded and she froze to death alone in the cold dark of deep space.

When the rock shot up, the jagged edges cut her arms, drawing blood, but the wounds are superficial, scratches, like a cats. Not deep, and definitely not mortal. She does bounce backwards, though her nails dig deep into Purgatori's throat, hard enough to rend the flesh off any mortal's neck, though thankfully Purgatori is much sterner than the average mortal, being she is an immortal after all.

Next chains bind her and she growls and spits acid, completely bent and broken she's rabid, like a dog. Thick arcs of lightning spike out of her eye sockets against her cheeks and forehead and her eyes fill with brilliant blue light before a column of energy is released, her laser eye beams, not a full blast strike, but more than enough to kill Purgatori.

One of the chains catches Powergirls' neck just as the lightning bolt comes down on her, knocking her head upwards and to the left, causing the deadly blue laser beam to miss Purgatori narrowly. She screams in pain and her fists clench. Her muscles bulge and her voice goes hoarse as she screams and tears at the magical chains as magical lightning rips through her body, frying her muscles.

"YES! Haha, I'm an Abomination! Kill me! Power girl is Dead, Spiral failed to bring me back, Just kill me!"

The chains are begining to give under Powergirls titanic strength, even in all of Purgatori's mastery over magic, the limited resistance granted to her by the potent cybernetic implants combined with her immense and endless strength are quickly over coming the bounds that now bind her.

"I can see it, I can smell it. I can feel it. You're the real Sakkara, or maybe I'm just completely delusional. Either way, It's best I die by your hands. It will complete the cycle of pain and suffering I've endured since that heartless beast brought me back to life. So please, do it. Kill me. IF YOU CAN!

There are tears streaming down her cheeks, but they're immediately fried off by the arcs of lightning, causing her eyes to actually steam as well as crackle with lightning, it looks quite menacing along with the green looking smoke and acid.

As she shouts the final words, she rips one of her arms free, takes a deep breath, and then vomits a heavy thick stream of acid right at Purgatori!

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Talk about cutting it close Purgatroi almost got fried and she wasn’t sure how well she would come out of it if at all. Thank you lightning bolt she watch the woman really start to lose it more and more. “Wait Spiral!? Damn it that explains everything now.” She knew of the mutant she had been tasked with putting people back together like replacing body parts and such that was lost to the clones. She for some reason went after Karen and put her back together only Spiral would add acid spit and deadly smoke to someone as powerful as Power Girl as some sort of sick joke.

She listened to what Karen had said now she was sure that six armed freak did do it not to many people came out of her body shop sane when they had a lot replaced. From what she’s hared from Wolverine none of what he told her sounded very nice. Purgatroi was about to move over to Karen try to talk to her or something she wasn’t sure but that thought went out the window when she ripped her arm free and spit acid at her! She threw herself to the side barely avoiding it.

She got to her feet “Sorry princess I can’t do that. I lost you once I can’t go through that again.” This could be harder then she thought from what she knows of Spiral Karen wasn’t a 100% Kryptonian anymore. She began chanting manipulated the gravity around Karen increasing the gravitational pull on until movement was impossible. “I can keep this on you for a very long time or until you decide to chill out long enough so that we can talk.” she moved closer to the blonde and crouched down.

She really didn’t want to fight Karen anymore then she already had. “Your not an abomination your just different. But your still alive if you were some sort of monster you wouldn’t be showing so much emotion like you are now.” she ran her hand through the blondes hair not really worried she would attack her again. “And I still love you no matter what.”

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Karen struggles and squirms under the weight of the gravity for awhile. Thrusting and jerking, screaming and shooting her laser eye beams in any direction she can. She isn't going to wear out any time soon most likely. But she is able to calm down after a period of being unable to make any progress.

It takes a few minutes but her breathing calms down after awhile, she keeps her eyes locked on Purgatori, even after awhile, the thick arcs of lightning spraying from her eye sockets calms down and they return to their passive blue nature.

"If you love me, please kill me Sakkara. I can't live like this. I'm not ...I'm not alive any more, I'm just a husk...a machine...I don't feel like I used to. I've killed innocent people, I'm greedy, selfish, hateful...I'm not Power Girl, I'm not Karen Starr, I'm not any one...."

Her voice has shifted from anger to remorse and sadness. True depression.

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Sakkara released the spell she had put on Karen and pulled the blonde to her as she sat on the ground. “I love you more the life it’s self but I wont kill you. Your not a machine granted part of you is.” she smirked as she wrapped her arms around Karen “If you remember I was no better then you are now when we first met and you never gave up on me. I think it’s time I repay you by helping you to readjust to this world. It wont be easy but we can handle it.”

“The day we got married I told you I would be with you for better, for worse I meant it I’m not going to give up on you now just because something’s happened to you.” She leaned down and kissed Karen on the neck before speaking again “Besides Ma and Pa Kent, Kara and Conner will want to see you again. I’m not sure where Kara and Conner are at, at the moment I think their in the states with what’s left of the Titans. But Ma and Pa are back in Neo Egypt living out their golden years by the pool.”

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It provokes some unusual questions, as to why Power girl Didn't already know this. Couldn't she hear everything going on in the world? Couldn't she have searched the entire face of the planet in a mater of days to learn the fate of her family? Complicated questions.

She goes hungerly into Sakkara's arms when they are offered like a lost child or a sick puppy, she snuggles her lover and kisses her tenderly, crying hysterically. Though those emotions have nearly run dry, if she had any sort of finite stamina, she would've been dry heaving a long time ago.

"Yes I remember...I know...I love you so much. Thank you. Thank you please, I need help. I'm not right."

When Sakkara mentions the kents and Conner and Kara, Karen's eyes widen and her lips twist up, and she just starts bawling again profusely.

"Take me to them, please?

She manages to mumble past her profuse crying. She is unsure what to do with all this possitive emotion after having swam in an ocean of negative ones for the past few weeks since Spiral woke her back up after putting her back together.

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“Of course.” with that Sakkara teleported them back to Neo Egypt appearing by the pool sure enough Martha was standing next to a fold out chair that had Jonathan parked in it she was handing him some sort of fruity drink. They had been startled by their appearance. Sakkara let go of Karen knowing she’d probably want to talk to them plus she just heard barking and that could only mean one thing! She spun around just in time to get tackled to the ground by Krypto. “Get off cow!” she tried to push him off but it really wasn’t working he was just happy to see her again and to let her know this he drooled all over her.

After a few moments she managed to push him off and sat up “You are the reason why I’m a cat person.” she wiped away the drool that was on her chest while Krypto flopped down next to her and rolled onto his back looking for belly rubs. She looked down at him before rolling her eyes and rubbing his belly. “I get so much abuse every day.” she looked over to where Karen was got up and walked over and sat down in a folding chair next to her.

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Both Ma and Pa Kent are overly ecstatic to see Karen, she jumps up and rushes over to them to hug them and be held by them. Some where around here is conner and Kara too! She would have bet everything that each and every one of them was dead. But no, Sakkara was here, to protect them, none of them had died, they were all alive. Which means her recklessness and pain were all for nothing. She had abandoned them, why? what had gone so wrong? Why didn't she even look? She DID look...didn't she? Maybe watching Superman die, and then pretty much dying herself had more of an effect on her than she is willing to admit. Maybe she really has become insane.

She spent a few hours talking to Ma and Pa kent, she did not tell them about her new abilities, or the fact that she was a cyborg, she bent the truth and told them a villain named Spiral had been keeping her in magical stasis. That the wounds she suffered from the doomsday clones on the day every one thought she died had healed on their own. She played with Krypto and then excused herself to go and find Sakkara.

The first thing she does is wraps her arms around Sakkara and whispers very softly.

"Hold me and don't ever let go."

Hypertension, Paranoid delusions, Depression with psychotic features, hallucinations. Powergirl is very very sick.

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While Karen spent time with the Kent’s Sakkara headed back inside and got a hold of Spiral and had a nice painful talk with her, until she told her everything she had done to the woman as well as what she can and can’t do anymore. What she couldn’t do was a lot smaller then what she had thought one of the great things she had learned was they could still have that family they had always talked about starting before all this had happened. But that would have to wait a bit longer she didn’t think Karen was mentally ready for that just yet. She'll save it for later when she knows her wife will be able to handle it with out freaking out or worst.

She returned and made her way into the war room it wasn’t really used for war just a place to plan on how to do the runs into the cities to get supplies or drop things off to people with out getting caught by the Doomsday clones. When she was done talking to the leaders she headed for her room and try and rest she really hadn’t slept much in the last few years staying in her god form most of the time. She wasn’t really shocked Karen found her she always had a way of doing that. Must have been another power of hers. “I don’t plan on it ever. But I think your going to have to talk to him about getting your side of the bed back.” she pointed a thumb at Mr. Cat who was sleeping like a lazy bum on the side of the bed Karen usually slept on. He was fine mostly expect he was missing his tail and had a few scars here and there.

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Karen's eyes widen up when she sees Mr. Cat and She immediately abandons Sakkara to scoop her long lost cat up into her arms to love and snuggle it. This cat was there for her at times when no one else was, it's like her kid, her best friend and her parent, All rolled into a nice neat little furry package. She then quickly backs back up against sakkara expecting to be held while she holds Mr Cat and gives him snuggles.

"You Saved Mr. Cat Sakkara. you've saved every one. God, you really have become a hero. More than I can say for myself since all this started. I'm so happy, so grateful, so... I can't...even explain how much all of this means to me...I'm starting to feel more sane now than I have since Spiral woke me up. God I'm such a mess Sakkara. I couldn't even tell Ma and Pa kent the truth about what happened. I don't know how I couldn't find you...I searched too, or at least I thought I did...I swear I did...I...I just don't know what's wrong with me.

She starts to sob a little bit. She is feeling very sorry for herself, which is a state Powergirl hates being in. But at this point, she is at her wits end, she has had her physical wounds healed and repaired, but now the mental ones can finally start healing as well.

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Sakkara watched Karen go over and pick up the sleeping cat it took him a moment to realize what was going on and who had him when he did he seemed just as happy to see her. She wrapped her arms around her wife again when she moved back towards her and rested her chin on Karen‘s shoulder. “Let’s keep that between us I’m suppose to be badass here. And I can’t take all the credit Conner was the one that saved the Kent’s I just created a place for them and a lot of other people to live. The reason why you couldn’t find this place is because it’s hidden by powerful magic’s only if you knew were to look would you be able to find the place with out a magic user.”

She hugged Karen tighter it wouldn’t hurt her but would probably break many bones in a normal persons body. “You will in time I’m sure they’ll still love you no matter what just like I do.” She really doubted the Kent’s would be all that bothered by it. They seemed like the type that could handle a lot of crazy things and not be to bothered by it. She let go of Karen just long enough to pick her up and carry her to the bed placing her on it before joining her and Mr. Cat in the cuddle pile. "I was feeling left out of the cuddles."

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Karen feels slightly more sane by Sakkara's revelation that the entire place is hidden by powerful magic. As far as she knew, her super senses and cybernetic enhancements could not penetrate magic, so she wasn't going insane. She really had searched the entire planet and found nothing but blood, bone and rubble where her loved ones had once been. After it is all said and done, Karen is nestled very snuggly against with Mr Cat in her arms, petting him affectionately.

"I know they wouldn't mind Sakkara, It's me. I'm ashamed of it. I don't feel alive any more...I feel like a fake, plastic thing... I can't control my emotions, and I have all these circuits in my head, telling me what to think, what to do...like big red letters that read warning are supposed to replace a gut instinct I can't feel any more."

If the Karen from five years ago had heard herself speaking now she would have not believed it was real, but now things are very real, and this pain and suffering have carved a deep wound in her soul and heart that may never heal fully.

"I am too sick to be a hero...I wish some one would take all of my powers away, I don't deserve them. I am just going to wind up hurting people.

The old Karen was so vibrant and optimistic, unstoppably charismatic and gentle. Though sometimes more rough than she had to be, she was always kind hearted. It must be devastating to see her in this state. This vulnerable, lost and broken state. In the past, Sakkara and PG always pretended in bed that Sakkara was the stronger of the two, and PG would let herself get tied up and other naughty things, but now it's real, Mentally speaking at least. All of PG's emotional and mental fortitude has evaporated.