In other words – he has come for the Golden Girdle of Gaea! He has come to retrieve that which has been stolen from her and to purify that which has been defiled. In truth, it was not her prayers that had called him here but the calls of the “Mother of All”. She responds in kind and tells him that she has been praying to him for several days – why had he not come sooner? He replies that until this night he did not even know she was in peril. He lies that it was merely a ruse before embracing her warmly. He is overjoyed to see here as she asks him if he is hurt. Hermes touches down on the ground and is helped to his feet by Wonder Woman. Reluctantly, they slowly lower their weapons. Nehebka orders the Amazons to cease fire immediately and to honour their Queen’s dying wish for the “Ariadna” not to be harmed. Wonder Woman decides there is nothing for it but to intervene directly and places herself between the God and the Bana-Mighdalls, deflecting the barrage of bullets. Similarly, Wonder Woman fails to notice a sudden difference in Hermes’ cries – the difference between anger and pain – as a bullet strikes him. But amid the cacophonous clamour of battle Hermes does not hear or even notice her. Nehebka and Wonder Woman watch the chaos from the window above and the Amazon Princess realises she must act before there are deaths. His eyes fill with more rage than ever as he retaliates, destroying the cannon with one blast of his Godly energy. He bellows that they are blasphemous swine and uses his Caduceus to blast their weapons from their hands! Never have they faced such sheer unbridled power but despite the overwhelming onslaught they fight on – they are Amazons and they will surrender to no Man! They bring up a cannon and hit the God square on but still he does not fall. The Bana-Mighdall Amazons open fire as Hermes hovers above them.
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