The Chaos Sovereign, Link's private aircraft, hovered precisely over the target coordinates like a black scalpel.
Below lay a cloudless sky and a vast blue sea, its surface as smooth as a mirror.
Sunlight glittered on the water. A few seabirds glided past. Everything looked peaceful and ordinary.
"Puddin, are you sure this is the place?"
Harley Quinn, dressed in a sexy pilot's jacket with a lollipop in her mouth, pressed her face to the window and peered down.
"Nothing but water. I can't even see a shark. This is so boring! Where are those gorgeous women you promised? Did the navigation system fool you?"
She nudged Link with her elbow, disappointment written all over her face.
Link did not answer. He held a cup of coffee and gazed calmly through the blue, as though admiring a masterpiece hidden beneath a painting.
His super vision had already revealed everything.
Above that seemingly empty stretch of sea, an enormous, nearly perfect hemispherical energy shield enclosed a vast space.
The shield bent light, blocked every electromagnetic signal, and even subtly deflected gravity, forming a small world sealed off from reality.
That was Themyscira.
"They're there, Harley."
Link set down his coffee cup and rose.
"They're just a little shy. They need a... slightly warmer invitation."
The cabin door slid open without a sound.
A fierce high-altitude wind rushed in, sending Harley's blond pigtails whipping wildly.
Link stepped out. Without any aircraft beneath him, he hovered motionless ten thousand meters above the sea.
He wore a tailored black coat, its hem snapping in the wind. He looked like a god gazing down upon the mortal world, cold and imposing.
Harley leaned excitedly out of the doorway and pumped her fist. "Go get 'em, Puddin! Show them what you've got! Let them know who