"But ma'am, if the heart has already fallen into enemy hands, or even returned to Enchantress herself..."
"Then blast her to ash with heavy weapons."
Waller coldly cut her subordinate off.
"She's nothing but an ancient parasite that's lived a little longer. Without my control, she's a threat that must be eliminated."
Just as Waller methodically and cold-bloodedly laid out her extermination plan, the temperature inside the command center suddenly plummeted without warning.
A layer of eerie frost formed on the sturdy alloy walls, and every electronic screen began flickering violently, emitting piercing crackles of electrical static.
"Ma'am! We're detecting an extremely powerful unidentified energy field, right... right in the middle of the hall!"
A technician hammered at the keyboard, loudly reporting the scrambled radar data.
Waller slowly raised her head.
In the very center of the hall, a mass of black mist so dense it could swallow light materialized out of thin air.
Accompanied by spine-chilling ancient murmurs, a slender, regal figure radiating death stepped out of the mist.
Enormous translucent magical wings, cold, spectral green eyes, and an ancient crown of dark gold.
Enchantress, reborn, descended into the tactical command room like a god looking down on ants.
"Open fire."
Faced with a scene straight out of a horror movie, Amanda Waller did not scream or retreat a single step. Her tone did not even fluctuate; she simply uttered those two words with utter coldness.
The dozens of elite guards stationed around the command center were well trained. The instant Waller gave the order, dozens of large-caliber assault rifles spat lethal tongues of flame in unison.
Dense armor-piercing fire wove an all-encompassing metal net, pouring toward Enchantress.
Yet Enchantress did not even glance at the bullets.
The blue-green magical wings behind her spread just slightly, and an invisible