Steppenwolf ran toward her he jumped forward and brought his sword down towards the Princess, Wonder Woman raised her shield to block his attack which made her jump backwards. Steppenwolf sword hit the ground where Diana had just been stood as he slowly stood straight and attempted to regain his balance even though his body hurt like hell from his fight with Hippolyta earlier.
Wonder Woman capitalized on the opportunity & used her speed to slam the edge of her shield into the nose of Steppenwolf, A crack was heard as his nose broke from the impact he cried out in pain, Utilizing her shield again she whacked him across the jaw while at the same time swung her sword towards his face, The Apokoliptian quickly ducked and attempted to hit her right metal leg gauntlet with his sword but her shield immediately came down in front to absorb the hit he stumbled back & tried to regain his footing which gave the Amazon an opportunity to land a kick in his chest making him fall to the floor onto his back with him now breathing heavily.
The pain coursed through his body he could see the amazon coming towards him and slowly sat up in order for himself to shuffle slowly back towards the stone barrier when all of a sudden the lasso of truth wrapped around his ankles, His eyes caught sight of it and then saw Diana smirk, A look of fear appeared on his face after realizing what she was going to do "NO, NO, NO, DON'T YOU DARE!" said Steppenwolf.
Diana quickly pulled him back towards herself & used her lasso to lift him high up into the air, Steppenwolf screamed while Diana now quickly spun around so she was facing the other way and brought her right arm down as Steppenwolf was brought crashing down face first onto the surface in front of her he then groaned in pain "Amazon Bitch" he muttered.
Hippolyta and Artemis watched on with pride even after 100 years, Diana's warrior training was still intact "She didn't stop practising even while she was exiled, I have missed watching her fight" said Artemis "Me too Artemis and to think she came back to us even after we exiled her for a century, She still came back to save us" said Hippolyta who started to cry again "We need her back my Queen, 100 years has been long enough, We need to vote again, I want my sister back my Queen" said Artemis "I agree Artemis it is time Diana came home, The only thing is if our fellow Amazons vote in support of it or will it backfire again" Hippolyta replied "Trust me when I say they will vote in favour for her to come home" said Artemis "How do you know that?" Hippolyta asked "The Parademons were overpowering us slightly, Your daughter at that moment arrives out of nowhere and starts slaughtering the hell out of them, Me and the rest of our people were shocked that she had come back to such a point we stopped fighting in order to make sure what we were witnessing was real but Diana made sure we did not stop fighting and rallied us with her and in doing so helped us gain the battle back onto equal grounds" Artemis replied.
Hippolyta chuckled "She always did have the makings of a leader" the Queen cried out as the pain from her wounds stung again "By the Gods that hurts" "Hold on my Queen I beg of you to keep fighting, Don't you dare die on me now" Artemis replied "I'll try my best" said Hippolyta
Diana picked up his sword and threw it towards him "Get up Steppenwolf and fight me because you and I both know that you can't go back to Darkseid and tell him that you lost again to the Amazons" said Diana.
As much as it annoyed him hearing those words she was right even though he and the Parademons were here for the Motherbox if he went back to Apokolips and told Darkseid that he lost again to the Amazons, He wouldn't be facing death if anything Darkseid would make sure he suffers for the loss and that was something he did not want, He saw first-hand of what his nephew was capable of when a soldier fails him, Planting his sword into the ground he wrapped both his hands around the hilt and forced himself back up into a standing position, (His head rung, Blood was spilling out of his mouth & eyes with his vision slightly blurred as well).