The Cat's Eye Diamond

Selina had been planning the heist for weeks. The Gotham museum was hosting a display of ancient Egyptian artifacts that contained one thing Catwoman couldn’t resist, the beautiful yellow Cat’s Eye Diamond. Displayed as just an ancient curiosity, albeit one worth more than a million dollars, Selina knew it was more than that and once she had it she would be able to study the gem’s rumoured mystical powers.

She’d had it in her clutches before but some superhero had always just managed to stop her escaping with it. This time would be different, she’d planted a bomb in the museum set to explode just as she escaped that would make it look like the diamond was destroyed and cover any trace of her theft. Countless millions of dollars worth of antiquities would be destroyed but she'd have her prize. She’d laced the bomb with components that would hurt and slow down any hero who tried to stop her. Yellow shards of glass for Green Lantern, laughing gas to slow Batman down, and even a small piece of Kryptonite she’d managed to steal from Star Labs the week before in case Superman was in the area.

Her entry into the museum had been completely stealthy and she hung suspended by a cable in front of the display cabinet. She flicked out her diamond studded claws and traced a circle around the glass, opening a hole in the cabinet. Reaching in she plucked the diamond from it’s stand and dropped it into a small pouch at her waist.

As she was reaching for the button to hoist her upwards towards escape and guard on a random patrol rounded the corner and into view.

“Hey, stop! Thief!” he shouted, reaching for the alarm button. Catwoman shot a dart out of her wrist into the guards neck but it was too late, the alarm sounded.

“Dammit. I’m out of here.” she said to herself, pressing the ascend button on the cable she was suspended from. She was whipped upwards towards the open skylight and was almost out when a blue and red blur streaked into the museum.

Supergirl had been on her way home from visiting her friend Barbara Gordon, otherwise known as Oracle, when she’d heard the alarm go off. Her first instinct was to superspeed to the source to investigate. When she came to a stop she saw a sleek leather clad figure shooting up a rope away from an **** guard and an empty display case. A quick X-Ray scan of the thief showed a large diamond in a small pouch at her waist.

With a quick flash of her heat vision the pouch was cut and the diamond falling towards her waiting hands.

Catwoman saw the diamond fall. “Damn you Supergirl. If I can’t have it no-one can” she hissed and pressed a small button on her belt.

Supergirl saw the explosion coming but didn’t react. She was invulnerable and a simple explosive wouldn’t have an effect on her so she focussed on the falling diamond. It landed in her palm just as the blast hit her, but something was wrong. She screamed in pain as the Kryptonite in the explosion pierced her skin and then her world faded to black.

Catwoman watched the Kryptionian beauty fall to the floor and smiled. “Night night Girl of Steel, that will teach you to interrupt me.” she hissed as she pulled herself through the open skylight away to freedom.