Chapter 1

21 years ago

Diana took a deep breath. No. No, no, no, no! This wasn't happening. There was a mistake. Some sort of mistake. She

started to feel faint and had to sit down on a nearby chair in the Watchtower control station. "J'onn..." she slowly pronounced her

green-skinned friend's name. "You can't...I can't...no!" She just stared off in space, still in shock. "It's not possible."

J'onn shook his head. "I am sorry, Diana, but there is no masking the truth. My telepathy indicates there is a second soul

inside your body. I recognized it last week when the League called me to find out if you were still alive after Braniac attempted to

infiltrate the bodies of everyone in the Watchtower and then kill them. But don't worry...I didn't tell them what I discovered."

"But...no!" This must have been the billionth time tonight the simple word had escaped her lips. "I don't see how it could

happen." But the worst part was that she did see how it could happen. If J'onn were right -- and she could not remember a time he

had not been -- then she knew exactly who shared the creation of new life inside her.

"Diana, listen to me. You cannot panic and you cannot do anything irrational. I have a friend in Metropolis. Clark knows

him too, but he does not have to find out. I will go with you and he will give you a completely accurate, free testing...for..." J'onn

took a breath. Neither of them had said the word so far. "...for pregnancy."

Diana was a mess, but she didn't break down into tears or have a hissy fit, like the Martian Manhunter halfway expected.

Instead, she just nodded numbly and stood.

"Diana, where are you going?"

She stopped in the doorway, but did not turn to face him. "Make the appointment, J'onn. I have to find Bruce."

"You don't want to wait until after you know for sure?"

She shook her head. "No. He should know now. But, J'onn?"

"Yes?"

"One thing I am certain of: the baby will live. I really don't give a damn who it inconveniences, boy or girl, I am keeping this

life."

"But what will your mother -- and all your sisters for that matter -- say?"

"It does not matter right now. It is not the Amazon way to destroy innocent life. Man or woman."

J'onn nodded in agreement. "Do as you have to, Princess. I am always here if you need assistance."

Diana nooded, turned, and smiled gratefully, and walked out the door.