Summary: The Five Times Wonder Woman thought there was something more out there and the one time she was sure.
Wonder Woman immediately saw through the Mist when she arrived at the newly torched Saint Louis Arch. Echidna, the Mother of all Monsters was hovering by the crime scene with her Chimera. Flying down, Wonder Woman planted her feet in front of the monster and placed her hands on her hips.
"What business do you have here?" Wonder Woman demanded. Echidna gazed back at the Amazon Princess and member of the Justice League.
"None of your business Princess," Echidna hissed. "I have been sent to do what I needed to."
"Which was…" Wonder Woman prodded.
"I needed to test a hero," the Mother of Monsters replied as she stroked her Chimera.
"You have no business testing heroes; take your son and leave."
"It was not one of your so-called "heroes", Princess," Echidna sneered. "And it was on Zeus' orders."
"Zeus—" Wonder Woman began.
"And if the boy lived, who knows?" Echidna continued. "He may actually make a decent hero someday." She turned her gaze to Wonder Woman and regarded her coldly. "I won't waste anymore of your time, Wonder Woman."
Wonder Woman watched as Echidna and her son, the Chimera, disappeared over the hills. The Amazon Princess returned her gaze to the gaping hole in the Arch, and wondered how on Earth anyone could survive the Chimera's fire breath or the fall into the river below. Shaking her head and saying a prayer for the lost hero, Wonder Woman flew away.
Wonder Woman was flying over the Atlantic Ocean when she heard the screams of her name punctured by a fair amount of cursing. Swooping down, she landed on an island, and was immediately on her guard when she saw the sorceress Circe.
"What do you want, witch?" Wonder Woman snarled.
"How dare you!" Circe cried. "I have done nothing to you for a long time; I've kept to myself on this island running a spa, but that wasn't enough for you was it? You had to send to two cursed demigods to destroy my home! Everything I've worked for! All of my plans! My people! That accursed child! He shall feel my wrath! And the girl will not be spared! I will curse the two of them to the darkest corners of the Underworld!"
"I have no idea what you are talking about," Wonder Woman interrupted Circe's rant to tell the witch. That made the sorceress stop screaming.
"What?" Circe asked. "You didn't send two demigods to destroy my island?"
"No, I did not. And as you have not been a problem of late, I am sorry for your loss," Wonder Woman, ever the diplomat, responded.
Circe scowled. "Then I know the source of the problem. Be gone with you Wonder Woman, before I decided that you had something to do with the destruction of my home and spa."
Wonder Woman nodded and lifted herself into the sky. Right before she turned away, she glanced back to see the sorceress standing amongst the ruins of a once-great palace. When she arrived at the Justice League meeting later, she was still contemplating who could have done that to Circe's Island.
She knew that Artemis was in danger, that much was certain. However, she also knew there was nothing she could do to help. The gods could not get involved, and the Justice League couldn't either. Still, that did nothing to stop the Amazon Princess from fretting and trying to find the goddess.
"Diana," Superman asked. "Is everything okay?"
"Yes," Wonder Woman replied, "I was just thinking." She smiled at the Man of Steel and left it at that. The Olympians would not want Wonder Woman to share their troubles with the "mortals"; although only a select few of the League were truly human.
"Worried about Artemis?" Batman asked quietly once Superman's attention had been diverted. They were at a meeting, but no one was really paying attention to Superman's talk. Diana was shocked at Batman's knowledge about Artemis, but then scolded herself for wondering how he knew; he was The Batman for crying out loud. And Diana was sure she mentioned Artemis going missing when it had first happened.
Wonder Woman nodded and Batman huffed. "She'll be found. Should the League get involved?"
Wonder Woman frantically shook her head. "No. It would be bad enough for a goddess to need assistance, let alone from men."
"I have learned that not all men are as bad as they appear," a voice behind Diana said, and Wonder Woman leapt up to greet the goddess Artemis.
"You are alright Lady Artemis!" she cried as she bowed and Artemis gave Wonder Woman a hug.
"You hate men," Batman stated. Wonder Woman shot him a look.
"I do," the goddess responded, "but I have learned that not all men are horrible. Especially ones that will do anything for the ones they love."
"What man made you change your mind, my lady?" Wonder Woman asked, confused.
"A young fourteen-year-old boy; he took the sky and held it up so that I could defeat Atlas. He wasn't like the rest of the men who only want honor and glory for themselves," Artemis responded. "As much as I hate to lose a possible Hunter, I think that Annabeth would be happier with Percy. And he is one man who I shall not be turning into a jackalope anytime soon. Anyway, I can here Diana, because I wanted to assure you that I was safe and to thank you for your prayers."
"Of course, My Lady," Diana replied, head still in a whirl.
Artemis nodded at Wonder Woman, then at the rest of the League before she vanished.
"What the hell just happened?" Batman growled and Superman shrugged his shoulders, looking equally confused and curious.
Wonder Woman just shook her head. "I have absolutely no idea," she responded.
Diana was on monitor duty at the Watchtower when a strange sight caught her eye. In Colorado Srpings, Colorado, something strange was going on. Wonder Woman's eyes almost popped out of her head as she watched four small shapes appear from nowhere and begin to fall. Her hand was shooting towards her com until she saw the shapes begin to fly.
Diana noticed something strange about them—all four had golden shimmering wings.
It was if they were just learning how to fly, which, Wonder Woman decided, they probably were. She zoomed the camera in on them.
There. Two boys and two girls flew like baby ducks through the clear sky. The older boy was dark-haired and looked about fourteen, as did the blonde girl and the red-haired girl. The other boy was smaller with dark hair as well, and looked about ten or eleven.
Amazed, Diana watched as the older boy swooped, joy on his face. She noted the fearful and anxious expressions found on both girls' faced and the weary one on the young boys'. Words she could not hear were exchanged and the four children landed. Taking off their golden wings and stuffing them in a trashcan, they bolted.
Diana lost them in the crowd, but continued to wonder who they could possibly be.
Diana was attending a council of the gods and nothing was out of the ordinary. Aphrodite was flirting with Ares and kept stealing glances at herself in a mirror. Ares was talking to Aphrodite and flipping through a magazine on weaponry. Hephaestus was tinkering with some spare parts while Apollo and Hermes joked around. And, surprise surprise, Zeus and Poseidon were arguing.
"I offered the gift of immortality," Zeus shouted, "and he refused!" Diana looked around, confused and intrigued as everyone stopped what they were doing and began to speak at once.
"He chose correctly," Aphrodite cooed. "They belong together."
"He could have had the greatest defense of all," Ares countered.
"For a man," Atremis stressed, "he choose very well."
"But immortality is pretty cool," Apollo told his twin sister.
"It was a wise choice, yes," Athena stated, "I just don't like the reason he chose to stay mortal."
"Just because you don't like my son—" Poseidon began hotly, but was interrupted by Hermes.
"He did make his wish less selfish," the god of thieves said to Athena.
"That's not the point!" Zeus shouted. "I offered him immortality and he turned me down! We have only offer that gift to Heracles and he accepted! I don't just allow anyone to become immortal; he has some nerve to turn me down like that! Who does that brat think he is?"
"Percy Jackson?" Apollo suggested innocently, and Zeus roared in anger as Poseidon laughed. Diana watched at the gods and goddesses began to argue among themselves once more as they took sides over whether the boy, Percy Jackson, made the right choice. Diana who had no idea who the child was or why he was important, sat back and sighed as she prepared herself for a long day.
Diana Prince was enjoying a nice meal out when a young teenager came crashing through the restaurant window. People screamed as the girl landed on a table, which collapsed under the abrupt weight.
A monster followed through the hole, a slithering Empousai, and it swung it sword back and forth threateningly.
"Demigod" she hissed. "You have caused us more pain that you could imagine. Prepare to die!" As the monster swung her sword down upon the still teenager, Diana leapt up to block the blow and another person came crashing through the window.
Surprise, both the Empousai and Diana spun around to face a teenage boy with black hair and a glowing sword.
"Percy Jackson," the she-demon cackled, "too late to save your girlfriend. You should have sided with Kronos."
Launching himself at the monster, Percy snarled as he slashed at her with his sword. Diana watched as the teenager expertly handled his weapon and, with eyes full of anger, stabbed the monster, who disintegrated into dust.
As soon as the monster had vanished, Percy raced over to the blonde girl's side. "Annabeth, Annabeth, please be okay," he pleaded, ignoring Diana's presence.
"Of course I'm alright Seaweed Brain," the girl, Annabeth, muttered, raising her head. "You've always got my back."
With a goofy grin, Percy gazed lovingly down at her. "Of course I do Wise Girl," he whispered before he kissed her.
Names and faces spinning in her head, Diana finally realized where she had seen the boy before—he and the blonde had been flying over Colorado about two years ago. And that name—Artemis mentioned him holding up the sky and the gods had offered him immortality. But why?
Turning her body to face the two demigods, Diana was about to ask them a million and one question, when she found nothing but empty space in front of her.
Sighing, she left some money on the table and exited the restaurant, deciding not to question the strangeness of her world.
Well guys, hope you liked it. I think I'm going to continue doing this with a different member of the Justice League. You can request some you want to see, or leave it up to me.
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