Ivycreed6: Thanks to The-Lady-Isis for being awesome and helping me so much...and putting up with my procrastination.

Author: Ivy Creed6

Title: Memory

Beta: The-Lady-Isis

So this is just a quick intro to something that has been buzzing around in my head for awhile.

The first thing she noticed was a steady beeping.

Her eyes fluttered open slowly, resistant to the bright lights above her as she pushed herself up and looked about the room. It looked like some sort of hospital, judging by the equipment and spartan furnishings. Why was she in the hospital? She swung her legs out from under the covers and planted them on the floor. Her hand flew to her forehead as she felt a stabbing pain through her head that caused her to fall bad down to the mattress.

The pain was so bad she didn't notice the doors opening. "You're awake," she heard as the pain began to subside, leaving her feeling dizzy.

She looked up, her mind still in a haze from sleep and the pain – her heart practically stopped as she noticed the speaker. He was green and huge, looming over her.

There were several reactions she could have had, but she didn't get to choose any course of action because she was already screaming and scrambling from the bed and crouching down beside it.

"Diana!" the alien called after her.

Diana? Was he saying a name or something in his own language?

I'm not going to hurt you; she heard the alien's voice whisper across her mind.

"GET OUT OF MY HEAD!" she yelled, covering her ears and squeezing her eyes shut. This all had to be a dream, some crazy dream. Aliens weren't real were they? This had to be her imagination playing tricks, and if she just ignored it everything would go away and she'd wake up.

She sat there huddled up for a few minutes and nothing happened. She cautiously opened her eyes, removed her hands from her ears and looked around. There was silence. She peeked over the edge of the bed. The alien was gone.

She breathed a sigh of relief. Perhaps she had just imagined it all...but then why was she still in the hospital room? The pain in her head from before was throbbing this time but she had to move she couldn't just sit here and wait to see what was going to happen next.

She unsteadily rose to her feet and was about to take a step when the door opened, instantly she was back down on the floor hiding.

"Diana?"

It wasn't the same voice, but still she wasn't taking any chances. She listened to the sound of footsteps approaching and after a moment the stopped right before her. Red boots… She moved her eyes upward and was relieved to see this newcomer was a human.

"Is it gone?" she whispered, once again fighting the battle to get to her feet. "Is the alien gone?"

He was silent for a moment almost as if her were picking his answer carefully. "Yes, Diana, but J'onn wasn't going to hurt you."

"Who are you? Why do people keep saying that name? That isn't my name!"

"I'm Clark, also known as Superman," Clark answered kindly. "What is your name if not Diana?"

She opened her mouth to respond but stopped…she couldn't remember. "I…I don't know." She shook her head and sank down onto the bed, staring into space. "I can't remember anything."

Clark nodded kneeling down so that he could look her in the eye. "I figured as much when you were terrified of J'onn."

"The alien?"

"He is a Martian, but he's also your friend just like I am," Clark explained. She could hear in his patient tone that he wasn't lying to her.

"So…I'm Diana?" she questioned quietly. The name just sounded so wrong, so unfamiliar, but Clark was nodding and for some reason she trusted him.

"And you're also Wonder Woman."

"What's a Wonder Woman?"

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