A/N—This is part two of Dick Finds a Jump Drive that was written round robin style on the BMWW Forum. This chapter was written by The-Lady-Isis and Lordfrieza.

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Chapter 2

(The Batcave)

Alfred's face quickly closed as soon as he realized what the digital Diana was, but Damian remained looking confused. Well, confused and in pain. "What kind of trick is this?" he demanded.

"No trick," mini-Diana said, folding her arms. "Bruce created me before he died, and you should be more courteous to your betters, Damian. This is Wonder Woman."

"Yes, I had noticed," he said acidly, glaring at Diana. "Now why are you here?"

Diana opened her mouth, but didn't have an excuse ready. Seeing her falter, Alfred stepped in. "Master Damian, your breakfast is ready upstairs. Please go and eat it before it gets cold. Now," he added, a little sharply.

Spoiled brat he may be, Diana noted as Damian trudged up the stairs, but even he knew to heed Alfred. She stood once he was gone. "Alfred, I didn't mean to-"

"Please, sit down, Your Highness. Why you are here is both quite obvious and none of my business. Can I get you anything?"

"The last ten years back?" she muttered softly. That way she could tell Bruce the truth about her feelings before it was too late.

He smiled softly. "That is not in my power, I'm afraid. I miss him too." He looked toward the computer screen. "Though your existence comes as somewhat of a surprise, Your Smaller Highness."

She nodded. "Yes. Bruce created me some time ago. For companionship."

Alfred nodded soberly. "Ah, children..." With a bow to both princesses, he moved toward the stairs, heading back up to the manor.

Diana watched him go with a guilty pang. Since Bruce's death, she had only seen him the one time, when she and Superman brought his body to the Batcave. Not that they had really seen each other much beforehand. But he had been so kind and charming when Bruce had blown off their one and only date. Even a telephone call once or twice would have at least been something. Apparently she'd been avoiding thinking about Bruce at all, not merely denying her feelings. Where did that come from, she wondered? Self-preservation?

"Are you still afraid?" virtual-Diana asked.

"Afraid? Of what? There's not much to be afraid of anymore," the princess pointed out. "Bruce is gone."

"Not all versions of him."

Both Diana's gasped, and for a moment the real Diana swore her heart stopped. That voice was unmistakable, but it couldn't be-!

It wasn't. Bruce's voice, yes, but coming from the computer. Behind mini-Diana was a mini-Bruce. A Bruce dressed in the Batsuit, but with the cowl down. Virtual-Diana's reaction was instinctual. She gasped, and threw her arms around him in a tight hug. It was clear to see she was crying.

This time, Diana could not suppress the jealousy.

(Wayne Manor)

Damian walked into the kitchen only to see Dick and Donna sitting together at the table laughing and drinking coffee. Seeing her after seeing her sister in the cave was almost too much for him. Were those Wonder bitches trying to take over his world? He liked all the attention Grayson gave him. Nobody in his life had given him as much affection as Dick or even Alfred and he didn't want to share. His anger began to rise and he was ready to demand an explanation as to why she was in his father's house when Alfred walked up behind him and tapped him on the shoulder and pointed to the table. He decided not to attempt to argue with the man that had raised his father. He sat at the table where his place had been set and Alfred set his bowl of oatmeal in front of him. Damian scowled at Donna before looking down at his food and picking up his spoon.

Donna couldn't help but see the vicious way he had looked at her. She gave a confused look to Alfred who gave her a look that said he'd explain later. A gentle smile crossed his old face and the man that had raised Bruce bowed in respect to her.

"It is good to see you again, Miss Troy," Alfred said as he looked at Dick who was attempting to hide the semi-guilty look on his face. "I do hope that you plan on staying for a while. I am cooking breakfast, and your sister is downstairs in Master Bruce's 'study'," Alfred said as he walked toward the stove.

"Any requests for breakfast before I continue?" he asked as Dick and Donna rose from the table.

"Pancakes," Dick and Donna said in unison and both laughed. They had both loved Alfred's pancakes when they were kids and he would make them for the original Teen Titans.

"Alfred, we will be back in a few minutes," Dick said as he and Donna headed to the entrance to the Cave.

"I should have your breakfast finished by then," he said as he took out the ingredients he would need to make pancakes.

Damian sat stewing about everything he had witnessed this morning as he chewed his oatmeal. He just couldn't believe that his father had created a computerized copy of Wonder Woman of all people. Why her and not his mother? Didn't his father love his mother? He knew that his mother loved his father as she always called him her beloved.

It wasn't fair that her father would choose that woman over his mother, who truly loved him. Granted, Talia had paid Damian very little attention most of his life other than to say he had a great destiny ahead of him but she deserved to be happy too. Damian picked at the oatmeal, his appetite slowly disappearing at the revelation seething in his mind.

"Master Damian, I expect to see all of that breakfast gone and soon," Alfred said as he looked at the young boy who immediately scooped some oatmeal into his mouth.

"Pennyworth, why did my father not love my mother? She would do almost anything for him," Damian asked after he swallowed his mouthful.

"Master Bruce did at one time truly love your mother, but she wasn't ready to be completely honest with him and she betrayed him. Then when he saw her with that ruffian Bane it only drove a wedge deeper between them. Much happened to split them apart, and it hurt Master Bruce greatly when their relationship didn't work out," Alfred stated as he touched Damian's shoulder before returning to the stove to finish the pancakes.

"I just don't understand. I don't understand how he could love anyone other than her. They are my parents and should have been together. He didn't need to run to that woman he created down stairs!" Damian exclaimed as he stuck the spoon into the bowl violently.

(The Batcave)

Diana watched her double hold on to mini-Bruce and not let go. A small chorus of 'I love you's and praises to the goddesses came from her mini. She felt happy for her virtual sister, but also she felt a great deal of jealously. Her sister was reunited with a Bruce that she must have thought was dead as well. Slowly virtual-Bruce got over the surprise of the embrace and returned it. He then looked at the 'real' Diana.

"Princess, hold on to me," he said as he began to step toward the front of the screen. Within a moment both virtual-Bruce and virtual-Diana were in the real world. Their bodies were solid hard-light constructs.

"Hera, Bruce, how can we be out here?" virtual-Diana asked him as the real Diana stared at them both in shock.

"You weren't alone in the castle, Princess. My original created me as a protection program for that jump drive and he never erased my program. Then when he would hook into that full-body virtual reality matrix we shared my body and I retained his memories. He designed us to evolve and eventually I developed the programming for the hard-light construct that allows us to leave the computer. Most places our bodies will only be able to be about five inches, but places with more power will allow our bodies to be slightly bigger such as we are here in the Cave," virtual-Bruce explained as they were now about a foot tall instead of a mere five inches. "Our program is still in the computer and if it is shut down our constructs will disappear."

His attention then turned to the real Diana who couldn't help herself as she touched the solid form of Batman. She seemed to be at lost for words.

"I know my original. I know that many nights he wanted to go and tell you how he felt but he thought a relationship with you would be impossible. He also believed that you valued being friends over being lovers. You are everything beautiful in this world. You gave him light and hope but he feared that his darkness would tarnish your spirit and that eventually it would cause him to hurt you. And I agree and think that about myself regarding you," virtual-Bruce said as he looked at virtual-Diana.

"I'm a big girl, and I can make my own choices. Hera, Bruce, I love you, and I want to make you happy. I know that I can make you happy," virtual-Diana said as she sensed where this was leading.

"There is no doubt that you can make me happy, Princess, but I have a mission - to protect the secrets stored in this computer and to aid my creator's successor. This is my primary function and I fear that one day you will grown to resent or even hate me. I cannot give you the attention and love you deserve," he said to virtual-Diana.

"But, Bruce, we share the same mission. I can aid you and I would never resent you for following your primary function as it is mine as well," AI-Diana stated.

"At least you are a little more forthcoming than your original. Maybe if Bruce would have been this honest with me then we could have over come both of our fears. Or maybe if I should have been more honest with myself instead of pretending that he and I were just friends," Diana stated as she felt anger rising in herself that she wasn't going to have a chance to work things out with Bruce. "Do not be stupid and push her away. You are lucky because you can still be together."

Bruce looked back and forth between the two Dianas as he prepared his next argument. Diana's attention was caught by the sound of the clock entrance opening. She assumed it was Alfred and she continued to watch as her virtual self explained that there was no way virtual Bruce was going find any excuse for them not to be together. A smile crossed her lips and she wondered if she would do the same thing if Bruce was really here.

Her attention left the two mini 'love birds' when she heard Dick exclaim, "Holy crap!"

"Oh my- There's a mini-Bruce and they can both leave the computer. How is that possible?" Donna asked.

"Hard-light constructs," AI-Bruce said as he looked toward Donna and then Dick. Dick was further shocked as mini-Bruce glared at him. He may have only been a foot-tall construct but Dick still felt slightly intimidated which made him a tad angry.