Several days later a large package greeted Diana at her doorstep as she returned from the laundry room of her apartment. With an excited smile, she rushed over and opened her door and brought the box inside.
Immediately she sunk her fingers into the box and used her strength to rip it open. Inside she found the bounties of her internet order: a full assortment of wigs ranging from every color, length and style of hair. She moved the box to the bedroom as she took each of the wigs out and placed them on her mattress to admire each of them. Her orange tabby Helen strode into the room as it rubbed against her leg demanding attention. Smiling, Diana picked up the cat and held it as she felt overwhelmed at the choices that lay before her. Putting the cat down she chose a blonde long haired wig and awkwardly fit it onto her scalp and turned to see how it looked in the mirror.
"Hera." She said in shock.
In the excitement she forgot to pull her back to fit the wig properly. The image that greeted her was a tangled mess of her natural dark raven hair mixed in with the blonde locks of the wig. Blonde bangs sat awkwardly over her face at in unnatural angle leaving her looking like a disheveled mess. She began to laugh at the image in the mirror as the doorbell rang to her apartment.
She took the wig off of her and walked to her front door and opened it to find her guests, Wally and Lois standing in the doorway.
"Hey Princess." Said Lois as she gave the much taller Amazon a hug
"So did the package come yet?" asked Wally with a three pizza boxes in hand
"Yes. They did. Please come in." said Diana as she let her two guests in "Shayera said she would be coming late."
"Cool. But I can't promise any pizza left if she's too late." Said Wally as he laid out a table setting in the blink of an eye as Diana and Lois took a seat. "Welcome to Chez Flash. Our specials today are pizza with everything, meat lovers and our Thanagarian special, pizza with eels, olives and extra curry sauce."
"Ugh. Hand me a meat lovers streaky." Said Lois
"I cannot thank you enough for allowing me to order the wigs through your credit card." Said Diana
"No probs Diana. I can write it up as League business expense. I just hope that I can sneak it past bats or Jonn when the expense reports come out. You really need to get a credit card of your own one day."
After their meal with wine, Diana started to try on the various wigs as Lois and Wally critiqued her looks. Wally in the spirit of fun (as always) put on a wig of long curly pink hair much to Diana's chagrin and Lois's remarks. In the middle of
"So wait a moment. Diana, I just realized, have you thought of who your new persona's going to be?" asked Lois
"I'm afraid I don't know what you're talking about?" Diana said with a short brown haired wig on.
"Well you know how Clark and Superman are so different? Well Smallville does that on purpose so that no one knows that they're the same person." informed Lois
"Yea! Kinda like me and Bats. When we're in costume, we're opposites from what we are normally." Remarked Wally
"Yes. No one would suspect that a hyper, fast talking jokester that eats and hits on everything would be the Flash. You two are so really night and day." Lois remarked in the most sarcastically dry voice she could muster. "But seriously Diana, if you're going to give this secret identity thing a whirl, you should make an identity that's different from whom you are so that no one would suspect that you could be Wonder Woman when you're not in cape."
"Hmm. Perhaps that is indeed wise although I don't have any idea who my other identity should be. Maybe it's best to just start with an alternate name." Said Diana
"Also names, don't forget what your secret identity name should be. I'll write em down." Said Wally as he had Lois's pen and pad in his hands
"HEY! That was in my jacket! How did you get…" asked Lois
"You blinked. And hello? Fastest man alive anyone? I figured you'd be used to this living with Supes."
The three of them brainstormed for an hour until they heard another knock at the front door. Diana rose and opened it to find the Shayera dressed not in her Hawkgirl outfit but rather a plain pair of jeans and a t-shirt along with a long coat covering her wings as to avoid attention. It was strange to see her out of costume. Tensions between still existed but had died down considerably after their adventure in Tartarus as the former Hawkgirl took off her coat, allowing her angelic wings to stretch out.
"Hello Shayera."
"Hello Diana. Wally leave any pizza?" she asked as Diana moved aside to let her in.
"Yes Wally left you some pizza. Sheesh." Mocked Wally
"Nice hair Wally. So have you decided on hair color Diana?" asked Shayera as she took several slices of the Thanagarian special.
"I do enjoy the blonde wig with long hair and the short haired red wig. It is fun to have another color." Said Diana as she grabbed each and tried them on.
Shayera and took a long look at her and chewed thoughtfully.
"Blondes more your color." Shayera said
Wally and Lois agreed as Wally pointed out that the blonde hair brought out her eyes more and framed her face better.
"You know it does. Huh. I never would've noticed that little detail." Said Lois as they watched a blonde haired Diana admiring her reflection in "You are really good at his Wally."
"What can I say? I got the eye. So what's your new name going to be? I personally like Wynona Honeysuckle."
Lois and Shayera rolled their eyes and shook their heads.
"No Wally. How about a name that's out of a James Bond movie or a porno?" Said Lois
"James who?" asked Diana
"It's a movie character Diana. Boy you really don't get out much do you?" remarked Shayera
Other names were tossed around to Diana but none that she particularly liked as an alternate identity name. Meanwhile, Diana began to think of what life would be like if she wasn't recognized everywhere she went and who she would be if she wasn't raised on Themyscira. She had always had some difficulty fitting into the modern world and as much as it intrigued her it also was equally confusing and frustrating at times. It seemed to be the common thread that bound the original seven as each of them really were essentially outsiders in some way and not due to their power or costumes, but rather who they were, especially J'onn thought Diana.
Once or twice Wally and John had to talk her out of going back to Themyscira due to the difficulty at times of dealing with men and women. On top of that, Diana wasn't even sure of her place outside of the role of an Amazon and if finding a suitable name would be this difficult, how was she to find the right job that would certainly suit her? How did Clark and Wally find their callings? The thoughts filled her with aa uncertainty and fear that she never expected or understood.
Diana looked over at her bookshelf to see two books on archeology sitting next to each other with the authors names on their spines.
"I got it!" she cried out "It's perfect!"
"What is it?" asked Lois
"I got the name and job." Said Diana excitedly
"Well?" asked the other three in unison
The 22nd annual Gotham Museum of History fundraiser was in full swing at the posh Wayne manor. It's brightly lit halls were filled to the brim with the elite of the city dressed in the finest suits and gorgeous dresses that spoke of their status and wealth without any of the uttering a word on that topic. A live band played soft background jazz music with the saxophone gently caressing the ears of anyone who listened while maitre d's hovered around with plates of food and drink. Among the beautifully dressed guests was Bruce Wayne as he casually sat back in a chair with a gorgeous, busty young freckled red head in a short gold dress and high heels with matching necklace.
"I always wanted to go cliff diving in South America if that answers your question. But I think I'd be too chicken to do it." Said the red head
"I know I'd be too scared to but I'd like to see you do it." Said Bruce as he rested his hand on her thigh "Besides, it'd be good for you to get over your fear."
"Why Mr. Wayne, you don't have any ulterior motives do you?" She mocked playfully
"Absolutely not! Do you think I'd be such a man that'd spend all that money to whisk you off this weekend to Rio just to see you in a bikini?" he said as he flashed an ironically innocent smile
"Well…" said Faye as she leaned in and pushed her freckled cleavage out"…you might not have to wait till this weekend."
Bruce leaned in for a kiss when the sound of a cough interrupted the moment. He looked up to see a tall blonde woman with rimmed glasses, smiling nervously. She had on light make up which seemed to accent little of her looks along with her hair, which was pulled back into a long ponytail that gave her a rounded face. Her black dress was elegant but modest as it covered up her legs and gave her a slim appearance that spoke little of wealth, especially with a lack of jewelry. Overall she looked more as if she did not get out to functions such as these very much.
"Excuse me Mr. Wayne, I just wanted to introduce myself. Quickly of course and say it's an honor to meet you. I'm so glad you were able to donate such a large am…amount…and uh…it's just so great." She stammered nervously
"It's always a pleasure to help where I can." He said "I'm sorry. Ahh…well I don't think I got you name."
"Cassandra. Cassandra Sandsmark."