Chapter 1.

"Hey, Diana!" Flash whizzed into view. Five minutes ago, J'onn J'onzz, Martian Manhunter had completed his medical check up of Batman, declared him healthy, and left the infirmary with a slightly worried look. Superman had been called to oversee certain new instalments in the Watchtower, and excused himself. Green Lantern was already answering a distress signal somewhere of in the Pacific, taking with him Hawkgirl and some other Leaguers.

That left Diana, and Wally West.

"Mocha? It's iced."

"Thanks Wally, but no. I'm just, just very worried about him this time," replied Wonder Woman distantly.

"'Cos it's magic? Yeah you've said that before. Hey, didn't you, Big blue, Bats and GL come across her once before? That time when we were all stuck on huge rocks in some weird dimension thing? I mean, everything went back to normal, didn't it? How bad could it be?"

Diana didn't reply, mostly being that by this time Flash had somehow manipulated the drink into her hands. She gave the cup an offended glance, plucked the straw out of her mouth, and sighed. What were her fears exactly? It wasn't as if he'd broken nearly all his bones again, nor was it that the world was in danger of another take over on the witch's part. From what she saw, that stone wouldn't be usable for a good long time.

Hopefully a millennium or so, not that she'd count on that happening.

They were in the Monitor Womb, but the images flickering off the screens didn't seem to calm her thoughts any. Why did she have this, what did they call it, 'gut' feeling, that something was about to happen? Something bad.

"We should call Alfred."

"Alfred? Who's--- oh, right, right, 'Jeeves', hmm. Want me to go? You look like you need sleep Wonds. Really, I'm sure he'll be fine, I mean, he's Bats! Look at what happened with Doomsday! Or what about that time when he turned the watchtowerintohisownhulkingmassofbatarangishdoom-evenbeingallnobleandlayingdownhislifeandallthoughi guesssupessavedhim and-"

"… yeah, I guess I'm worried too," Wally flashed a rueful smile. Come to think of it, he looked like he was on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Diana understood completely, and then some.

"It's alright Flash, with his bottomless egotism and methods of intimidation, I'm sure all of us seem to forget at some point or the other that, he's the most vulnerable, physically, of the lot of us."

A moment of silence passed between the two, broken by the Flash.

"Vulnerable, now that's a word I'd never connect with him. Heh, shows how much I know, huh?" he shrugged, "Either way, I'm off now. The butler's got to be told. I mean, what with him being around 'since the master was in diapers' and all. G'night Wonds," and with that, a red blur followed in the wake of the Flash.

Diana shook her head at the image that had come up unbidden with Wally's last statement. Batman, in diapers? Even though she had seen Bruce as a child before, that was just… just…

Something that you wouldn't want to think about, especially since any person nearby would start wondering if the Joker had blown a laughing gas bomb in your face.

She smiled, tension slightly released from her face.

Wally, you sly, sly, man. I never knew you had it in you.

Somehow, he'd managed to manoeuvre her down the corridors to her quarters during their chat.

Silly guy.