Chapter 2 "Inlaws"
(Void between the world of the living and realm of the dead)
Bruce looked over the darkness that surrounded him. He could feel Diana's sadness cover him like a blanket, but try as he might he could not escape from the confines of the place he was in. He moved forward looking for some way to her, but everywhere inside of the void was the same. There was so break from it until he saw a shape imerge from the darkness. The being carried himself with a sense of purpose and wasted no time walking up to Bruce and forming a couple of chairs from the mysts and indicating that he wished for Bruce to sit with him.
"We have much to discuss." Hades said to his son-in-law as he formed a cigar from the mysts that engulfed the void and drew in a deep drag from it.
"What do you want?" Bruce asked as he looked at the being that claimed to be Diana's father.
"My daughter has been asking Apollo to heal you. She is a champion amoung the Amazons, and the fact that she brings no small amount of grief to Ares Apollo is willing to accept and allow his healing to fall on you. There is just one small problem with it." Hades said as he let the smoke flow out of his mouth and swirl around his nostrils.
"If I'm here then my body is dying and that puts me in your hands." Bruce said as he looked at Hades with contempt.
"Exactly. I must say that my daughter chose a perseptive one for a mate. But you are correct in what you say. It is my choice to send you back to her, or to take you on the rest you have earned. So I am going to do something I haven't done in nearly two centuries. I'm going to send you back into a different body, and you will have twenty four hours to find the true cause of what put you in this place. If you find the true cause then you will have proved your self worthy of being healed. If you do not find the cause then your body will die and I will obtain your soul. Are we agreed?" Hades asked as he stretched out his hand.
"I agree." Bruce said as he looked at him.
"Very well. twenty four hours is all you have... No go!" Hades said as he flicked Bruce on the shoulder and the dective felt himself being thrown out of the void. He watched as the world swirled around him and soon he felt himself connect with something. His eyes blinked and he raised up slowly. He looked at the bloody hand in front of him and turned to look down at the dead body laying next to him. Slowly he stood and looked into a mirror and stepped back from the reflection. Outside the sound of police sirens was filling the night and he was holding a gun that just killed two lives.
"Damn it Hades!" He growled as ran in his new body and tried to get use to the fact that it was different. He looked down at his form again and realized that he needed some kind of clothes.
He looked up in time to see a man stop and whistle.
"Hey suga! Come on in here!" He said as he grabbed his crotch.
Bruce didn't say a word instead he used the training he knew and dislocated the man's jaw and shoulder. He then stripped him and put on the clothes. Everything seemed to fit alright except over the new set of breasts he had because of the body choice Hades had given him. He looked once more into another mirror and looked at the strawberry blond with killer curves looking back at him.
"This is so going to suck." He said to himself.