Only You

Part Three

Diana's hand dropped from Clark's back. "You killed them?" That couldn't be right. He couldn't kill. Not even Kal killed except when it came to dealing with Doomsday.

"You're lying," she told him. "You couldn't have."

"I did."

Clark stepped away from Diana to get away but she got in front of him. She wasn't going to let him leave her. Not after he said that. "Tell me the truth. What happened to the Kents in this world? How did they die?"

He said too much, he thought. Maybe it was her being married to another version of himself that made him so comfortable with Diana to reveal something he thought he would take to his grave. He looked to Diana, saw the pleading in her eyes and decided it was just her.

Clark walked around Diana but she grasped his hand so he wouldn't get away. "Please tell me. I want to know."

There was something in her voice that washed a cool wave of comfort over him. She could tame the wildest animal with those dulcet tones. He tried to rebuff her. "If you think you can find your husband in me, then you're wrong. I'm nothing like him. I'm a murderer. I'm not a hero."

Diana came around to face Kal again. Much to his surprise, she was smiling. "He tried pushing me away, too, when he thought I wasn't ready to start a relationship with him. He thought he was protecting me. I don't need protecting. I've seen many horrors, Clark. I've witnessed the death of my husband. I can handle anything."

Still holding Clark's hand, Diana returned them back to the sofa. "Tell me."

She wouldn't stop unless she got the truth. Either he kept rebuffing her and ignored her persistence or he told her. He decided on the latter. "You should know before I learned I was from another planet, I knew I was different. I was a child prodigy. I could read at a fifth grade level at three years old. I graduated high school at fourteen. Colleges from all over the country wanted me to attend but I stayed close to home and attended Smallville University. Along with my sharp mind, I had my physical abilities, which I kept secret from the public. At the time, I didn't understand why but I obeyed my parents. By seventeen, I had all of my powers."

"How did the Kents take your abilities?"

"They were proud of the things I could do. They encouraged me to study my powers." Clark paused, unsure if he should confess what was on his mind, but decided to anyway. "It's silly but I thought I was their biological son. It was a blow to me to learn I wasn't."

"No, it's not silly. It sounds as if you and the Kents were very close." Diana could see the love Clark had for the Kents on his face. "Kal loved the Kents but he wasn't close to them as you were to your parents." Looking at the picture of a teen Clark with the Kents, Diana noticed they were younger than the Kents that lived on her world. Clark's parents looked as if they were barely in their forties. Perhaps that is why Kal embraced his Kryptonian heritage so quickly when he learned he wasn't an Earthling. When Kal was that age, Jonathan and Martha Kent were nearing their seventies.

Clark wanted to know why Kal wasn't close to the Kents as he was but decided he could ask that later. He had his story to tell. "I was sixteen and on summer break from college when my parents showed me the spaceship I came in. Everything changed for me that day. I went from thinking I was an above average human to a child from another planet being raised as an Earthling. I spent the rest of summer in the barn studying the crystals my biological parents left me and learning who I really was. I wasn't finished studying them when I knew what I had to do with my powers. I wanted to help others.

"Ma and Pa were supportive but concerned I was rushing into it. I wanted to start when I finished college but they felt I should give it a few more years. They thought I should learn more of the world and hone my powers more before I revealed myself." Clark shook his head at his past arrogance. "I was determined to have it my way. I was cocky then. Everything came naturally and easy to me. I never studied too hard for school and I didn't practice on my powers as much as I should've. I felt I was ready to take on the world."

Diana felt Clark tighten his hold on Diana's hand. She placed her other hand on his. "What happened, Clark?"

"It was the fourth of July. Pa bought a brand new grill for our barbecue. Ma often told Pa she rather he use a grill with charcoal and lighter fluid but not Pa. He loved using his propane tank for his grill."

Clark's voice wavered so he took a moment to get control of his emotions. "I offered to set it up. I…I did everything right. I had the gas of propane tank at the right level but it wasn't working. The charcoal wasn't lighting up. Ma and Pa came outside with the raw patties and hot dogs. As they were approaching me, the more frustrated I was getting that I didn't have the grill ready. Everything always came easy to me: my education, my powers. I catch on fast to everything so I didn't understand why the grill wasn't working. So, I thought I'd help it along by using my heat vision to light it up." Clark's voice trembled as he recalled his fatal mistake, "I wanted to apply a light dose of my heat vision but in my frustration it came out in full blast."

Clark closed his eyes as he relived the horrific moment in his mind. "It exploded. Everything was in flames in seconds including myself. I put out the fire as fast as I could with my freeze breath. When it was over, I saw part of the house was gone. I knew I was in trouble. I knew I would get a lecture on not practicing my powers enough and my parents would use this incident as leverage that I wasn't ready to be a superhero. I turned to my parents apologizing and that's when I realized they were closer to me than I thought." Clark buried his face in his hands. "God, I will never forget seeing their charred bodies."

Diana embraced Clark. She couldn't imagine the emotions churning through him and the guilt he was feeling. "It was an accident," she gently told him. "It wasn't your fault."

Clark pulled himself out of Diana's warm embrace. He didn't deserve it, he told himself. "It was and I didn't take responsibility for it. I was a coward. I was scared of what would happen to me if I were caught. Everyone would know about my powers and they would fear me."

"So, what did you do?"

"I called the police and told them there was an explosion at my house and my parents were dead. It's a small town so it took the police and fire department fifteen minutes to get to my house. I had more than enough time to change clothes and soil it to look like I fought the fire but I wasn't caught in the blast. I also changed the crime scene so the cops wouldn't suspect me. When the cops and firemen arrived, I told them I was in the kitchen getting food for the grill while Ma and Pa were outside when the explosion happened." Clark wasn't a person who lied and it scared him how good he was at it. "I did tell them one truth. I told them I put out the fire but I couldn't save my parents.

"Collaborating my story with the evidence they gathered at the crime scene, they figured it was an accident, Pa miscalculated and put too much heat to the grill. I let them think my Pa killed himself and Ma. I was such a coward and selfish."

"No," Diana gently told him. "You were young and scared. You didn't know what to do. You feared what would happen to you. There would've been no way for you to explain to them about your powers. They would've tried to lock you up, have the government perform tests on you. It's not a life you would've wanted."

"But it's a life I deserve. I deserved to be poked and prodded. I deserve every vile thing to happen to me." A tear fell from his eye. He didn't feel self-conscious to wipe it away. "I killed the two people I care about most in the world. If I killed them, how can I be certain, I wouldn't kill innocent people?"

"So you gave up."

Clark nodded, "I couldn't be a hero. I wasn't one. Real heroes own up to their mistakes and I couldn't risk hurting anyone with my powers again."

Diana wanted to pull Clark in her arms again but she felt he would push her away. "It was an accident, Clark. You can't keep blaming yourself and you shouldn't hold yourself back; not when you can do so much good. Have you worked on your powers since the Kents' deaths?"

"Yes, but I don't think it's enough."

It probably was but in his mind, he doesn't see that. He lost his confidence. "I know what it's like having to control my strength. So did Kal. I can help you. Would you like me to?"

Clark looked at her hopeful. "You would?"

"Yes. I can show you don't have to be afraid of your powers. You won't hurt anyone again," Diana promised him and added, "This can be compensation for me staying here."

Clark's face softened. "You don't owe me anything. I never told anyone the truth about my parents' death, and now that I have, I feel a heavy burden has been lifted and it's all thanks to you. I feel privileged having you here for as long you like." Diana smiled. She had a beautiful smile. How long would he see that smile he wondered? How long would she stay here before she found a way home? Did anyone know she was here? "You came here alone," he said to her. "Does that mean there won't be anyone worrying about you if they find you missing?"

Diana shifted uncomfortably. Talking to Clark, she briefly forgot about her world, her home. "Kalex is probably wondering what happened to me."

Kalex sounded like a man? Clark knew Diana was widowed but was it possible she found someone after her husband's death? "Who is Kalex?"

"Kalex is a robot Kal built. He's our assistant and friend. He's helped me take care of my home with Kal and he's been good company. My sister, Donna, will be worried about me, too. In fact, she's coming back to the Fortress to take me back to Themyscira." Diana felt a twinge of guilt of how her conversation with her sister turned out. "However, I told Kalex she was banned from the Fortress and no one is allowed entry unless I allow it."

"Why?"

"Donna wanted me to go back with her to Themyscira so I can properly mourn Kal. She felt I hadn't since I remained at the Fortress since his death. I gave up everything when Kal died," she confessed. "I gave up being an ambassador and being Wonder Woman."

She gave up everything just like I have. "I don't mean to pry but is Wonder Woman your superhero name?"

"Yes and you're not prying," Diana assured him. "You can ask my anything. Since I will be here a while, it is best we share our lives so we can understand each other better."

Her permission allowed Clark to say, "When I was thinking of being a hero, I considered having a double identity. Did Kal do that?"

"Yes. He was Clark Kent, reporter for the Daily Planet in Metropolis but he wasn't happy working there."

"Why?"

Diana made herself more comfortable on the sofa. "Kal was only a reporter so he could know where he was needed most as Superman. The people were great to work with he said but he did have a problem with one. Lois Lane. He said she was two-faced."

"Lois Lane?" Clark couldn't believe it. "I know her! Well, I know of her. She has a news show on LNN."

Diana wasn't surprised to find Lois Lane in this world but she suspected the woman would be working for a newspaper and not television. "Hopefully, she's not like the Lois Lane Kal knew. Kal said Lois looked down on him because he was from a small town in the Midwest. She ignored him or any man that wanted to pursue her romantically but she gave Kal attention when he appeared as Superman. She tried to get a story out of him, flirted with him but Kal rejected her every time. He swore she got herself in trouble just so she could see him."

Clark thought the attention was nice. "Some people are flattered by such advances."

"Not Kal. Even if Kal was attracted to her, he knew relationships with humans wouldn't work for him. That doesn't mean Kal wasn't experienced," Diana went on to say. "Kal was very experienced when we met. As Superman, he was able to travel to other worlds, meet women who met his physical needs and had relations with them. One in particular was Maxima, Queen of Almerac. She was a crazy one," Diana laughed but Clark detected a slight annoyance in her voice. "Kal said she was quick tempered, arrogant and their relationship was more physical than anything else. Maxima wanted Kal as her husband but aside from being so mismatched, Kal couldn't leave Earth to be with her. Earth was his home. Kal ended the relationship and she was furious. She was livid to know he married me a few years later."

Diana smiled and it wasn't a fun smile, more like a victorious smile after a competitive match. "Several times she went after him but he rejected her. I ignored Maxima's petty remarks about me. I was above all that."

"Petty remarks?" Clark interrupted confused. "What could Maxima say about you?"

"She referred to my lack of experience with men and the lovemaking Kal had with me pales against the sex she had with Kal. She questioned my sexuality since I grew up with women and suggested I was only using Kal. She said anything and everything to get under my skin." Diana recalled the unpleasant occasions she had to meet with Maxima and deal with her, with and without Kal. Judging by her haughty behavior, it was no wonder why Kal couldn't have a serious relationship with her.

"Kal ignored her and encouraged me to do so as well. I never had to doubt Kal's loyalty. I knew he loved me and he was happy with our coupling but after a while, I had enough of Maxima and decided to shut her up once and for all. I fought Maxima and embarrassed her on her home planet in front of her people. Kal broke up the fight, apologized and rushed me to the Javelin so we could make a quick exit."

"Why did he apologize?" Clark asked. "Maxima was a bully. Pa always said to not start a fight with a bully but to finish it."

"Kal wanted to keep the peace," Diana explained. "The last thing we needed was an intergalactic war between Almerac and Earth. Kal didn't say anything to me on the way home. I assumed he was mad but when we got home, he wasn't." A rush of heat passed over Diana as she thought of the hours of the wild, intense love she and Kal had. She never thought Kal seeing her fight Maxima was arousing. Men.

Clark saw a blush form on Diana's face. He had a good idea why Diana was blushing. At least he and his double did have something in common but that was the only thing. Diana's Kal was more confident and experienced than him. Diana would never fall for anyone else less than that.

Clark cleared his throat. "So, when Kal learned about his Kryptonian heritage, how did he take it?"

"Kal embraced it. He cherished his Earth heritage, loved Jonathan and Martha Kent but Kal said even with the love of Jonathan and Martha Kent, he still felt alone and like an outcast. He said he didn't feel complete until he learned he was Kryptonian at eighteen. Everything became clear to him after that."

Clark didn't understand why but it bothered him Kal lacked the connection to the Kents in his world. He seemed to care more about his Kryptonian heritage than the Earth heritage he grew up with.

Diana's voice took Clark from his troubling thoughts. "When Kal and I married, we created the Justice League. Kal quit his job at the Daily Planet since the Watchtower could alert him to where he was needed on Earth. It also gave him more time to work on his Kryptonian science."

"What about money?" Clark asked. "How was he financially able take care of himself and you, and with the Kents dead at this time, what happened to the Kent Farm?"

"Kal had his Fortress for years by the time we married. He sold his apartment in Metropolis and we lived at the Fortress for the remainder of his life. Having a home in the Arctic that operates on alien technology saves you from paying bills and taxes. As for the Kent farm, Kal sold it to Ben Hubbard. He was a good man and his family were friends with the Kents for years. Even though Kal gave all rights to him, Ben and his family share the profits they make on the farm with Kal and now me."

If they continued to share the profits with Diana, then…. "So, they know who Kal really was?"

Diana nodded. "Yes. They knew Kal was Superman." She noticed Clark frowning. "What?"

Clark ran a hand through his dark hair. "I don't know. I never hear you call Kal Clark but it was his name as well. The Kents gave him that name. Everyone knew him as Clark."

"Clark Kent was Kal's Earth name but he preferred Kal. It was the name given to him by his birth parents. He wanted to honor them by taking that name back. Why wouldn't he use the name given to him by his birth parents?"

The slight infuriation in Diana's voice was loud and clear to Clark. "I'm sorry," Clark apologized. "I know my birth name is Kal-El. I'm so used to Clark and I'm comfortable being Clark, I wouldn't think to change my name, even knowing the truth, but I'm not Kal so…" he let the rest of his statement hang.

Suddenly, Clark tensed and went to his door. Diana followed him, "What's wrong?"

"My animals in the barn. They're a little rowdy." He slapped his forehead. "Oh, I was in the middle of feeding them when you arrived. I forgot about them."

"Let's feed them then. I can help you," Diana offered. "I'm good with animals."

Clark didn't doubt that. "One of your powers?"

"Yes. I was blessed with empathy with animals. Kal said I didn't need my gift. He said my smile would calm the wildest animal."

I believe it. Clark opened the door for Diana and led her to his barn.

On Themyscira, Hippolyta sat on the divan, listening to Donna's encounter with Diana. It sadden her to hear how her eldest daughter was grieving her husband, how she turned on her sister when she was trying to help her.

"I blame myself for this," Hippolyta cursed herself.

"This isn't your fault, Mother."

"Yes, it is," Hippolyta couldn't shake the guilt. "Diana was eighteen when I brought her to that world. She was so young, innocent and full of optimism. She never met a man before and she laid her eyes on Kal-El…." She shook her head at herself. "I should've gotten someone else to come with me to Patriarch's World, shouldn't have had that tournament."

"No, you needed the strongest and wisest Amazon," Donna told her mother. "That was Diana. You didn't expect Diana to fall for a man. None of us did, but she did. It was fate."

Fate? Hippolyta cursed the Gods for bringing such sadness to Diana. "It was fate my daughter fell in love with a man only to have her heart broken by his abrupt death? Is it fate my daughter locked herself in that ice home, away from her friends and family?" Hippolyta yelled. "For what? What could fate possibly have in store for her by making her suffer so?"

"I don't know," Donna didn't understand it herself but she still had hope. "Maybe the Gods have finally listened to our prayers. Diana has listened to me. She realizes she needs help and has agreed to return home."

Hippolyta was doubtful. "If that is true, why didn't Diana come home with you?"

"She needed one more day."

Hippolyta scoffed. She knew the truth. She knew her daughter better than Donna knew her sister. "What would Diana find in one day that will motivate her to leave the Fortress when two years of mourning Kal wasn't able to do so? I fear when you go to her tomorrow, she will not come with you."

Donna wasn't so quick to give up on Diana; not when she was so close to reaching her. "Then I'll enlist the Justice League. I'll get Batman and J'onn to get Diana."

Hippolyta wasn't as confident in Batman as Donna was. "Batman is a human. He can't defeat my daughter if she fights him and last I heard from you, he gave up trying to get Diana out of the Fortress."

"Maybe he will be willing to try again once he knows Diana wants to come home."

Hippolyta admired Donna's will, but she knew Diana. Diana would not leave without a fight. "I pray you are successful but I fear you missed your chance. You lost the element of surprise. You should've gotten Diana when her guard was down. When you came to her today, you should've had the Justice League then. Diana will be ready for you with the arsenal of that Fortress at her disposal."

Giving the advice of a queen, Hippolyta told Donna. "If you want to regain any sense of surprise, you will get the Justice League to the Fortress now and not wait for tomorrow."

"No!"

Donna's shoulders slumped at Bruce's refusal to join her. Donna went to J'onn first and he agreed to get Diana. Donna was bringing J'onn along with her because of his strength and telepathic abilities. She wanted to bring Bruce because she thought he could reach Diana as Bruce was, next to Diana, Kal's best friend.

"Bruce, if there was any opportunity to reach Diana, now is the time."

Even though it was two years since Bruce took on Doomsday and a year since his recovery, Donna knew Bruce wasn't the same. His body wasn't the same anymore. He was almost paralyzed from his battle with Doomsday and needed pins inserted into his spine. Even now, there was a slight limp to Bruce's walk.

Bruce was back as Batman again, but he wasn't taking the biggest risks anymore. He was leaving that to Dick Grayson and Tim Drake: Nightwing and Robin respectively.

"Diana needs to realize she needs help on her own," Bruce told Donna. "Not by you. Otherwise, she will never admit she needs help."

"If she resists, we'll take her by force. Diana is strong but she can't stop J'onn and me if we take her together. Why are you holding back?"

"Perhaps it has to do with Batman dealing with anyone stronger than him," J'onn surmised.

Bruce glared at J'onn. "Reading my mind?"

"I didn't have to," J'onn said. "Ever since you recovered from your injuries due to Doomsday, you've stayed in Gotham and taken on criminals in your city. Just as Diana hasn't gotten over Kal's death, you haven't mentally recovered from your battle with Doomsday."

Bruce flinched. The remark was too close to home. "I haven't recovered mentally? I'm afraid to take on people stronger than myself?" Bruce pulled the cowl over his head. "You want to get Diana. Let's get her but don't say anything when I tell you, she will put up a fight."

The Batjet flew alongside the Javelin as it neared the Fortress of Solitude. Batman was nervous. He was worried Diana would fight instead of coming with them easily. The last time he saw her was six months ago, and Diana was so deep in her loss Bruce knew she wasn't ready to come out of it now.

As they neared the Fortress, Donna prepared to announce herself to Kalex when soft blue rays suddenly surrounded the Fortress. Diana knew they were coming. Batman had a bad feeling about this. "J'onn, Donna. The Fortress."

"We see it," J'onn's voice came over the radio. "There's a force field around the Fortress."

Batman cursed. "Diana was expecting us. My jet isn't loaded with armory to take down that force field."

In the Javelin, Donna opened communications with Kalex in the Fortress. The robot appeared on the small monitor. "Kalex, this is Donna. I have J'onn and Batman with me. We are requesting access into the Fortress."

"Princess Diana has ordered no one entry to the Fortress unless she's approves."

Batman who was listening from his jet said, "Perfect."

"But I'm her sister," Donna said to the robot. "She couldn't have banned me. I was just here hours ago."

Monotonically, Kalex said, "She mentioned you in particular."

While Donna dealt with the shock of her sister's actions, J'onn requested, "Could you tell Diana we are here?"

"No."

Angry, Donna snapped, "Why not?"

"Diana is not here."

"What?" Even Batman was surprised.

Donna cut off the channel with Kalex. She turned to J'onn. "He's lying. Diana wouldn't leave the Fortress."

"But why would Kalex, a robot, lie?" J'onn asked.

"I know Diana wouldn't leave the Fortress. Why would she ban us access to the Fortress if she was going to leave it?" Donna was more determined than ever to get in. "We're going in after her."

J'onn had a plan. "The force field ends a mile under the surface. I'll phase in to get inside and turn the force field off. You and Bruce keep Kalex distracted."

J'onn phased out of the Javelin and dived into the icy waters of the Arctic. Invisible, it was easy for J'onn to enter the Fortress.

"Fortress infiltrated," a computerized voice said overhead.

However, due to the sensors in the Fortress, he couldn't enter undetected. Seven robot clones of Kal quickly arrived to J'onn's area and surrounded him. One robot scanned J'onn. "Intruder is J'onn J'ones. Major weakness is fire."

All the robots' eyes turned red and fired the heat lasers from their eyes on J'onn. J'onn reacted quickly by phasing into the floor. He knew Kal made robot clones of himself but he didn't expect the robots to have any of his abilities or an account of his weakness.

J'onn searched through the Fortress for Diana with his Martian telepathy only to discover Diana wasn't in the Fortress. If she wasn't here, where was she? Other than her home on Themyscira and the Embassy, this is the only place Diana would be.

J'onn entered the Control Room where Kalex sat. Kalex rose not expecting the Martian. "You do not have access to be here. Princess Diana ordered it."

J'onn kept a safe distance from Kalex. He didn't want to harm the robot that was only following orders but would if he must. "I understand but Donna, Batman and I are not here to harm, Diana. We want to help her. I know she is not here. Where did Diana go?"

"Princess Diana has refused guests to her home without approval."

The robot had a one track mind. J'onn deduced the only way to get the robot to talk was promising to leave. "We will leave if you tell me where Diana is."

Kalex was silent. J'onn thought he was going to repeat his orders again until Kalex confessed. "I don't know where Diana is. She disappeared."

"Disappeared?" This concerned J'onn. "How? Did an enemy get to her?"

"No. She was in the Weapons Room when I was bringing her lunch and she disappeared."

J'onn tried to think of what weapon in Kal's arsenal would cause Diana to disappear. There were so many weapons in Kal's possession but there were none he could think of that would do that. A weapon could harm Diana, maybe even kill her but it wouldn't make her disappear. J'onn also knew Kal was an inventor. Perhaps, he was working on something before he died. Kal was an honorable man with a good heart but Kal didn't share anything with them unless he had to. The only person who knew everything Kal was doing was Diana. J'onn had to get in the Weapons Room to find out more of Diana's disappearance but he knew Kalex wouldn't let him in the room and he did give his word to leave.

"Did Diana tell you she was leaving or when she will be back?"

"No."

So, it was an accident. Diana had no intention of leaving, which means she could be in trouble. "How long was it since Diana left?"

"Six hours ago."

That would be not long after Donna left. "Thank you. My friends and I will not come back unless we have Diana's permission."

Donna saw J'onn leaving the Fortress, puzzled he didn't go through with his plans. She questioned him as soon as he entered the ship. "J'onn, why did you leave? The force field is still up."

"Let's go. Diana isn't here."

Donna refused to leave. "What do you mean Diana isn't there?"

"I checked the Fortress. Diana isn't there and it seems Kalex doesn't know where she is either. He said she disappeared in front of him in the Weapons Room. Do you know of any weapons or anything Kal invented that could do that?"

Donna's face turned white. "Oh, Gods. She did it."

"What?" Batman's voice came through the open channel. "What did Diana do?"

Donna explained what she knew about the Interdimensional Quantum Trigger to J'onn and Batman. "Diana said it wasn't finished. I knocked it on the floor in our fight! I left her crying over the damn thing."

"Maybe Diana was working on it when it came on," J'onn speculated. "From what Kalex told me, Diana wasn't expected to leave. It was an accident. She could be transported to an Earth where she needs our help."

"But how can we find her?" Donna asked. "There are fifty-two different kinds of Earth out there and we don't have our own Interdimensional Quantum Trigger."

"Then we'll build one," J'onn decided. "We'll get her back."

"Wait," Batman interrupted. "If Diana left with that trigger, she can find her way back. It's working after all. If she wanted to come back, she would've been back."

"Maybe she's stuck!" Donna argued. "Maybe she's waiting on us to help her."

"Or she might not want us to bother her at all," Batman countered. "Maybe she's happy where she is."

Donna couldn't believe Batman. He acted as if he didn't care at all. "How can you be so callous?"

"I'm thinking about this with a clear head," Batman said. "Before you make any decision on what to do, I think Queen Hippolyta should know."

"Think she will see your point?" Donna challenged.

"I think she will have a clearer head than you."

Angrily, Donna turned the Javelin around, going to Themyscira. Her mother will prove Batman wrong. She would want to find Diana as much as she. "All right. Let's go."

Ben: Yep. I suck but it's fun to have evil cliffhangers.

Hellacre: Thank you. I'm having fun creating my universe here and going against tradition. I really like the universe I am creating for Clark. Hope I didn't bore you as I delve more into Kal and Clark and how different these two men are. ;)

Shiro: No, this isn't based Superman Revive. It's based on a JLA story a couple years ago where that Superman did die. :( No. Diana won't be wandering from Earth to Earth to Earth. She will only be on this different Earth with Clark.

Battousai: Oh, thank you. Brave New World is my favorite story. I love the plot and characters so much. I really love creating Kal. He was much fun to write. I kind of want to go back to the characters in that story set a few years down the line, but we'll see. The only thing that is borrowed from the comic story is Kal dying against Doomsday(it was never explained how he died), Diana leaving the JL and retreating to the Fortress. Everything else is mine.

Unoaranya: Kal certainly treated Diana like gold but he was a bit of Casanova before he met her. LOL! No Ultraman in this one. Thankfully.

Wonderbee: Well, I spent most of this chapter delving into the differences between Kal and Clark. The story should move a little faster now as it progresses more of what Clark's world is like and his relationship with Diana.