A/N—Donna does a little training with Nightwing and Diana comes to a realization. Thanks to my beta Hepburn, this chapter is so much better because of her input. Please read and enjoy.

Spoilers—For the Man Who has Everything

Disclaimer—I don't own Justice League or any characters in the DC Universe and I don't own the lyrics to "I Don't Like Mondays" and I am making no money from this story.

And the captain tackles

(With the problems of the how's and why's)

And he can see no reasons

'Cos there are no reasons

What reason do you need to die, die?

Oh Oh Oh

Tell me why

I don't like Mondays

Tell me why

I don't like Mondays

Tell me why

I don't like

I don't like (Tell me why)

I don't like Mondays

Tell me why

I don't like

I don't like (Tell me why)

I don't like Mondays

Tell me why

I don't like Mondays

I wanna shoot the whole day down—I Don't Like Mondays by the Boomtown Rats

Chapter 10-I Don't Like Mondays

Diana and Donna were sparring early Monday morning. They were supposed to be working on aikido forms but Donna kept cracking jokes and a Diana was having a hard time being serious with her. They were both giggling when Batman and Nightwing entered the training room.

Diana narrowed her eyes at Batman. What did he want? She had reserved the room for two hours.

"Wonder Woman, I need to speak with you. Nightwing can work with Donna."

Diana was tempted to tell him to get lost but refrained, this was work and she must be professional no matter her feelings toward a certain co-worker.

"Of course, Batman. Donna I'll be back when we're through." Diana followed Batman out of the room and walked with him as they went up to the observation level.

"What is this all about Bruce?" Diana inquired. She was past feeling angry toward him but she still felt confused about her feelings. She decided to just hold onto her professionalism for now.

"I want you to watch Wonder Girl and Nightwing spar." Batman replied.

Diana watched as Dick and Donna circled each other, looking for an opening. Donna soon lost her patience and swung at Dick. He easily sidestepped her attack and grabbed her lasso from her girdle. Donna tried to grab it back but he quickly looped it around her. He commanded her not to move as he bound her in it. She was then rendered powerless.

Nightwing pushed her against the wall and held her there. Diana could hear Donna cursing him and demanding he let her go, but she was helpless to do anything about it.

Diana was shocked. He took her down in less than five minutes.

"I wanted you to see this. Donna is not doing well in her training. She is not ready for active duty in the League and if you continue to train her the way you have been she never will be." Batman stated flatly.

"I didn't go through training when I joined the League and I did just fine." Diana was in slight denial. She thought Donna was doing better than this. Nightwing had released her and they were again circling one another.

"You have spent over a thousand years training as a warrior. You are much more focused on your skills and you never miss the opportunity to improve them. You have mastered at least three new fighting techniques since coming here and have knowledge of several more. Donna likes having fun more than training and has probably been babied and never pushed. You were laughing more than training when we came in." Batman stated harshly.

Donna had again charged Nightwing, who easily sidestepped her and swept her feet out from under her. He was on her and had a razor edged batarang at her throat.

Diana closed her eyes at Wonder Girl's easy defeat. She remembered Phillipus complaining to Mother about Donna's lack of warrior skills and Mother just letting it go, saying to just give her time.

"Diana, I know I can be an ass sometimes but I am not trying to hurt you over this. In fact I want to do the opposite. I know it would devastate you if something happened to Donna. You're just too soft when it comes to training her and she manipulates you. She probably got away with it on Themyscira too. Even Clark knew better than to train Kara and had John do it."

"He's right Diana, we have both been observing you and Wonder Girl train for the past two weeks and we're both worried." Clark said. Diana had been so preoccupied watching Nightwing defeat Donna that she didn't hear him enter.

"What do you both recommend?" Diana knew something had to be done.

"I would have had John train her but he is away on that diplomatic mission. I think we should have Nightwing train her. He helped me to train Tim and he has taken a leave of absence from the Bludhaven P.D. to help with this drug case. He has the time now to help Donna." Batman replied.

"What do you think, Clark?" Diana asked.

"I think Dick is one of the best trained martial artists in the League and from the looks of it he's not going to coddle her." Superman added.

"He will make sure she is ready and he will teach her how to minimize her weaknesses," Batman added. "Look she is improving already." He stated as Donna blocked several blows Nightwing made with his escrima sticks.

Diana saw a fierceness that she had never seen before in Donna's eyes. Diana could feel her warrior spirit emerging. She was still confused about what she wanted from Bruce but she was grateful that he was watching out for Donna. At least she knew he was capable of being a friend. She turned to both of them. "Maybe I should let them continue to spar and see what happens?" She continued to watch them. She missed Batman giving Superman a significant look.

"Diana there is some founders' business I need to discuss with you and Bruce." Superman said.

"Now, I thought I would watch Donna and Nightwing spar?"

"It's important and I'd rather get it out of the way while Batman is around."

"Let's go then," she said as they left the observation room.

Donna decided that she hated Nightwing. She had never been so angry and humiliated in her life.

"What kind of Amazon are you that you're getting your ass kicked by a lowly human male?" he taunted her. He seemed to be enjoying her humiliation.

Donna had to admit that she had been goofing around a bit when they had started sparring. She liked having fun during training as much as possible, but now she just wanted to be able to hurt him. That was her new fun.

She again missed him with a roundhouse kick and he quickly took advantage by hitting her in the stomach with one of his escrima sticks. She felt the sting as it made contract and felt him hit her in the back of the knee of the leg she was standing on. She nearly went down, but used her gift of flight to shoot into the air.

She didn't have much time to recover as he launched a barrage of batarangs at her. She was able to deflect them until he hit her with an electrically charged one. She fell to the floor like a sack of potatoes as pain shot through her.

"You're supposed to be a Class A meta and you can't even handle me?! Maybe you should go back to your little island where they can continue to baby you? You won't last here." He goaded her.

She got up and glared at him while he remained unfazed. She stopped reacting and started thinking as she carefully circled him as he spun his sticks.

"You're just a poor imitation of you sister. I would be a bloody mess by now if you where even half as good as Diana. Criminals are going to laugh when they go up against you." He continued to mock her.

She could feel her anger rising at his insults and wanted to rush him, but suddenly remembered Phillipus's advice. Anger can help you if you control it and use it to focus your mind. Look for weaknesses in your enemy and take advantage. Nightwing was acting cocky but she new he was still being careful of her. She swung her fist at the right side of his body but he blocked her and hit her on her side with a stick. She kicked toward his left and he blocked her again but she noticed not as quickly. He was right dominant. She needed to exploit his left side.

She kept throwing punches to the right side of his body which he blocked until she noticed that he had allowed his left side to be exposed. She quickly took advantage and landed a side kick on his hip knocking him across the training room and into the wall with a thud. Donna felt satisfaction shoot though her until he started laughing.

"The baby princess finally shows some skill, if you keep that up I may even be sore by the end of our session." He teased her.

Donna had had enough. She didn't need to be mocked by an egotistical male in a stupid costume. She walked toward the exit.

"Where do you think you're going? We're not done yet. You will never be accepted in the League until you can't get past me." He jeered.

We'll see, she thought as she left the training room to find Diana.

"So we are all agreed that changing the technicians from two twelve hour shifts to three eight hour sifts would be better for efficiency in the maintenance of the Watchtower?"

Only Superman, Wonder Woman and Batman were present at this meeting. John and Shayera were away on a deep space diplomatic mission, Wally was at his day job and J'onn was home with Ming who was ill.

Wonder Woman and Batman both looked equally bored with the topic and quickly agreed just to get Superman to move on.

Bruce reached into his utility belt and pressed a button. This caused Clark's communicator to buzz. Superman pretended to answer as if it were an emergency.

"I'm sorry guys but there is a problem in the transporter bay and I need to see to it immediately." Superman quickly left the room.

They had both arranged this impromptu meeting and the signal for Superman to leave early. Bruce had bribed Clark with reservations and an agreement to pick up the tab at an exclusive restaurant that Lois was dying to go too. Clark didn't like deceiving Diana but he knew how happy Lois would be, and he liked when Lois was happy. Besides if Bruce and Diana could work out their differences it would be better for the League.

"Well if that is all, then I guess I will check on Dick and Donna?" Diana said as she rose for the table.

"Actually Wonder Woman I would like to discuss Wonder Girl's training some more." Bruce said. 'And I want to spend more time with you.' he thought to himself.

"I thought we had decided that Nightwing would train her?" She replied.

"Yes, he will train with her daily on hand to hand combat and he will also challenge her using the holo-simulators." Batman stated. "She also needs training in piloting the Javelins."

"Can't Nightwing handle that as well?"

"Do you have any idea how many Batwings he has damaged in the past? I don't think Nightwing should be teaching anybody to drive much less pilot a Javelin." Batman said with a smirk.

"Really, I though he was a good teacher when he taught me to drive a car?" She replied. Bruce squelched the urge to comment. He had seen her drive and she was scarier than Dick, but he didn't want to piss her off when she was actually talking to him.

"Okay, I'll teach her how to fly a Javelin." She said. Out of the frying pan into the fire.

"I don't think that would be a good idea." Was out of his mouth before he could stop himself.

She narrowed her eyes at him, "What do you mean, not a good idea? Is it because you got a little scared when I made that hard turn on the way to the Fortress? I can't help if you're such a wimp."

That was low but Bruce again repressed the urge to say something snarky. He had to think quickly and say something that would pacify her.

"No, that isn't what I meant. I just don't want the same thing happening like what happened with the sparring. I wouldn't want Donna to fail to get into the League."

Diana digested this information and seemed to agree. "Well, who do you recommend? Yourself, Clark maybe?"

"Clark and I are both too busy. I think Green Arrow would be a good choice. He is an excellent pilot and he helped in Kara's training. He seems to be able to manage temperamental young women."

Diana smiled at that comment. It was the first genuine smile he had received from her in a long time. He even managed a small smile back.

"There is a bright spot in all this. Mr. Terrific says she is really doing well in her systems training and from what I have seen I agree. She is a natural at making tactical assignments and she has a great rapport with most of the other heroes in the League." Batman stated.

"Donna is good with people, I'll give her that." Diana replied smiling again. Bruce was starting to believe that Alfred was right telling him to start by being a friend to her.

"How could you leave me with that jerk?" Donna accused as she rushed into the conference room. Batman saw Wonder Woman's demeanor change immediately.

Diana gave her an imperious look. "I had some League business to take care of and you are supposed to be training with Nightwing." She stated.

Donna was furious, "You are supposed to be training me not some insufferable jackass."

Diana glared at her. "You will not refer to a colleague that way in public and Nightwing is going to be training you from now on."

Donna looked shocked. "Who decided this? You were fine with training me this morning!" Donna shrieked.

"Superman and Batman didn't think I was doing a good job and frankly I agreed. A non-powered hero was able to take you down twice in fifteen minutes. That can't happen in battle. Nightwing can obviously train you better than I." Diana replied her voice allowing no arguments.

"Please Di, find someone else, I can't work with him." Donna pleaded.

"You are going to have to and you are going to have to get much better if you are going to remain in the League." Diana stated but her voice softened as she added, "Troia, it's for your own good, I can't have you getting hurt because you weren't properly trained."

Donna stared at her a moment then turned to leave. Bruce saw the guilt in Diana's eyes as she watched Donna leave. He put his hand on her shoulder to reassure her.

"You really are doing what's best for Donna, so don't beat yourself up." He said softly.

Diana looked up at him and gave him a wan smile. "I know, but I don't like seeing her so upset. I guess that's the problem." She shook her head. "Bruce can we talk more about Donna's training later? I need to be alone right now to think."

"Sure," he said. He sighed as she left. He was disappointed that he wouldn't be able to spend more time with her today but they were getting along better than they had in years. He was grateful for that.

A/N—I know I am making Donna a little wimpier than she is in the comics, but in the comics she starts as a superhero as a child and I want to show her growing as a hero. Besides she will not stay that way for long and Nightwing had better watch out.