Chapter 10 - Father and Daughter Reunited

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When the invisible jet and it's 2 fellow interceptors began to descend to the downed Elerian battleship, the Elerian Queen not only felt relieved, but thankful and suddenly, trustworthy of the her tresspassers. She came out personally to greet Wonder Woman and the Coat when they landed on the deck from their parachutes.

"Wonder Woman, Coat...first of all, let me just send you my sincere apology." She started.

Wonder Woman took her parachute off and the Coat did just the same.

"Your apology is accepted on behalf of the humans." Wonder Woman smiled.

The Queen's daughter came up from behind. The queen sensed what her daughter wanted, and was willing to let her do so.

"My daughter..." The queen began, as she put her hand on Kiana's Shoulder "...wishes to speak with her father on earth...her father is a human here."

The 2 heroes were in a bit of a shock.

"So she has a human dad?" asked the Coat.

"That's why she was here...and you wanted to keep the identity of the Elerian race safe so you kidnapped her and were going to jump into hyperspace?" asked The Coat.

"You seemed to have taken the words right from my mouth." the Queen replied.

Of course that's what The Coat did. He could read the minds of those around him.

"Now..." Wonder Woman walked in. "You've been observing the amazons...and would you care to expand on that?" She asked.

Krystalica signalled for Kiana to walk forward first, along with the 2 lifeguards who were plucked from the sea.

"Kiana, I want you to accompany The Coat, and your 2 friends here to meet with your father. Wonder Woman and I are going to have a conversation i wish to keep between us."

"Thank you, mom!" Kiana hugged Krystalica.

"Now go. And don't stay too long!" Krystalica spoke like a mother to her daughter like a daughter, rather than a queen of a feudal government to a princess.

"That girl." Krystalica walked to Wonder Woman as Kiana and the lifeguards and the Coat all left for the beach. "..I love her but I swear she's going to be the death of me."

"I sometimes wonder if my friend is the same way." Wonder Woman crossed her arms. "He's still young. He's never seen what we've seen."

"You amazons have seen plenty." Krystalica replied. For many eons, We Elerians have wondered if you amazons were a splinter tribe, a former member of the Elerian race. You hold our strengths and aims. We Elerians were once male-dominated, but we came out from underneath and now, it's a queen who rules the Elerian fiefdoms."

"Like a queen rules Themyscira." Wonder Woman stared into the vast Pacific ocean, and watched the sun set behind the horizon.

"But in the last few years, women on your world are being forced to rear children on their own, without the father present. I haven't seen your friend at all...and i can't seem to recall ever seeing him before."

At that point, Wonder Woman remembered it was 1978. The Coat wasn't even born yet.

"To be honest for you, he isn't a being of our time." Wonder Woman turned back to Krystalica. "He is from the future, 30 years from now he will be reborn into the superhero he now is."

"Regardless of who he is..." Krystalica continued. "I understand his comments when we first met were a rib, a way to get under my skin, In my heart, i can see the way he looks up to you. You are like his mother, in a way. I know you see him as the son you can't have."

Wonder Woman sighed a bit at that.

"I think you should stay with him for a while. I can see it in his eyes...he loves you because he doesn't have a mother." Krystalica smiled at Diana. "And you love him because you don't have a son."

"I know he loves me like a mom. I can feel it from him." Wonder Woman knew that already, but she wouldn't ever hear Kenny tell her that for years.

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Meanwhile, The lifeguards and the Coat were accompanying the Elerian Kiana along the beach. Kiana looked along the beach...and then she saw him.

"Dad!" Kiana began sprinting...towards Miguel the hot dog guy!

"Kiana!" Miguel put down his tongs and ran out to hug his biological daughter.

K.C. and Finnegan were both equally shocked and surprised.

"Miguel is your dad?" Finnegan asked.

"He is!" Miguel smiled at Finnegan, before turning back to his daughter "So, you came all the way to visit!" Miguel couldn't pry that smile off his face with a crowbar.

"I did, dad! Did you see the skies?" asked Kiana.

"You better believe i did. Is mom OK?" asked Miguel.

"Mom's just fine, dad..."

At that moment, the Coat smiled under his hood, but also felt a little sad, as he did not have his mother anymore, nor did he ever get to know his father. While K.C. and Finnegan were busy enjoying the Father-Daughter Reunion, The Coat turned around, and began walking back to the battleship. As he walked along, his fingers began to disappear. Then, his arms, and soon, his whole body disintegrated into the future.

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Wonder Woman had parted ways with Krystalica, a few moments after The Coat disappeared into the future. She had turned herself back into Diana Prince, and she knew she herself would be disconnected from her past self and go back to the future.

Within a few minutes of becoming Diana Prince again, Her vision became blurred, and she felt like she was falling asleep.

Then, Diana prince of 1978 regained her composure, and was able to control herself yet again.

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