Chapter Nine "Reststop at the Island.

Being a princess and a warrior, Diana had a certain amount of pride that was ingrained within her but even she would admit that there would be a lot of faults that came with said pride. Still, her sisters decided to take it upon themselves to attack a person without hearing them out, well that was something that annoyed her. She took a moment to rein in her temper before she addressed Kal and Kara. A nervous smile appeared on her face as she locked eyes with both of them and then turned a biting look towards her fellow Amazons, who actually had the decency to look ashamed.

"I hope neither of you will judge the Amazons on the actions of a select few," Diana commented as she crossed her arms and Kal inclined his head with a smile crossing his face. "Not all of us are like that, trust me."

"I trust you," Kal stated as he reached forward and grabbed Diana around the hand to show that he was not mad at her. "So, you're the person who is in charge around here?"

Diana shook her head in negative as she slumped her shoulders but then adjusted her stance to stand tall or taller then she had before. "No, I'm afraid that I don't have the pleasure of being in charge, it's my mother who runs things on the island. Hippolyta, she's the Queen of the Amazons you see."

"I do see," Kal remarked with a grin as he invited her to go forward. "Why don't you lead the way and we'll discuss more about how we got here."

Diana smiled, she would enjoy that very much. In fact she was curious about how Kal and Kara got here, it was not often that the island had visitors and if this was how they conducted themselves around others, they might not have any more visitors any time soon. The raven haired princess watched both of them, they were both unlike anything she'd ever seen before.

"It all started when we were on a mission to get a stone that was tied for my heritage," Kal commented and Diana nodded with a smile. "You know, Krypton."

Diana decided to offer a question that was flowing through her mind. "So what is Krypton? Is it another hidden place like this island?"

"What do you mean hidden like the island?" Kara asked as she piped up.

Kal thought that was a fair question as well and Diana was only too pleased to explain about the island and the unique properties of it.

"Many years ago, longer than even Man's World has been around, this place was founded by the five creator goddesses to give women a place to thrive. It is a culture that is amazing. We are a proud warrior race, although we have borrowed the aspects of many cultures from the women who have exiled to the island. We are a mixture of many civilizations that have been lost to time and forgotten by the world except as a historical footnote."

Diana saw that she had Kara and Kal's attention so she continued to strike whilst the iron was hot.

"Time doesn't pass on this island all that fast so we age at a reduced rate," Diana remarked as she kept her eyes on Kal and Kara as they continued their walk to the imperial palace of the island. "Months could pass on the island but only a few seconds could pass in the real world. And the funny thing is that no one could really find the island unless they had explicit permission to visit here or they had been judged by the goddesses that they were worthy of entrance."

"Something that those trigger happy Amazons should have known," Kal stated and Diana offered him a tense expression with a raised eyebrow. "Sorry."

"No it's quite alright, I agreed with you," Diana remarked with a grin as she stepped back and smiled as Kal's expression became more relaxed. She did hope that her mother would be a bit more receptive to these visitors but if she was not, well it was not the first time Diana butted heads with her mother in recent memory.

"Glad to see we're all on the same page, and there's a sane person on the island," Kara piped in with a bright smile as she hovered above the ground. She always hovered when her nerves were on edge.

Kal asked the question that had been building up in the back of Kara's mind.

"So do you have any idea why we lost our powers?"

Diana cupped her hand to her chin, a combination of confusion and thoughtfulness appeared on her face. The raven haired Amazon closed her eyes and ran her hands through her hair deep in thought. She popped them back open before shaking her head, an apologetic expression crossing her face.

"I'm afraid I don't have any idea, my mother might know something though," Diana stated although her working theory was that it was something to do with the unique properties of the island and the mystical energies in the air. She had no idea about the origins of Kara and Kal's powers, in fact a certain question had been sidestepped that she'd like to return to. "So where is Krypton?"

"Actually it should be where was Krypton," Kal responded as Diana stopped in her tracks and eyed him appraisingly. He drew in a breath before talking in a voice that was far bolder than anything that he ever said before. "The planet was destroyed just months after I was born."

"There was a tyrant who destroyed the planet, tried to blow it up out of spite," Kara commented and now Kal was interested, this was fresh information for him. He watched Kara who had some knowledge of the history of the planet. "His name was General Zod and likely someone who your sisters may have drawn their impression of the world of men from if they knew him."

Diana stopped at the foot of the steps and sat down. Kal and Kara did the same.

"Zod was once one of the greatest military leaders Krypton ever saw," Kara explained to both of them, feeling that Kal could use a history lesson. "His…..well his sanity slipped a little bit. He had this habit of having other men kneel before him. He and a devoted group of followers tried to take over the Kryptonian government through a violet coup. They were all caught. Some of them died but Zod was stripped of his body and banished to the Phantom Zone."

Naturally that was something that Kal did not know about so Kara only happily filled him in.

"The Phantom Zone is a dimension that is everywhere yet is nowhere," Kara continued and Kal responded with a nod to indicate that he understood. "It was a home to some of the worst criminals in the twenty eight galaxies and for all I know, there are other planets that are still using it. The House of El adopted the use of the Phantom Zone thousands of years ago."

Kal found all of this fascinating.

"But Zod's gone so there's no chance of him coming back, isn't there?" Diana asked and Kara smiled.

"There's sadly always a chance of evil like that returning. The question is whether or not we'll be ready for it should he come."

All this talk about the planet and the history of his planet made Kal remember something.

"The Stone."

"I beg your pardon," Diana responded with a raised eyebrow and Kal elaborated the statement with a grimace.

"The stone, we had it when we were here on the island, it contains information regarding our planet's history and has extraordinary powers," Kal stated to her in an urgent voice before he got up to his feet.

"Kal wait…."

"I'm not waiting, you heard what my mother said, if that stone falls into the wrong hands it will be a catastrophe."

He drew in a breath before he sped off.

Diana turned to Kara with a raised eyebrow as she looked at the blonde. "Is he always this impulsive?"

Kara closed her eyes and shook her head. A shadow of a smile moved around her lips. "He gets it from his father's side of the family."

Kal returned sometime later, flustered and frustrated. Kara and Diana sat on the steps making light conversation but Diana put the word out for the stone for Kal to see if she could help them.

"I asked some of the Amazons if they saw the stone," Diana commented to Kal as he turned back up and the Last Son of Krypton looked at her with a grateful expression on his face as she did so. "So far, nothing has turned up but they'll keep searching."

"I appreciate it, because I looked high and low and can't find it," Kal stated as he thought about stepping off the island but given what he figured out so far, there were going to be more than a few problems regarding trying to get certain things done. They were too weak power wise to leave the island, especially given Kara's sudden lack of flight. Diana reached forward and placed a strong arm around Kal's waist.

"Don't despair, although there is a chance that you may have lost it on your way here."

Not despairing was the exact opposite of what Kal did as he heard those thoughts and he closed his eyes and felt his heart beat a bit faster, before he opened his eyes back up. There was no use trying to beat himself up over these things, he just had to step forward and get these things done.

"I believe we've left the queen waiting too long," Kal commented and Diana offered him a smile.

"My mother is a patient woman to a degree. Although I'm sure others may have told her tales of how you ruthlessly assaulted them."

Kal was afraid of that but he refused to back down from a bunch of warrior women. Even if they outnumbered them and likely would have curbed stomped him something fierce if he did not have the element of surprise but that was beside the point. The true point was that Kal held his head up as he prepared to hold court with the queen of the Amazons.

Hippolyta peered down at Kal. She was a woman who resembled an older version of Diana which made a great deal of sense considering that she was the mother of the Princess of the Amazons. She crossed her arms and eyed Kal with an expression that made him feel a tad bit uncomfortable.

"So this is the visitor to the island," Hippolyta stated briskly but Kal stood up to face her.

"Yes, the visitor that your guards attacked."

Diana smiled, impressed, he was willing to fight her mother. That made her interest in him spike up a few degrees.

"That's not the story that I heard," Hippolyta responded as she watched Kal.

"Well the story you heard was a byproduct of your Amazons getting knocked around when they tried to ruthlessly assault a visitor," Kal responded in a bold voice, challenging the queen to respond to him.

Hippolyta stood to her feet and stared down Kal. Kal stared back and it was an intense battle of wills between the two of them. Two of her royal guards stepped forward to engage Kal in battle but he turned, his eyes flickering towards them, dangerously watching them.

"Do you really want to try your luck against me again?"

The women gasped at the gall of this visitor trying something with them and they were about to attempt something, perhaps attack him once more but Kal stared them down, almost begging them to bring it because he was not going to lay down and take it from these women ever again. The two groups stared back and forth and the tension rose so high that one could cut it with a knife.

"Stand down."

Hippolyta ordered her guards back and they eyed the Queen with an expression that indicated that they were not doing this willingly. They only did this because of the respect they had for her and were willing to listen to her.

"You are a bold young man, Kal-El of Krypton," Hippolyta commented as she watched him without any fear and he returned her gaze evenly his eyes showing his own lack of fear "Only a handful of men have ever come across this island. But none of them have been brazen enough to stand before me without fear and to be arrogant enough to think that they stand a chance in an even battle against the bold Amazon warriors."

"I don't think, my history speaks for itself," Kal remarked as Kara's eyes widened, she both admired her cousin's bravery and questioned his sanity. Not to mention she kind of feared for his life but she supposed that it was a good thing that he was finally growing a spine. "Last time these noble warriors attack me it seemed as if they got the worst end of the deal."

"Quite," Hippolyta offered as she stepped down from the throne and she held a sword in her hand that one of her guards handed her. For a brief mad second, Kal thought that the queen was going to attack him.

'Mother,' Diana thought in an exasperated tone because Kal was not the only one who thought that Hippolyta was primed for attack.

"Let it be known that you have done something that no man has in quite some time," Hippolyta continued before her eyes locked onto Kal's. "You have earned my respect."

Kal nodded in a stoic manner and he stood proud, not blinking, not backing down.

"You might be unrefined in many ways but there is a true warrior spirit within you," Hippolyta stated in a bold tone. "I admire that and hope that it will serve you well while you are a guest on this island."

"Your majesty…."

"He may stay for as long as he wishes, along with his companion," Hippolyta said sternly as she watched them and the other Amazons did not look happy. They respected their queen, so they had to agree.

True they could try and fight her on it but it would end badly. Hippolyta was the fiercest warrior of them all and she did not just grow soft because she held the throne. So fighting her would be something that was not conductive to their long term health.

"Diana, please show them to their quarters."

"Of course," Diana stated with a bow towards her mother, fearing for a second that she would have to break up a fight between her mother and the young man who had caught her eye when he landed on the island.

"That could have gone a lot worse than it did," Diana remarked in a tense tone of voice, the truth was she expected a fight.

"It could have," Kara agreed with her and Kal stood up straight a smile crossing his face.

"It did feel good to stand up."

"And you earned my mother's respect which is something that is not earned easily," Diana added with an impressed expression on her face. There was something about this Kal that intrigued her and she was looking forward to spending some time getting to known him and Kara. "I don't know how long either of you intend to stay on the island."

Kal remarked in a frank tone of voice. "As long as it takes for our powers to come back."

"Yeah, we're pretty much grounded until that happens," Kara stated as she jumped up but most frustratingly she could not fly. She did not know why she could not fly. There was something that happened when they went down and neither of them could figure out what happened.

"That's too bad," Diana remarked in a sincere tone of voice but she snapped her fingers. "You were pretty decent out there both of you but I think that both of you only have rudimentary fighting skills at best."

Kal turned towards Diana and stared at her but to her credit she returned his gaze with equal intensity.

"It's not meant as an insult, merely an observation," Diana clarified with a shrug and a smile, she did hope that those skills would improve given enough time. Kara and Kal had the spirit of true warriors and if she could bring that out of both of them, then that would give her some purpose in life. "It's just….well life on the island is nothing but sparring and fighting and sitting here contemplating life in general."

"That sounds…."

"I know what it sounds like," Diana interjected before she turned around and sighed.

Life on the island made her feel at home but at the same time, Diana could not shake the feeling that there was a wide world out there that was full of adventure for her. She wanted to hear more tales about what was going on in the outside world from two people who lived there.

"Maybe you could train us?" Kal asked her and Diana was broken out of her thoughts, a smile crossing her face.

"I didn't think you would bring up that point," Diana said as she placed her hand on Kal's strong arm and a smirk twisted across her face. "But you know, it would be a good idea if you did get some training."

Kara, in particular, looked forward to that venture, her powers were well and good but if she ever got in a situation where she could not use them or worse had someone who was stronger than her, some kind practical fighting abilities would not go amiss. She looked forward to what she could do as an eager smile popped across her face.

"I'd enjoy that very much," Kara stated happily and Kal agreed with a nod.

"Yes, I'm looking forward to learning from you," Kal responded as he thought that there would be situations where his powers would not be able to bail him out. So it was important for him to learn a few things. He was eager to do something. "And maybe we can find out what's keeping us from tapping into our full powers."

There was something that told Kal that there was an answer, perhaps right underneath his nose but it was a matter of locating it in due time. The young Kryptonian leaned against one of the towers and pondered his predicament; the bulb gave an eerie sort of blue glow that practically bathed the island.

Diana placed her hand on her chin and nodded with a smile. "I'm curious about that as well but I guess both of us will find out when the time is right."

"The three of us," Kara concluded with a grin and Diana looked at the blonde, admiring the spirit that was within her.

"My mistake," Diana answered in an apologetic tone of voice and Kara smiled, before she placed her arm on Diana's waist and covertly leaned against her.

Kal, in a surprisingly brazen move, did the same. Diana did not say anything, she merely cast an appraising eye towards him and the expression on her face was filled with some degree of mirth. She thought that this Kal….well he would be an interesting one to know.

'And I intend to get to know him really well if all of the cards fall properly into place,' Diana thought to herself and the possibilities of what she might do danced through her mind.

The truth was that she would figure that out when the time was right. Diana could wait, they had plenty of time on the island. There was also the fact that they needed to find the stone and that fact weighed in the back of Diana's mind. She crossed her arms before leading them forward.

"If you need anything from me, I'll be right across the way," Diana told them and Kal responded with a grin.

"Oh if I need anything from you?" Kal asked with a knowing smile crossing his face.

Kara smiled but she did not show her pride because it would betray her. Kal's instincts had not been dulled by his human upbringing he saw a strong woman and he would do anything to have her. It was no less than Kara expected from her cousin and she looked forward to adding Diana to his collective.

"Yes, don't be afraid to ask anything of me," Diana commented with a smile as she shifted her position.

Kal found himself watching her legs and the hint of cleavage that she displayed, it was a delight to drink in and something that caused stirrings in certain parts of his body. The Last Son of Krypton saw a strong and brave woman that he needed to learn more about.

"Good night, Kal and Kara, sleep well," Diana concluded as she turned around and slipped off into the distance.

She was not going to lie, she knew fairly well what Kal was staring at as she left but soon there would be plenty of time for fun between the two of them. The fact of the matter was she saw a strong mate that could potentially dominate her and she could do likewise, that thrilled Diana. She felt the potential for gratification that she could not get with her sisters on the island but now she had the chance.

"We will," Kal stated knowing what his dreams would be invaded by tonight.

Kara followed him with a smile, thoughts of seedy threesomes dancing in her head.

Kara sat on the edge of the steps at the pavilion the next morning, dressed in a red tank top that showed off her cleavage and cute little belly button, along with her toned midsection that did not have an ounce of fat. Her jean shorts hugged her hips rather tightly and she decided to forego any shoes, showcasing her bare feet with cute little toes and elegant arches.

The last few weeks since she woken up from stasis had been a roller coaster ride, to borrow a phrase that she overheard from humans, but there would be even more thrills to come. The problem that vexed her was the fact that the stone, which she was certain Kal had in his hands when they dropped, slipped from his hands.

"Deep thoughts this morning?"

Diana broke Kara out of her thoughts and the blonde spun around, offering the dark haired Amazon a grin. Said Amazon parked herself next to Kara who placed her hands on her chin and inclined her head forward. She thought long and hard before she answered Diana in a deliberate tone of voice.

"One might say that."

Diana placed her arm around Kara before she shifted towards her with a smile. "Don't be afraid to say what you mean. You never know what might come out of it."

"No, I never know," Kara agreed with a bright smile before she took a moment to look at the nature surrounding them. Taking in all of it's beauty made her appreciate the finer things in life. The blonde placed a hand on her chin and threw her head back with a slight sigh. "So I'm here on the island and it's a great place."

"Thank you, I wasn't sure that mother was going to allow you to stay," Diana offered as she seemed relieved.

"I just….now don't take this the wrong way, you know that I'm finding a way to enjoy myself on the island?" Kara inquired and Diana gave her a warm smile that caused Kara to know that she was well received. "I just….when I came here, it was get up and go, go and fly, everywhere but….now there's something since I got shot down on the island that's holding me back."

Diana looked thoughtful.

"Maybe there was something in those missiles that caused your powers to go off kilter."

"Maybe," Kara admitted in a grudging tone of voice but there was something that told her that there was more to what happened than met the eye. If she could piece it together, the blonde might be able to figure out what to do next. "I just hope that I figure it out soon because….well I'm coming to the conclusion that the stone isn't anywhere on the island."

She smiled before snickering a little bit.

"Kal on the other hand, well he's persistent in his pursuits of the stone," Kara remarked in a fond voice. "He's gone out today, on a search for it, a hunt for it, and he won't let up. Bless him, he's peristant."

"I hope he doesn't run into trouble," Diana remarked, a part of her thought she was joking but there was another part of her that was deadly serious, almost as serious as a heart attack.

Kara felt some overwhelming dread fill her although she could not place it. Then again, their time on the island, they could finally have some downtime. At least it allowed her to sit back and cool her jets a tiny bit. The blonde appreciated that downtime and she thought about that.

"How about a little sparring session?" Diana asked as she watched Kara before the Amazon added. "You know, for the fun of it."

Kara nodded, she was interested and she would have to say that she was a bit intimidated. She thought that she was tall but Diana towered over her, standing about a head taller than her, maybe more.

The Princess watched Kara with an appraising look on her face. "So, how much do you know about sparring?"

Honesty was the best policy, even if said honesty was brutal honest.

"Not much," Kara admitted but Diana gave her a smile of reassurance.

"Okay, that's fine, you might have some natural instincts," Diana offered, she thought that Kara had the potential; it was a matter of training her up.

Kara nodded, she hoped that Diana was right but there was a fluttering of butterflies in her stomach. She used her powers a little bit against those thugs but they were against normal humans, who were very much not her equals. Not that normal humans could not be strong but they were punch clock bruisers, they were easy to handle.

Diana was another matter entirely, she was an equal, in fact if Kara had to grudgingly admit it, she was a superior.

"So hit me with your best shot then."

That encouragement fueled the natural competitive drive from Kara and she aimed a kick to Diana's face but Diana caught her foot and flung Kara into the air. The blonde flipped over onto her face and Diana grabbed her, before pinning her face first onto the dirt.

Kara found it hard to concentrate with Diana on top of her, pressed up against her in such an intimate way. The blonde closed her eyes before she tried to summon up her strength to push out of the hold. She was a bit stronger than she was yesterday but it was still hard as Diana knew how to get the leverage to put Kara down.

"Not bad for a first try," Diana commented and Kara looked at her like she was just humoring the alien. Diana scoffed. "Look, I wasn't all that good the first few times I trained. All of the times my mother knocked me around when she taught me, my bruises have bruises."

'Come to think of it, my mother still knocks me around in sparring,' Diana thought to herself.

Kara was determined to attack a second time, this time for underneath, but Diana caught her around the waist and flipped her over. The blonde landed on her face and Diana swung a punch but Kara blocked it. She tried to use the momentum to flip Diana over but it was done a bit clumsily. The blonde struggled and Diana hoisted her up into the air.

Diana flew Kara and threw her halfway across the sparring area on the island. She crashed but scrambled back up to her feet, determination flashing through her eyes.

'I won't go down that easily, Princess,' Kara thought to herself as she tried to aim a kick but Diana avoided it.

"Again!"

Kara swung a punch but Diana blocked it. She grabbed Kara's arms in a full nelson, pinning the girl's arms back. The blonde tried to jump up and use her leverage to break the attack.

The blonde tried another ill-fated attack but she was tossed to the ground like a piece of paper and was slammed down to the ground. Diana grabbed Kara and pinned her down to the ground, straddling her, they pressed crotch to crotch and their breasts pressed together.

Kal choose this moment to show up and he raised an eyebrow.

"This isn't what it looks like," Diana said hastily as she saw Kal who stared at her.

Maybe he was naïve enough where she could pass this up as innocent and not that she felt the desire to take his cousin as a right of conquest for winning their little sparring session. Diana had a few encounters with other women on the island. After all they were cut off from men, how else were they going to get gratification?

"Oh, isn't it?" Kal asked as he watched them. "I was wondering when you two ladies were going to ask me to join you."

There was a special inflection on the term "join you" that caused both Kara and Diana to feel a little bit flushed. In particular a warmth spread from Diana's loins and she felt a sensation, a desire to rip off his clothes and have her way with him. Then she'd have Kara as well, after all why settle for one, when you could have both?

Maybe he wasn't as naïve as it looked.

"So sparring are we?" Kal asked as he stepped forward and eyed Diana with a predatory smile. "How about you go a few rounds with me?"

Diana shut her eyes but then opened then and watched him, staying calm, staying cool, staying collected.

"A few rounds, yeah, Kara didn't fare too well," Diana remarked and Kara crossed her arms with a pout. "Maybe you can do better."

Diana rushed forward to grab Kal but Kal sped behind her, before grabbing her around the waist and forcing her to the ground.

"Not…bad," Diana stammered slightly as she tried to push out, as Kal got on top of her and pinned her to the ground.

He was so strong, Diana could hardly believe it. He stepped back to let her up.

She went for a punch but he dodged it, grabbed her legs and forced her to the ground, pinning her down once again.

There were great reflexes as well at work. He was on top her, they were so close together. They were almost touching but not really.

"So, how was my first impression?" Kal breathed in her ear hotly, feeling the effects of the red Kryptonite that now seemed to be permanently a part of him kick in as his adrenaline pumped.

"Good…very….you're good," Diana thought as she closed her eyes and sighed. "Please."

"Please, what?" Kal asked her with a smile but her pride did not allow her to say what she wanted.

At least not now.

"So do you want to go again?" Kal asked Diana and she watched him, before aiming another kick.

Kal grabbed her by the leg which he used to yank her forwards, and off balance using that leverage he pinned her to the ground hard with such strength that she could not believe it. Kara watched, impressed.

"Farm chores, dealing that prepares me for anything," Kal commented as he accidentally brushed his hand across her covered breast which caused Diana to shiver and more moisture to pool between her legs.

The sparring session was not over, no it was just beginning.

"So, I thought we were a proud warrior race?" Kal asked as he invited Diana to take another shot at him.

She smiled, it wasn't over yet.

"So, are you ready to do this for real?" Diana asked as she offered him a predatory smile.

Kal's expression widened. "Yes for real….as in you were holding back."

Diana's grin got wider. "Figured I'd didn't have to any more, given that farm chores prepared you for anything after all."

They moved into battle stance and this time Diana used Clark's momentum against him, before throwing him to the ground.

Kara winced, that's what her cousin got for being too cocky for his own good. That was Jor-El's half of the genes screwing him over in the worst way as she watched Diana knock him around a little bit.

A few days passed on the island and Kal thought that he might be a bit too relaxed, but given that very little time would have passed outside of the island in the real world, there would be plenty of time for him to get out and resume his search for the stone. The Kryptonian stepped forward that night, deciding to take a walk to clear his head of the many thoughts that ran through it.

"Good evening, Kal."

Kal saw Diana standing at the edge of a cool spring dressed in nothing but a white towel. Said towel wrapped around her curves snugly and Kal watched her, feeling a tightening in the pants that he wore. Her dark hair hung long, her blue eyes simmered with passion, her rosy lips were rather kissable, her breasts were big and firm, she had a toned body with the right combination of muscles and femininity.

"Hello Diana," Kal responded as she turned around and slowly dropped the towel which allowed him to get sight of her rather shapely posterior. His eyes watched it with a simmering burning gaze.

"Care to join me?"

"I thought you'd never ask," Kal remarked with a grin across his face as he stripped his clothes off to join Diana in the spring.

Diana and Kal sat naked in the cool and relaxing water, before she looked at him with a smile on her face, innocent but predatory at the same time.

"So care to wash my back?"

Kal didn't need to be asked twice.

To Be Continued In the Next Chapter.