Chapter Ten

The Watchtower

Flash sat back as the transmission with Superman ended with a strange look on his face. Hawkgirl came in and noticed this.

"Wally, are you all right?"

"Ah, what? Oh, yeah, yeah, it's just strange. I called Supes to see if I could get him to race and…" Flash started, but was cut off by Shayera.

"Would you let it go, already? It was a joke! No one thinks Superman is faster then you! They just like teasing you about it."

"Well, of course, I'm faster." Flash quickly boasted, although there was still a nagging doubt in his mind. "That's not the weird part, I could have sworn I heard a woman's laugh in the background as Superman ended the conversation."

"A woman, with Superman," Shayera said, looking dubious.

"Yes!"

"You think you heard a woman laughing when you talked to Superman, are you sure?"

"Yeah! It was more of a giggle, almost musical, sort of ethereal really," Flash mused.

"An ethereal giggle? Have you been drinking?" Shayera mocked.

"Joke if you want, I'm telling you Big Blue was with a woman. The communicator was in his bedroom, if you know what I mean," Flash said with a lecherous smile.

"Who has a woman in his bedroom," Zatanna asked absently, as she walked into the room.

"Superman!" Flash quickly said.

"Really?" Zatanna replied, suddenly interested in the new information.

"No, he doesn't." Shayera firmly said, "It's just Flash's overactive imagination. He thought he heard a woman laughing when he was harassing Superman earlier and now he's spun it so he's in bed with someone. It was probably just the TV in the background."

"Hey!" Flash started to protest, but was cut off by Zatanna.

"Well, it's not out of the question that Clark might be with a woman"

"See, Shayera, Zee thinking the same thing I did," Flash offered.

"I'm not exactly agreeing with you, Wally. Sorry. I was just saying that Clark is a really handsome guy. It's not that big of a stretch that he'd be with someone."

"You sound like you've given him some thought?' Shayera noted with interest.

"Are you saying you never thought about it?" Zatanna replied with a smile. "I mean, come on, Shayera, he is Superman, after all."

"Of course not," Shayera protested quickly. "He's a friend and colleague!"

"Really?" Zatanna asked. "Not once? I know I have."

"If you're so interested in him, why don't you ask him out?" Shayera quickly asked, wanting to get the focus off her.

"Oh, no, I don't think it would work for several reasons. One is a rather tall, Amazonian reason and then there's the whole magic thing. He's not a big fan of the occult arts or magic in general," Zatanna said, shaking her head no. "What about you? Are you saying you never even thought about it? Not even once?"

Shayera blushed at the question, and before she could answer Zatanna got a big smile on her face.

"You have, haven't you?"

"Well, perhaps once," Shayera admitted with some embarrassment.

"Maybe a fantasy or two?"

Flash was listening to all of this with rapt attention.

"When you ladies are doing this fantasizing, do they ever involve a certain handsome speedster," he suggestively asked, with a leer on his face. Zatanna and Shayera both looked at him for a moment and then at each other before breaking out in uncontrollable laughter.

"Hey! It's not that farfetched!" Wally protested. This only made them laugh harder. They actually had to lean on each other as wave after wave of laughter hit them.

"Come on! Superman and I aren't that different! We're both heroes! We're both handsome and macho!" Flash continued, a little upset at their laughter, but this only made them laugh harder.

"Please, Wally, stop! You're going to ruin my mascara," Zatanna managed to get out between laughs.

"You're saying I'm not prime fantasy material," he asked, defiantly.

"I think I'm going to pee myself," Shayera gasped, her whole body shaking with amusement.

"You two are great for a guy's ego," Wally huffed. They continued to laugh as the door opened and Wonder Woman walked in. She saw the two and smiled.

"What's so funny?"

Zatanna and Shayera looked at her and then Wally and just laughed harder. Flash had a scowled on his face and crossed his arms over his chest.

"These two seem to think the idea of me as a woman's fantasy is hilarious," he grumbled. This only caused Zatanna and Shayera to laugh harder. Tears were rolling down Zatanna's face as Shayera had to slump down into a chair. Diana tried to suppress a smile, but as the two continued she finally broke and starting chuckling herself.

"You too, Diana? Hey, it's not like I have a hump or something. I mean, come on," Flash protested. Any remaining self-control Diana had broke and she joined the other two in their laughter.

"Fine! That's the last time I ask any of your opinion," Flash said with a huff, turning back to the monitor and trying to ignore the three women.

"Oh Hera, I'm sorry, Wally, you-you-you just caught me off guard, is all," Diana said apologetically as she tried to stop herself from laughing. Zatanna and Shayera were slowly regaining control of themselves and were gasping for air.

"So what prompted all of this in the first place," Diana asked, wiping the tear from her eye.

"Superman!" Flash said with irritation.

"Kal? What did he do," Diana asked. Shayera and Zatanna were still catching their breath and before they react, Flash blundered ahead.

"When I called him earlier, he had a woman with him, in his bedroom," Flash replied, a suggestive emphasis of the word bedroom.

"What," Diana gasped, all the mirth leaving her face.

"SSABMUD," Zatanna said under her breath. Both her and Shayera reacted quickly to the situation.

"Don't listen to him, Diana, he's got an overactive imagination," Shayera quickly said; as she gave Flash a withering glance.

"You saw a woman in Kal's bedroom," Diana demanded of Flash, her voice quiet, but rigid.

"Well, no, I didn't actually see a woman, but I heard a giggle," Flash admitted.

"A giggle?"

"A small, playful laugh, much like a chortle," Flash explained seriously.

"I'm familiar with what a giggle is, Wally," Diana replied with irritation.

"Don't listen to him, Diana, it was probably the TV and this idiot is making it into something else," Shayera said.

"I should call him and see." Diana quickly moved towards the controls.

"He probably won't answer." Flash told her.

'Why?"

"Well, he's kind of pissed at me. I kind of got him out of bed when I called," Flash admitted.

"Was there an emergency? I heard nothing about it," Diana turned to him and asked.

"Um, ah, no, it's been really quiet so I thought maybe he wouldn't be too busy."

"He called to badger him about racing again," Zatanna added.

"Again? Wally, you need to get over it! It was a joke!" Diana sternly said to him.

"I know it was a joke! I just figured since it was slow we could find out for sure."

"So you got him out of bed for that? No wonder he won't answer," Diana summarized.

"It was just as he was turning off the communicator that I heard the giggle," Wally quickly added, getting immediately back to the original topic.

"So in the split second he was turning off the communicator you think you heard something and have made this whole scenario out of it?" Diana demanded.

"Well, yeah," Flash admitted, suddenly feeling foolish.

"Only you could spin such an outlandish theory about Superman, Wally," Diana said, shaking her head. "I still don't see what that has to do with you as fantasy material?"

"Well, when I told these two, Zee starting saying how she thought Superman was really, really hot and how she'd had a fantasy or two about him and Shayera agreed."

"Shut up!" Zatanna gasped in shock, blushing furiously. Shayera seemed mortified and stood unable to speak.

"Oh, really," Diana said, turning her gaze on the young magician.

"That-That wasn't what I said, Diana," Zatanna fumbled to say, embarrassed and angry at Flash for blurting it out.

"What exactly did you say, Zatanna," Diana asked, her voice stiff and forbidding, as she crossed her arms in front of her.

"I-I just said, well, that, you know, while I think Flash is crazy thinking Superman is with someone, it wasn't, you know, um, that farfetched, because, well, he is a, um, ah, well, a good looking guy and all," Zatanna stammered, now completely embarrassed under Diana's glare. She wanted to disappear through the floor, right then and there.

"And you agreed," Diana asked, turning towards Shayera.

"Well, sort of, I guess," Shayera lamely offered, not able to look Diana in the eye.

"I see," she said, her voice controlled and unyielding. The room seemed to grow very quiet for several seconds. Zatanna was mortified, while Shayera suddenly found the floor quite interesting. For a moment they both were a little afraid of what Wonder Woman's reaction was going to be. Without another word to either of them, though, Diana strode out of the control room and slammed the door behind her.

"Boy, she seemed kind of pissed, didn't she," Flash innocently ventured. Both Zatanna and Shayera turned and gazed at him with a murderous looks in their eyes. Flash gulped as he saw this.

"I, ah, I think Jonn is calling me. Got to go," he quickly said and then dashed off in the blink of an eye. The two women stood looking at the door he just exited.

"I'm going to hurt him bad," Zatanna said, her temper barely under control.

"Get in line," Shayera replied.