AN: really sorry for not updating in ages. This semester of school had me super busy and took up 100% of my time! Now that exams are over I have a lengthy break and will update more frequently! I will update my other story soon as well. It's been too long and also sorry this is short, but I needed to get something out there! Enjoy everyone :)
The Witch
Phillipus looked at the dark figure emerge from the darkness of the large council meeting room. He looked quite dapper and had raven hair and blue eyes. He being a man she was very wary being around him so she backed up still sword in hand.
"Who are you and how do you know Queen Hippolyta?" she pointed her sword at his chest and the man didn't seem the least bit startled.
"Why don't you put your weapon down and I will tell you?" he suggested with a gentle hand against the sword's sharpest point.
Phillipus lowered her sword carefully but did not sheath it.
He sighed in relief and gestured that she walk with him. Phillipus saw some Amazons were curious and wanted to ask questions but she waved them off to follow them afar. They walked together down a long hallway in silence for a few moments.
"You would like to know where your Queen is right?" he asked the dark skinned woman.
Phillipus looked at him and raised an eyebrow. Is this guy stupid, she wondered? Of course she wants to know where Hippolyta is, but she wasn't rude in her response after all he could be the key to finding out what is going on.
"Yes," she answered in a lowered voice.
He nodded, "well I don't really know where she is so let's start off with that. But I will begin to say that I have been working with the council for quite some time now, just to ease your concerns." He half smiled.
Phillipus cut straight to the point, "you mentioned a woman with violet eyes, did you not?"
"Yes I did, I was definitely not mistaken about her eyes. Your Queen...Hippolyta is that right?" he looked to her for confirmation and continued, "she claimed to know this woman and willingly went with her, wherever that might be."
Whispers among the amazon sisters were heard behind the mystery man and the General. Phillipus looked up at the man and stopped him by grabbing his arm.
"Are you sure she went with her willingly?" she wanted to make sure she was hearing this correctly.
He nodded, "yes I'm quite sure. I saw them leave the council together and do not know where they went. The council didn't seem to think it was very odd. People come in and out of this place all the time." He cleared his throat. "Could you let go of my arm please?"
She let go and they continued walking. "If you don't know where she is then why are my amazons and I following you in a never-ending hallway?"
Suddenly he stopped in front of a door and typed in a code and allowed the women to go first, "you'll see, I promise I won't be wasting your time," he gestured politely for the women to enter.
As the amazons entered the room and he followed, a sight of computer monitors were before them. The room was deserted and looked like it needed special clearance to enter. Phillipus looked at all the technology in front of her and could only admire it and at the same time she didn't want anything to do with it. Her civilization was better off without all of this technology anyhow.
"I will be able to show you some security footage of the building of who was able to enter, aka your purple eyed friend," he went to one computer and pulled up the footage of a few hours ago. He played it at a faster speed and Phillipus watched all the screens looking for who she thought had Hippolyta. Suddenly a woman in front of the building caught her eye and she didn't like the looks of who she saw.
"Could you pause this contraption?" she asked.
He paused the video and there was a clear picture of a woman in front of the building holding up a badge of some sort.
"That is her," Phillipus pointed to the woman. "That is an old foe of Hippolyta. I am surprised to see her come all this way." She was very perplexed as to why Circe would do this and right now.
"Hmm, that is very interesting. I've never seen her come into this building before," he looked at the footage again and didn't recognize her.
Phillipus laughed nervously, "that is because she is thousands of years old. She's been hiding and somehow she has come out from hiding," she sighed and began to leave with her troops. "Thank you again for helping me and my sisters. I need to go back to Themyscira to report this to the princess at once. What do I call you?" she inquired.
He held out his hand, "my name is Bruce Wayne. I own this facility. If you need any more help do not hesitate to ask," he smiled as they shook hands.
"Right of course, thank you Mr. Wayne. We shall be in touch, let us go sisters," they left the room and decided to head back home immediately.
Diana woke up abruptly and saw it was almost dawn. She looked over at Kal who was asleep in the chair next to her bed. She quietly got up from her bed and left her room leaving the door slightly ajar. Walking barefoot down the hallway quickly she went outside of the palace. It seems time has escaped her and she didn't know what was going on outside of the palace walls. Although she suspected nothing was happening, she didn't feel like anything was going right at this time. On the bottom of the steps of the palace she saw Donna reading a book quietly. Diana approached her with a wary expression about her face.
"Donna, has anything happened while I was asleep?"
Donna slightly startled closed her book and stood up clearing her throat, "no Diana nothing has happened at least nothing I am aware of!"
Diana looked around to see her sisters walking about going about their daily duties. "What about those male amazons I sent out hours ago to build a wall around the island?"
Donna set her hand on Diana's shoulder reassuring her everything was fine, "they came to report to me when I told them that you were asleep, you don't have to worry about that. They've been standing on guard ever since," she smiled softly.
Diana sighed in relief. She hadn't heard word of her mother either which worried her deeply. She wondered what could have happened to her. "I...I need to get ready," she turned around to head back to her bedroom.
Donna followed behind the scurrying princess and had to jog a bit to catch up to her, "wait, Diana! Get ready for what? I think you need to relax for a bit."
"At a time like this? There is so much chaos in this world Donna, chaos that will soon turn into disaster and I need to be ready for it at all times." She continued to make her journey to her room once again.
Donna was worrying about her Aunt Hippolyta who had yet to return and she probably didn't feel the way that Diana did. After all it seemed there was no time for relaxation, but she needed someone to talk to and Kal is great, but perhaps another woman is what she needs right now.
"Diana," she called out again and Diana stopped turning her head over her shoulder. "If you need someone to talk to about anything I'm always here if you need me."
Diana smiled, "thank you Donna I will keep that in mind. If Phillipus comes back please alert me immediately."
Donna nodded and she watched her cousin disappear back into her bedroom.
Well into the morning Phillipus arrived with her amazon troops and stormed into the palace in search of Diana and the Els. Luckily for her they were all in the throne room looking very anxious.
"Princess, I have found out what has happened to the Queen," Phillipus announced.
Diana looked at her and at the sisters behind her with furrowed brows. "So I take it you didn't find her, what happened? I asked you to find her."
Phillipus sighed, "She is with someone that leaves no traces, princess."
Kal stood next to Diana and looked equally as worried and confused as she did.
"Well?" Kal said finally.
"Queen Hippolyta is with Circe. I don't know anything more than that, I apologize. The owner of the council came to our aid and was able to pull up some video of Circe entering the building."
Diana nodded her head, "the owner you say? I wasn't aware there was an owner of the council."
"Well to my knowledge he only owns the building. He was a...kind man," she added.
"Does he know about Circe and what she is capable of?" Diana asked hopeful that she would know the answer to that.
The General shook her head, "sorry princess, he didn't seem to know who she was and I believe him. He also said that if we need any more information he'd be glad to assist."
"Thank you, General, you can leave now. I need to discuss some things with the Els right now."
Phillipus and the other amazons left the throne room. Phillipus thought it odd that Diana would just dismiss them so easily knowing who her mother was with at the moment. Usually the Queen would instruct some sort of regime plan and go from there, but Phillipus remembered that Diana was not Hippolyta and had never truly been in charge of an entire nation before by herself.
Diana turned to the Els and they looked puzzled but ready for any commands that were given. She had the realization that since her mother was absent that she was temporarily Queen and was able to give any commands as she see fit. She had to wonder why her mother was with Circe and did they leave together without force?
Realizing that she had released Phillipus too early she told one of her guards to fetch the General once more.
"Okay so," Diana began and took in a deep breath, "you all do not know who Circe is, but she is a witch and cannot be trusted. I don't have time to go into detail about the woman, but the point is that my mother is with her and we have no way of tracking her since the witch is made of pure magic."
Jor spoke up to ease some of the uneasiness in the room, "perhaps we can help track down Circe for you Diana."
Lara nodded, "we have the available technology and you would have to know something about this 'witch' so we can have a starting point, right?"
Diana nodded, "yes but with everything happening all at once I do not think it is just a strange unfortunate coincidence that she has suddenly appeared."
Phillipus returned to the throne room alone this time and had her hands behind her back, "you asked for me princess?"
"Ah, yes. I need you to write a full report of what you saw and who you spoke to while you were at the council, please. Oh and include the owner as well, I want it very detailed."
The General smiled and nodded, "of course, princess I will gather everyone and write the report immediately. We should be done with it within an hour."
Diana nodded, "thank you very much." Now she returned to the Els and all eyes were on her. "So," she was starting to feel a bit nervous with all this pressure on her suddenly.
"Take your time, Diana," Kal assured her with a steady hand on her shoulder.
"Right," she nodded, "if I gave you all a photo of Circe would you be able to track her every move in the last few days or even hours with your technology?"
Lara and Jor looked at each other and had a telepathic conversation before answering the princess's question.
"Yes, we should be able to but I must say that the use of our technology and what you're asking us to do is technically illegal according to Kryptonian law," Jor said.
"But we are not on Krypton, right?" Kal interjected. His parents nodded and thought over what he had said. He wasn't correct but he wasn't wrong either.
"Okay we will go to our ship and operate in there since all of our technology is inside the ship," Jor said and both left to go to their ship immediately.
This left Kal and Diana together alone in the throne room. They hadn't had a single moment to themselves since the start of her ambassador role and now all of this.
"I'm sorry all of this has been put on your shoulders, Diana. You don't deserve this especially right now," Kal said in a solemn voice.
Diana shrugged her shoulders and folded her arms, "amazons are built for battle and to lead. My role is just as important as everyone else's and yours as well. You are an honorary amazon today, Kal," she smiled. "I don't want anything else to go wrong. A few months ago everything was fine and we were able to do anything we wanted and now...this."
Kal took her hands into his, "everything happens for a reason and I will be here to help you through it all, even if it means war. Once this is all over, whenever that might be, maybe we can for once have a normal life," he joked.
Diana laughed lightly, "this is my life, Kal."
"No, this is our life. You're not alone and don't try to push me away like you do with everyone else. You don't have to do anything by yourself if you choose not to. As far as I know, whatever you choose to do I'll follow you. All three of us need to make a life of our own, but we can't do that if you push others away and I'm not one to push away."
"Who says I am pushing you away? You are obviously here, are you not?" Diana, confused at his words.
"You wanted to change the world and so you became an ambassador and I followed you. You wanted to leave Themyscira and I followed you. We are here now and I again followed you. I will follow you wherever the path may choose for us."
Diana shook her head, "you are making it sound like I am some kind of queen and you're my lackey."
Kal laughed, "definitely not that unless you want me to be," he winked as he jested. For that he received a punch in the arm. "We shall work on your behavior then too."
"Very funny, Kal. I wish all of this didn't have to happen right now. I want all of the madness to end."
"And it will especially with you leading the way, which I might add, you have changed quite a bit since I first met you," he remarked.
Diana smiled shaking her head. Although he had a point, she had felt different in every way possible. She seems to keep forgetting that they are having a child together but who could focus on that when an emanate war is on the fence? Nobody.
"so many changes in such a short amount of time, indeed," Diana believed her words to be true. "I wonder where my mother could be?"
Kal sighed, "we will find her don't worry."
"I hope so."
