Conference room.
Diana P.O.V
I sat down in a chair surrounding a circular table. The room we were in was a private meeting room for members of the leauge to discuss important matters. I have absolutely no idea why we needed it there was no one else on the station. The room itself was bland its only notable feature being a window overlooking earth. The current league members in the room were J'onn, Hawkgirl, Green Lantern, and Batman who dispite not being a official League always attended these meetings. The meeting haf been called in order to discuss Avery's methods. For the same reason I was in a foul mood.
"I still think that this meeting is absolutely unnecessary." I said.
"We need to discuss Avery's methods before he kills an innocent." Batman said.
"Seriously in the past seven months name one person Avery accidentally shot." I saix back at him.
"I have to agree with Diana. Avery has far more actual combat experience than all of us put together. In short he knows what he is doing." J'onn said. I smiled at him.
"What about Supergirl he nearly killed her." Green Lantern said.
"She started that fight and the fact that he didn't despite having aample time too kill her actually goes in his favor." Hawkgirl said.
"How does nearly beeting Supergirl to deat go in "his favor"." Green Lantern said saying the last part mockingly.
"It shows his restrain. He knew when to stop and If you have forgotten he saved the girl in Japan from some crazy murder cult." Hawkgirl said now beginning to get angrier.
"Yeah by killing them!" Green Lantern yelled.
"And that's a bad thing!?" Hawkgirl yelled back.
"That's enough!" J'onn yelled. "We aren't going to get anything done by yelling at each other." J'onn finished.
"I agree, all we can do right now is wait for them to arrive." Batman said. We didn't have to wait long because after Batman said that the door opened and in came the rest of the Leauge plus Jayden who chochose the lean against the wall by the door.
"What happened to you Flash?" Hawkgirl asked.
"I made the mistake of startling a Hunter." He said holding motioning to the bandages on his head. "Let's just get this over with I have a date tonight and I need to clean this up so she doesn't worry." Flash said. And with that insite into the Flash's personal life our discussion began.
Avery P.O.V
I was escorted into the room and almost immediately Batman and Superman began giving me the third degree. In truth I was more concerned about how I was going to fix Dark-Drinker. I would need to find a substitute for relic Iron. Maybe I could ask J'onn to point me towards some of the ruins on mars. Venus had ruins on it maybe there. No wait none of the Javelins have the proper heat shields to go that close to the sun.
"Avery are you even listening!" Batman said annoyed.
"No. I have more important things to do. So if we could please get this over with." I said.
"You can't just keep going around killing people." Superman said.
"Ok first off I'm not just as you so eloquently put it "going around killing people" I'm not a murderer. I'm doing my job protecting humanity. And if your heads weren't so far up your on butts that there back on your shoulders you could see that." I said annoyed.
"What makes yoh any better than the people you kill. That's all that separates us from them." Superman said.
"First off so if I kill a murdes cultists who tortures people to death I'm as bad as them and second off, "the only thing that separates us from them", Superman I didn't know you robbed banks and worked for a cartel I guess because you haven't killed anybody you are just a saint." I said sarcastically.
" That's not what I meant." Superman said shocked I could poke through his air tite logic.
"It's the bar you set." I said.
"Stop the run around Avery." Batman said.
"Oh shut up your no better than him. You just have a more sunny disposition." I said mockingly That little comment earned me one of his patented bat-glares. Like I cared. In the past day I had started down an angry hive knight. Though admittedly Batman smelled better than a hive knight despite constantly smelling like guano and depression.
"Avery I called this meeting together to decide weather or not you should be expelled from the Justice leauge." Superman said. Jayden at that point decided to make his presence know in the most unhelpful way possible. By bursting out in laughter.
"Seriously that's what you call yourselves that is so corny." He said in between fits of laughter.
"That's what I said I told you it was corny." Flash said.
"Moving past that interruption. I think it's time we put it to a vote. Is there anything anyone would like to add." Superman said.
"I would." Diana said. "If he goes I go." She said angrily.
"What that's ridiculous." Green Lantern said.
"Is it really He's my best friend and this is pretty much a show trial. I would have thought you would all be better than this." She said.
" Thank you." I said. "And do have one thing to add myself. If you kick me out how long until you consider me a criminal. Because clearly that's the next step. So I want you all to think about that do you want me a Guardian someone who has slain god's in their on realms, destroyed entire armies and has been fighting a near endless war for eight hundred years your enemy. Because as much as I hate to say it that's the next step." I said
"And it goes without saying I'd side with him. and I once snuck into a Vex pyramid without being noticed until I killed the mind inside, and judging from your reaction to her statement she's a heavy hitter." Jayden said.
"What's a Vex pyramid?" Flash asked.
"Time traveling robots." Jayden said.
"Ok. So he basically snuck up on a bunch of terminators and killed skynet without them knowing. I don't want to fight that." Flash said.
"That's enough posturing. Let's put it to a vote. It goes without saying Avery but you don't have a vote in this." Superman said.
"I figured as much." I said.
"All in favor of expelling Avery from the justice league raise your hand." Superman said. Green Lanterns hand went up as well as Superman's. "All against." Superman said annoyed seeing how this was going. Diana's hand shot up immediately followed by Hawkgirl then by J'onn, Flash, and most surprisingly Batman. "I see. Avery you are not expelled from the League. Meeting adjourned." Superman said as he got up and left the room.
"I'm shocked Batman I thought you hated me." I said.
" I do. I just would rather not be on the receiving end of Nechrocasm or Thorn." Batman said as he left the room. The others soon left after that. The only ones left in the room were me, Jayden, and Diana. I looked over a Diana and smiled.
"I thought I wawas gonna need to shoot someone their for a second." Jayden said. "Well you two are probably going to want to talk in private I will make myself scares and I promise I will stay out of trouble." Jayden said. He quickly turned invisible and vacated the room.
"He can turn invisible?!" Diana said in shock.
"We can talk in my quarters it's the only place that Batman doesn't have bugged." I said to her. Jayden quickly popped his head into the room.
"Oh and do anything I wouldn't do." He said cheerfully.
"Is he always like this?" She asked.
"You have no Idea."
Five minutes later.
Avery P.O.V
It was a quick walk back to my room. As we entered I closed the door behind us. With the door closed we had some form of privacy. Diana walked over to her normal place and sat down on my bed. I materialized my armour off and my civilian clothes on for comfort. Everyone at this point knew that if my door was closed I didn't want to be disturbed or I just didn't want to talk. Diana was really the only one that could enter my room if thd door was closed and not be berated for it.
"Thanks. I mean it. I may not like the Leauge but I know you do and it really eans alot to me tgat you would be willing to stand by me." I said as i sat next
"I meant what I said back there. If they had kicked you out I would have packed up and left with you. Your my closest friend. You've helped me learn about the world you've saved my life multiple times, and all in all your the best man I've ever meet and I truly believe I will meet." she said.
"Your just saying that." I said as my face heated up in embarrassment.
"I mean every word of it." She said.
"Thank you and well you diserve to know. I care about you Diana I really do. For a long time I have just sort of been some what depressed. I lost someone close to me and honestly meeting you and pulled me out of that so I can never thank you enough." I said. Diana's face was as red as her outfit. "I had no idea I don't know what to say." She said.
"You really don't need to say anything. Just promise me that you won't change." I said
"I promise." Diana said.
"Well that was a good talk do you want anything to drink I have s bunch of drinks from the last city in my personal storage if you want." I said getting up honestly just embarrassed I wasn't used tk being this vulnerable.
"Actually I was hoping we could just keep talking. It was nice." She said.
"Um. Ok. What do you want to talk about?" I asked.
"Um well you see I. Oh screw it Just kiss me already." She said In one quick move she grabbed my shirt and pulled me close to her her lips colliding with mine. I was completely stunned I didn't know what to do and I froze. This lasted for a few seconds before Diana opened her eyes now worried she had made the wrong decision. Upon seeing that look in her eyes I decided. I quickly deepened the kiss pressing my lips back against her. She was now but quickly melted back into the kiss. After that we both stood there kissing for I don't know how long. As we broke apart beginning in air to our lungs Diana spoke up.
"You have absolutely no idea how long I have been waiting to do that."
"Was it worth the wait." I asked.
"Completely lets not wait any longer for a second one though." she said. With that we wen back to kissing. For once in a long time I was truley happy.