one month later.

Avery P.O.V

The past month had thankfully been rather quiet thus allowing alot of time for me and Diana to date and well actually act like a couple. That has also given Jayden many more chances to embarrass us. It mostly consisted of him making innuendos about what me and Diana did behind closed doors. Nothing of what he had said had happened in fact things were mostly the same we would just talk and trade stories while I worked it just involved more kissing and cuddling. Not that I was complaining. I was currently working on fixing my sword when the door opened behind me and Diana entered and unceremoniously flopped onto my bed.

"What no hello kiss." I said cheerfully. She simply rolled over and looked at me.

"Sorry." She said. I walked over and sat next to her.

"What's wrong whenever I make comments like that your normally have a sassy comeback. " I said to her.

"I'm homesick." She said.

"I know the feeling. But unlike me you can go home so what is stopping you. It has to be something because once you want to do something you won't stop." I said.

"I'm worried about how my mother and sisters will react to me just returning."

"I thought you were an only child." I said.

"It's what we amazons call each other don't you guardians do something like that." She asked.

"Not really unless we know each other names we either refer to each other by our classes or titles we have earned. But that is besides the point."

"Maybe I could tell her I was just in my room for the past eight months." She said smiling at me.

"Oh and by the way mother I also meet a wonderful man in my closet and were dating now." I said imitating her. "Yeah that's not your best Diana."

"Ha Ha. I love you but please shut up." She said while laughing. I leaned down and quickly kissed her.

"There is the simle I know and love. But in all seriousness your options are pretty limited I think you just need to go and explaine to her why you left." I said.

"Your right. I should probably get going now but before I go. Kiss for good luck." She said standing up. I wrapped my arms around her neck and kissed her passionately. We broke apart after a few seconds still holding her I said

"Stay safe and good luck." She walked over to the door and she definitely put a bit of extra sway to her hips. Once she was out of the door and on her way I learned back on the table.

"By the Traveler I love that woman." I said smiling.

"I haven't seen you this happy sense you Wei Ning started dating." Jayden said as he entered my room. "It's refreshing to have the actually happy and non depressed Avery back." He said with a simle.

"Thanks Jay." I said.

"So have you two... Well you know." He said with a mischievous smile.

"And there is the Jayden I know and tolerate. Just keep in mind that if you ever get a girlfriend I will have my revenge." I said to him.

"Understood. But seriously I'm glad that your happy and Diana is a great woman. I'm seriously what are the odds that you'd be sent back in time and just happen to meet the one immortal woman on the planet and she is your exact type. And she seemes just as crazy for you as you are for her." He said with.

"Your getting dangerously close to the fourth wall again Jayden last time you did that the taken invaded." I said remembering the time he accidentally broke the dimensional barrier between the physical plane and the ascendant realm by talking. Toland was still upset about that one. "Anyway are you just here make jokes about my love life or do you have something you wanted to tell me?" I asked him.

"Bit of both. But more importantly Krieg picked up a ghost's signal." He said.

"Do you know whose?" I asked in shock.

"I can't something is actively trying to block it and the signal has been rather sporadic but I have been able to narrow down the location to an area in the Aegean Sea." He said

"That is still a big area for us to cover." I said.

"That's why I brought it to you I was hoping you could work something out that could locate it for us." He said.

"Kreig can you show me the data." I asked Jay's ghost. A holographic map of the Aegean sea appeared before me. Across the map was at least twenty red dots.

'And the red dots are-?" I asked

"Every were the signal has appeared over the past week. It was only today that i was able to figure out that this was a ghost signal." He said. I started going through the data and after a few minutes of mumbling technical jargon that only I understood I managed to calculate were the signal would most likely appear next.

"This is a map city era right." I asked Jayden.

"No it's a map of now." He said confused.

"Put up a map of city era up Kreig." I said. Originally the one remaining dot was in open water but when the city era map was applied the dot was now on a small chain of islands.

"Isn't that the island chain that the fallen house of stone uses as their main base?" Jayden asked. The house of stone was a small but well equipped fallen house that held domain over the Aegean sea.

"Yes it is." I said.

"Then why isn't it on the old maps?"

"I don't know lets go find out." I said grabbing my gun. "With any luck this could be Leo." I said as we left the room.

'I can't believe I'm saying this but beginning to worry about the big guy." Jayden said.

Diana P.O.V

Above Aegean sea

Maybe it was a bad idea to head home without a plan. I was currently trying to think up of a good way to explain to my mother why I had to go aid man's world. After all these months I had learned that what the amazons believed about men was just false. Sure there were still more than enough sexist pigs in the world but most men weren't. Heck when I was out a bar alone just trying to learn the lay of the land some jerk was getting a little too close for comfort and before I could educate him on how stupid he was a member of a biker gang stepped in and made him stop. Apparently said gang were all former soldiers and they invited me to sit with them so I wouldn't be harassed. They were all very nice and gracious and kind they also had many fun stories to tell. My mind started to drift to Avery. That was going to be fun to explain to my mother and I knew it would need to come up eventually. How wasI going to explain to my mother and sisters that not all men were monsters whose only use was for reproduction and that I was currently in love with and dating a man, I could already picture there faces now. My thoughts were interrupted as Themyscira appeared on the horizon. I couldn't help but smile, but that smile quickly disappeared as I got closer and noticed that something was very wrong. Smoke was billowing up from the city. Initially I was goin to land on one of the smaller islands surrounded Themiscira and fly inorder not to startle my sisters. That plan was quickly abandoned upon seeing the smoke and I landed in a large courtyard. I rushed of the ship and surserved the destruction around me. I had no words to describe it multiple of my sisters were dead albut ripped to shreds parts of their bodies seemingly devoured while others had been turned to stone some have even been smashed. I had never seen such brutality in my life. My stomach started to churn and before I could stop myself I collapsed on my hands and knees and vomited, tears streamed down my cheeks and my eyes stung. I looked up and saw the stone head of one my sisters I started to cry harder. I picked up her head just looked at it. A look of fear was on her face.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry I wasn't here?" I managed to get out in between sobs. I finally noticed something, bite marks across part of her face something had tried to eat her after she had been turned to stone, something had tried to eat her, SOMETHING HAD TRIED TO EAT HER. I dropped the head as that same thought just keep being repeated in my head get louder and louder until I was mumbling it out loud. Suddenly I saw red and sorrow and sickening were replaced by a righteous fury. I was going to kill however did this painfully. I finally understood what Jayden ment.

Flash back.

"Jayden why do you kill." I asked the hunter as he was sharpening one of his knives.

"Strange question to ask me I would have figured you would have asked Avery that." He said.

"I already did I just wanted to see whst another Guardian thought." I said.

"Well if you were expecting some grand story about how I saved a town or stopped a monster your going to be disappointed. Because if you ask a hundred different Guardians you will get a hundred and one different answer. But it all comes back to one thing and everyone would be better off just cutting off the fluff and just saying."

"What?"

"Some S.O.Bs just need to be killed." Jayden said. "And Princess if that seems cruel its because it is but we live in scruel world and the sooner you accept that the better."

Back to present

Nothing was going to stop me from killing whoever did this. Nothing. I picked up a sword and made my way deeper into thes city the farther in I got the more bodies and statues I found the angrier I got. I did not that the bite marks stopped appearing on the statues whoever did this clearly realized like that my sisters weren't edible that did nothing to crub my rage. Finally I arrived at the center of the city. All of our most valued artifacts were stored here. I charged in hoping to find the monster that did this but what I saw made me freeze and drop my sword. My mother turned to stone as if she was screwed in pain a bloodied hand was on the ground at her feet still holding my mothers sword. She had clearly been turned to stone after someone had cut her hand off in combat. I dropped to my knees in front of her I was about to touch her cheek when I noticed a reflection in the blood someone sneaking up behind me with their hand glowing. They were approaching me slowly I let them get closer until the were right behind me. In one swift motion I threw my elbow back hitting whoever it was hard sending them flying into a pillar.

"And that is only the beginning of it you monster!" I yelled as I charged my assailant finally getting a good look at the creature that had caused my family so much pain. It was a skinny old man wearing elaborate purple robes. I held him up by his shirt collar and pulled me fist back ready punch the life out of him. Clearly knowing what I was about to do he spoke quickly yet calmly.

"I wouldn't do that if I was you." He said.

"And why is that?" I said through gritted teeth.

"Because I'm not alone." He said. My eyes widened as i realized what he just said. Suddenly a massive force impacted me and sent me flying into a pillar causing it to crash on me. I pushed the pillar of growing in pain. But it didn't end there. Whoever it was grabbed me by my head held me up and punched me in the stomach. The force ofvthe blow caused me to spit up blood. The creature slammed into the ground repeatedly and finally dropped me and slammed its foot down on my stomach. It had broken several ribs and probably alot of internal bleeding. I finally saw my tormentor I wish I hadn't those glowing green eyes would haunt me for years to come. It was worse than my worst nightmare made manifeste. The creature was easily ten feet tall covered in organic looking armor. It held a large axe made of the same material as its armor. It raised its axe above its head ready to bring it down and end me when the old man spoke up.

"Wait! We can use her." The creature lowered its axe and took its foot off of my stomach allow me to breathe.

"I'll nene-ver helllp you." I said through it sounded closer to guargling because my mouth was full with blood and everything hurt. The old man held out his hand and it started glow I could feel as my ribs were pushed back into place and mended I could feel everything broke be fixed and it hurt. I screamed in pain for a full five seconds until he stopped "healing" me.

"Now can we please talk like adults." He said I spit all the blood I had in my mouth onto his face.

"You basta- " I couldn't finish my sentence before the monster grabbed my head slammed it into the ground.

"Language my dear. It is very unbecoming of a lady like yourself to use such words. Now were was I. Oh yes my name is Felix Faust and my friend holding holding you down is Mogar. As I was saying I have a proposal for you." He said in a pompous manner.

"Never." I said.

"Now you didn't even here my deal. Now if you can collect two very important things for us and if you do I reverse my spell and fix your sisters and my friend here won't touch anyone. And before you ask yes they will be alive. And to show you how generous I am i will give you some help. Now pick one of your sisters and let us be off." He said. Mogar released his grip on my head an I quickly scrabbled over to my mother. Wordless he raised a medallion with medusa's head on it and pointed it at my mother. I closed my eyes as a precaution but in a second I felt stone turn to flesh but quickly the pain of losing her hand impacted my mother and she roared in pain.

"Oh shut up." He said as he raised his hand and my mothers wound stop bleeding and "heal". My mother passed out from the pain. "Now this what we need from you." He said. The second he said those words I couldn't help but feel I had signed my death certificate.