I'm back Bitches!
A small island in the Mediterranean sea
Diana held her knees to her chest as she sat calmly on the sand, she always loved it here. This was the first place she found when he left home, it was a nice moment for her. After an hour of flying from her home, she found this place. I tiny island with some trees, nothing else. But it was away from the safety of her home and it was so exhilarating to be away from everything she knew and loved. So, whenever she just wanted some time to herself and get away from the rest of the world she came here.
Crossing her arms over her legs and pulling them in closer to her, she rested her chin on top of them as she quietly watched the tide come in and out. Bending her toe's in and out sand she couldn't help but feel a little relaxed, Diana took her boots off earlier, just placing them in the sand next to her. Looking ahead of her she could see the sun lowering over the horizon, giving the sky a beautiful orange glow.
She's been here for around five hours now, not moving just looking out over the ocean. She couldn't move, when she moved, he had to think about the rest of her problems. Her mother lying to her about her own body and parenthood, her sister lying to her about her love life and the fact she was going to be an aunt, her comrade and brother in arms lying to her about his love life. She was half considering going back to the watch tower and forcing everyone into the lasso, just to make sure they weren't lying to her about anything.
Before she could think about anything else to think or do, something caught her eye. Looking upwards she saw the fluting of a cape, a red one. She sighed, despite how nice it would feel to be with him she just wanted to be left alone. Turning her head back to the ocean, she heard the sound of his feet hitting the ground. There was silence between them for a moment, until Kal took a seat in the sand next to her "beautiful view" he said looking forward to the sun set.
"it is, I forget to enjoy it sometimes" she said to him bringing her head back from her arms, she still didn't turn to face him.
"Diana... should I have not told you about your father?" He asked hesitantly.
She quickly shook her head "no, I needed to know" she said turning to face him, surprised to see that he wasn't wearing any armor, just the skinsuit he wore when they first met.
"Diana, I want you to know that it wasn't my intent to course you any pain" Kal said in an apologetic manner.
"how did you find me?" She asked ignoring his statement.
Kal shrugged "I like to keep a tap on people of interest"
A sly smile appeared on her face "I wasn't aware I was an important person to you Kal" she said teasingly.
Kal didn't smile back as he looked at her with intent "you're the most important"
Diana couldn't help but feel her heart skip a beat "why are you here Kal?" She asked.
Kal sighed as he looked forward "because I find myself in the unfortunate position of asking for your help" he explained.
Diana couldn't help but tilt her head at him, asking for help was not something Kal did often, or ever for as long as she's known him "what's so important you specifically need my help?" She was very curious.
"Diana, there's a reason why my home is so well defended, why it's a fortress" he started trying his best to explain his situation.
"because it's all you have left of your people" Diana said answering for him.
Kal sighed again before shaking his head again "no it's not that. Diana, I've been a soldier my entire life, it's all I've ever known. Because of that I need a mission to complete, objectives to follow, if don't have that I just stop... functioning, I wouldn't know what to do with myself" he continued.
"so, what have you been doing, what have your mission been?" Diana asked intrigued by what he's saying.
"Diana, I have a secret. Something I haven't told anyone, not because it was classified but because I don't trust anyone" he said turning to face her and he could see the look of confusion on her face.
"so, you trust me?" She asked hoping the answer was yes, I mean after all they done together, after what they might become together which she was still considering, surly the answer was yes.
"I'd like to see if I can" he said and Diana could accept that at least "the fortress is that well protected because It's not me it's protecting, it's not protecting the legacy of my people. It's protecting the legacy of my Krypton, not the people, the planet" Diana tilted her head at him "in the ship I came here in. There was a secret compartment that held the DNA for most of Krypton's animal species" her mouth dropped slightly at that news and she started to understand where he was going "there's an underground chasm that I created in order to give the various specie a comfortable home"
Diana's head leaned back as she was trying to contemplate what Kal was saying, a Zoo under his home? How many species? How many of each? Where they big? Small? Grim looking? Beautiful? "does this have something to do with my affinity to animal life?" She asked.
Kal kept his eyes on her with a strong intent "so that ability is true?" She nodded and Kal turned to the horizon ready to explain "there are exactly fifty-four different species of animal life currently under my care and protection. As of the other day it was going well but there was a change"
"what happened?" She asked.
"over the course of the last few months, I've begun the process of getting them use to the idea of living on this world. In case something happened and I wouldn't be able to keep them safe" Kal explained as best he could "but there was a side effect I did not anticipate"
Diana was starting to get worried herself, in a way Kal remainder her of Bruce. A man with a plan for anything. And naturally she did have a soft spot for animal's, if they were in danger she instantly became concerned "Kal, what's going on?" she asked.
"I have complete control over the environment's the different species live in, to get them use to living on earth, I made the biggest change. I turned the solar output from red to yellow" he said with a voice that was mixed in shame and disappointment.
"that's what gave you your powers isn't it?" She asked as everything started to make sense. She knew that Kal didn't have his powers before he came here, it was something Kal didn't know at first. She didn't know what it was but it was easy to make a deduction when he mentioned the sun.
"it is" Kal nodded at her "I didn't do it all at once, I didn't want them to go through the same thing I did" Diana remembered when Kal first woke up, getting all at once. She could tell it was painful "At the start the environments had a one hundred percent red solar energy output. Made them all feel comfortable for a month until I started the change. Every day the solar output changed, one percent of the red energy was replaced with one of yellow" Kal could tell that Diana was looking at him with all of her attention "all the creature's reacted the same way, they were all nautious at first for about an hour then they got better"
"as the percentages changed more and more, there were some difference in the animal's. They started to get stronger, faster, smarter" Diana's eyebrows rose at the news "not as smart as the standard humanoid but enough to make them very capable. And thankfully there were no drastic changes, no flying or solar vision..." he listed.
"solar vision?" Diana couldn't help but interrupt him, Kal looked at her questioningly "I thought it was heat vision?" She asked.
Kal tilted his head to the side "well, technically they're beams of concentrated solar energy, which are hot. So, you are right" he added "anyway, no major differences, that was until the solar output reached one hundred percent. One of my more favored species, a H'raka, had changed"
"how so?" Diana asked turned her whole body to face him. The sand underneath her body twisting with her.
"he entered a chrysalis cycle, he's changing into something and I don't know what" he said with a voice that sounded more and more desperate.
"how bad could it be?" She asked reached out and grabbed his arm.
"before the H'raka changed it was ten feet long. After doing a measurement and not just guessing, the Chrysalis shell was fifty meters long. And when I checked the recordings to make sure I didn't miss anything I saw something interesting. He breathed fire before shooting a powerful blast of white plasma from his mouth" he explained with hearts of sorrow "he badly injured several others and one barely managed to survive"
"ask" Diana said in a breathless voice "ask what you need me to do"
"the Chrysalis is going to wake up any day now, I can accelerate the process and wake it now but I don't want to because I don't know what to expect. But I know I cannot stop it from waking. I could, but I don't want to because that's not fair. I need you there in case it has a...negative reaction to waking up. It's the last of its kind, if it dies then the light of his entire species is gone, vanishing from the universe, forever" he said placing a hand on her shoulder "please, help him"
Diana was taken back by his request, she never seen someone like seem so desperate. People like Bruce, J'onn, her mother, General Phillipus. People that she knew who were so reserved, people who never let their emotions get the better of them, only in rare circumstances did they break their façade but Kal, she never thought that would happen, at least not for a while "ok, but I need you to do something for me first" she said wanting to help but also not wanting to waste the opportunity of being owed a favor from him.
"name it" Kal said with the slightest bit of hesitation.
Diana didn't say anything, she just smiled while turning back to the horizon. The ocean glowing orange as sun stood on the end of it just ready to say goodbye for the night. She let her head fall to the side and land on his shoulder, Kal didn't to face her, he was surprised by the gesture but it wasn't unknown. Just going with the flow, he slowly lifted his arm around her shoulder slightly pulled her in towards him "tell me about Krypton" she said "tell what it was like, not the war. the planet"
Kal took a deep breath thinking about what to say, when war is all you know. How do you describe a planet without fighting "it was very different to earth" he started "when I was old enough to appreciate the planet and not the fighting, it was the first time I was able to forget about the war. Myself and my squad had just won the skirmish of Rao's ridge"
"whose Rao?" Diana asked "I've heard you say his name before but I never thought about who he is"
"Rao, is the Kryptonian sun god. He's are deity, or at least he was. Now we just say his name due to habit instead of belief. Anway, when the battle was done. we were able to see everything that was happening around us. We looked over the ridge and saw, beauty" he laughed at himself "you should have seen it, that old planet. The red sun would rise in the north and the diamond mountains would shine. From that ridge, the way the light went through the mountains it made the city... glow. Kandor, that one city housed two billion people. It was three times the size of New York, both in width and height. The leaf's on the trees where silver" he added, Diana's head lifted off his shoulder to look at him with a shocked expression. He smiled at her face "not the metal silver, just the color" Diana couldn't help but start laughing at herself, she felt a little embarrassed for thinking that the leaf's on tree's where a type of metal.
The laughed died down and they bothered turned to face the horizon. There was a silence between them and Diana didn't need to look at him to know the pain on his face "I miss that planet" he finished quietly.
Diana turned to face him, he was still facing forward looking at the horizon. But there was one moment when something happened that she didn't think could, his façade broke, a tear. One single tear drifted down his right cheek, his eyes closed briefly before he was able to regain his composure. Now she couldn't help herself, Diana reached up and placed her hand against his cheek and turned his head to face her. Before he could ask what, she was doing, Diana leaned in to kiss him. As their lips touched Kal did nothing for a moment, until he began to return the jester.
As their mouths opened and their tongues danced with each other, Diana found herself on her knees and leaning into him more. Kal didn't fight it, the last time they spoke he made it clear that they didn't have to make love in order to be together, to Kal it seemed that this was Diana's way of showing that she would like to do that, what was it called? Dating, as some people here named it? But right now, Kal just enjoyed the moment.
As Diana pushed into him he allowed himself to fall back onto the sand, his hands wrapped around her back as she brought her leg over him. Now lying on top of him, Diana's hands moved over his body allowing her to feel every inch of him. Kal held her close, his own hands moving over her body. Diana gasped slightly as both of his hands found their way onto her rear, enjoying the feeling she slammed her lips back on his. They didn't even think about anything, at this point they were just following instincts. Not caring that her hair was all over both their faces and a little in their mouths.
Kal's mouth left and found its way to her neck, she let out a breath of pleasure Kal now focused all of his attention on her neck, his hands roaming over her body. Diana would love to go a little further but if they did she knew neither of them would be able to stop going all the way and she also knew that was something she was not ready for. Not only would she be with a man in every way which is something she hasn't done before but she would also in Kryptonian terms be marrying Kal, again not something she was ready for.
Diana placed her hands on his shoulders and pushed him back "Kal" she said looking at him as he lay back on the sand "I... I want to be with you, but I don't know when I'll be ready for that, connection"
"you think I'm ready for that now?" He asked with a raised eye brow "Diana, I may not have had that much contact with humans but I know enough to know how they act around the subject of love making. I'm not like that, I can assure you that this is something I take very seriously and it's not something I want to rush into because I know what that connection is, what it means. I don't want to have it again unless I'm sure" he explained as best he could.
Diana smiled at his words, it was a good thing to know. She partly slid off of him and found her head on his chest "stay here, with me. Until the sun comes up" she said as her eyes looked up and she just looked at the stars.
"Until the sun comes up" Kal repeated as the two found themselves in a comfortable silence and the.
Barry and Donna's apartment
"Ok, what about if it's a boy?" Donna asked as she sat on the couch, she was watching the news with a cup of tea in her right hand as she threaded her left hand through Barry's hair as he rested his head on her lap. He was looking at the ceiling thinking and her question.
After Diana had left a day ago, Donna could admit she a bit of break down. By the time Barry got home she was sitting on the floor in front of the bed, her legs up to her chest with her eyes flowing like a waterfall. Barry didn't say anything, he just took his coat off and sat on the ground next to her. He wrapped his arms around her and she cried into his chest, it took her an hour to be calm enough to tell him what happened. She expected Barry to freak out but he was very calm and collected, though it was clear by the look in his eyes that he was angry and he was definitely going to talk to Diana about it.
After they woke up on the floor after a rough night's sleep, Donna and Barry both had a day off. Donna didn't know what came over her but all she knew was that she wanted to be with him, when he made his way into the shower that morning it took her a minute to stand up and stare at the bathroom before smirking, she slowly took her clothes off before walking towards the shower. After a happy session of love making they spent the day in a much happier mode, just being in each other's arms and now on the couch during dinner time and brought up the subject of baby names.
It went without saying that if it was girl the name would be Norah, in honor of Barry's late mother and Donna was more than happy with that. If it was a boy, well that was tricky "err..." He said in an exaggerated look of deep thought "how about James?" he suggested.
Donna's eye brows lowered and she tilted her head at him "mmmm, bit generic"
"Steve?" He added.
"nah" she shook her head while still threading her hand through his hair.
"Jacob?"
"not bad but you can do better" she smirked.
Barry frowned at her but with an angry smile, he knew she was challenging him but he also knew she was winning the challenge "Don"
"is that even a name?" She asked teasing him.
Barry couldn't help but laugh at that last remark "Luke" he added.
Her lips turned upside in thought "that one's not bad" she smiled.
Before Barry could say anything back a knock on the door drew their attention, Barry frowned "you expecting anyone?" He asked picking his head off her lap.
"no" she simply said before putting the cup of tea down and turning to face the door.
Barry smiled walking across the room to the door, the smile instantly left his face as the door opened to the sight of the queen Hippolyta and General Phillipus "WOAH!" He shouted before slamming the door shut and pressing his back up against it.
His eyes found their way to Donna as she looked at him with an expression of shock, fear and sadness "was that who I think it was?" She asked just for the sake of it.
Barry tilted his head at her with an open mouth but before any words could leave his mouth a loud bang came from the door "OPEN THIS DOOR AT ONCE MAN" the loud voice of Phillipus shouted from behind the door
"how the hell did they find out where we live?" He asked and Donna new it was a good question, this wasn't the Flash's home, this was the home of Barry Allen and Donna prince. And since Hipployta didn't know Barry's name, how did she find this place.
"general calm yourself" the voice of Hipployta said before there was a calm knocking on the door "open the door Flash, I want to speak with my daughter" she spoke.
Barry's eyes shot open and his mouth dropped in shock at what she just said, with missing a beat he turned and opened the door slightly. Enough for them to see his whole body but not enough for them to see Donna "don't say that word here" he hissed nervously looking down both ends of the hallway, it wasn't until he looked back at the two that he saw what they were wearing. Hipployta was wearing a blue sun dress and Phillipus was wearing jeans and red shirt, both had their hair tied up in tails. He couldn't help but admit that they did look different.
"we are here to see the princess, man. Step aside" Phillipus snarled in a calm voice but it was easy to tell that she was starring daggers into his head.
"sssshhhh" Barry said again looking at both ends of the hallway "don't say that. Don't say princess, don't say Flash, don't just call me man randomly"
"then what should I call you?" Hipployta asked placing her hands on her hips.
"how about my name, Barry?" He asked in a calm voice, he was actuary very surprised by how calm he was being around the two.
"please tell me Barry is short for something?" Hipployta asked almost with a voice of pleading eyes.
Barry rolled his eyes at her before sighing "Bartholomew" he answered.
"oh, thank the gods" she said out loud to herself before looking back at him "Bartholomew, I want to see Donna" she asked again.
Barry looked at her for a moment considering whether or not to slam the door in their faces or let them in, he turned to look at Donna on the couch who was looking at him closely. With a sigh she nodded at him.
Barry looked back at the two before stepping to the side and opening the door. Hipployta froze as she saw Donna sitting calmly on the furniture looking at the two, she was relieved to see that Donna looked unharmed. Taking at deep breath she stepped through the thresh hold of the doorway with Phillipus at her side.
Barry closed the door behind them and quickly moved to Donna's side as Hipployta sat on the other end of the couch no more than two feet away from her with Phillipus stand by her "what are you doing here mother?" Donna asked not mincing words.
"Donna" she said glancing up to Barry "I would like this to be a private conversation" she calmly added.
"No" Donna quickly said back shaking her head "Barry stays here"
"her majesty would like this to be a family conversation" Phillipus explained as she could easily tell Barry became uncomfortable with that statement.
"THAT'S WHY HE STAY'S!" Donna shouted at the two, it made Hipployta flinch and Phillipus look at Barry with a frown "what do you want mother?" She asked again.
Hippolyta looked down and sighed before looking back at her "how are you?" She asked.
"I'm fine" Donna quickly answered.
She quietly nodded back at Donna before rubbing her hands together nervously "and... the little one?" She asked glancing to her lower stomach.
Donna leaned back on the couch and placed both her hands on her stomach "It's fine, nothing to worry about"
Hipployta sighed before looking back into her eyes "after your green friend took you away from Themyscira. Kal-El, made me see things in a different perspective" she tried to explain "Donna, I came to apologizes for how I reacted. I truly didn't mean to order Bartholomew's death. I let the shock of what you told me dictate my emotions, Donna I don't want to lose you to this man" she glanced up at Barry for a moment before she looked back down.
Donna rolled her entire head before standing up and pacing around Barry for a moment "see, right there. That's your problem. You keep on thinking that if I'm with Barry either something terrible's going to happen to me or you think you'll lose me forever. You are so stuck in your little island of pain and hatred that you just cannot see the truth"
Hipployta stood up this time and looked at her with an annoyed expression "and what truth is that daughter?" She asked crossing her arms.
"that you!" She took a step forward "Mother" she snarled "are nothing more than just a broken woman" taking another step forward "you are just incapable of changing your one minded views, despite the fact you are WRONG!" She yelled taking another step forward and was about to take another until Barry placed a hand on her shoulder stopping her.
"Donna" she said walking around her and blocked her view of her mother "you need to take a breath" he said calmly.
Her frown now turned to face him "but I don't want to take a breath" she snarled facing him.
"I know" he placed both hands on her shoulders "but all this yelling, all the stress, it's not healthy for him or her" he looked at her stomach.
Donna closed her eyes and sighed before looking to the ground in sadness, she nodded at him before turning around and taking a few steps away. Barry hated seeing Donna like this and his patience was starting to wear thin with the two woman who just came into their home. He turned to face them with a look of anger "you two need to back off" he said, he could tell that Phillipus was about to argue back when Barry pointed his finger at her "Back off, Donna's been through a lot the last few days. If you are not going to be helpful in calming her down and being an actually mother, then you can get out"
Phillipus took a step forward to him with her fists "Don't order or question the queen, man" she hissed.
"normally, I would be really polite about everything but you and her" he said looking at Hippolyta "are really starting to piss me off. Why can't you just for once see a man for something more than a rapist and monster?" He asked.
Before either of them could answer a knock on the door drew everyone's attention "oh god, what now?" Barry asked himself before walking past the amazons and towards the door. Opening the door, he froze for a moment "oh, son of a bitch" he said out loud looking at the confused faces of Joe and Iris. Both carrying a bag of takeout.
"oh, thanks Barry" Iris smiled back to him "son of bitch to you too" she said walking past him and opening to door with Joe following her.
Barry closed his eyes and he heard Iris and Joe both stop in place, no doubt looking at the new guests. He closed the door "Joe, Iris. I'd like to interduce you to queen Hippolyta and general Phillipus" he said.
Joe looked at the queen and general in shock "hi" he simply said before looking at the bags of food in his hands "we came at a bad time, didn't we?" He asked looking at Donna with a sad face "oh, really bad time" he placed his bags on the small dining table before walking over to there "come on Donna, I think you need a papa Joe hug" he said opening his arms.
Donna's sad face left her and a small smile crept onto her face before she walked over to him and wrapped her arms around him in a warm embrace. Iris was standing next to Barry with a shock look. She tapped him on the shoulder before turning to look at him "Wonder Womans mother?" She asked.
Barry rolled his eyes at her knowing full well that her reporter instincts where kicking in "don't even think about, this is not a fun family visit" he informed.
Iris frowned at him, Barry leaned in and whispered what was happening in her ear. Her eyes widened "WHAT!?" She shouted getting everyone's attention. She turned to face Hippolyta "you think, my brother is a terrible person. Your compering him" she pointed at Barry "to a rapist and murder. Queen or not I should beat your ass into the ground" she spat walking towards her with fists clenched.
"Woah, woah" Barry said using his speed to get in front of "no fighting, not today" the look in his eyes made her stop.
"I agree" Joe said letting go of Donna much to the relief of Hippolyta and Phillipus "I don't know what was going on before we got here but it clearly wasn't her any good" he said putting his arm around Donna in a fatherly manner, which she snuggled into without even thinking "speaking off" he turned to face her "how'd it go with your sister?" He asked.
"Joe" Barry said speaking up, he shook his head at him making it clear it didn't go well.
"Diana was here?" Hippolyta asked as even Phillipus had raised an eye brow "what happened?"
"she disowned me" Donna announced, Hippolyta gasped and Phillipus's jaws dropped "she said that if I wasn't going to treat her like a sister then she wouldn't be my sister anymore" she explained.
"she didn't mean that" Hippolyta quickly said "she was just angry about what you kept secret"
Donna shook her head "I don't know mother she seemed pretty serious when she said it"
"Diana loves you" Hippolyta quickly said back.
Donna chuckled at that "what? Like you love me?" She asked with a voice full of sarcasm while crossing her arms at her.
Hippolyta took a step back in shock, like she was physically punched in the gut "Donna, you're my daughter. I love you with all my heart"
"let me ask you something mother" she snarled yet again "what was your plan? When you came here, what where you going to try and convince me to do?" She took a step forward her eyes looked on hers "tell me. Where you going to get me to come home to that prison? where you going to try and kill Barry, again? where you going to try and convince me that killing our unborn child is the best thing to do?" She listed.
Even Phillipus took the step back at that last remark "your unborn what?" Iris asked getting everyone's attention before they could say anything else.
Barry sighed before looking at her "we were going to surprise you, but" he looked over to the two amazons "cats out of the bag now, Donna's pregnant" he said somehow getting a smile on his face.
"OH MY GOD!" She screamed with a smile on her face "OH MY GOD! OH MY GOD!" She ran towards him and wrapped embraced him with a bright smile, still laughing "you're pregnant" she looked over to Donna, who despite everything was smiling at her too. She nodded before Iris ran towards her "I'm gonna be an aunt?" She asked still shouting and laughing.
"in case you're wondering" Joe whispered to Hippolyta "that's how happy, close families react to that type of news" he informed with a small smug smile looking at her daughter and soon to be daughter in law "look, I'm not gonna stand here and claim to know the pain you two went through" he spoke louder than usual to get everyone's attention "I don't know what it's like to be raped, but I do know what the after effects are" he took a seat near the dining room table, turning it around he faced everyone "I've met woman, who were still crying in fear because of what happened to them. Begging me, on their knees begging me to do whatever I have to in order to the bring the person that did that to justice" despite the situation, everyone was looking at him with all their attention "and it's not just men, it's rare but I've been in a situation where it was the man who was raped"
Phillipus scoffed and Hippolyta rolled her eyes "how can a man be raped? If they didn't want it, they wouldn't be able to perform the act"
Joe nodded at her "yeah, that's why in those cases woman either use blackmail. or just go to Viagra" he looked at the two older amazons "in case you don't know what that is, it's a drug that forces a man to have an erection, which the woman then took advantage of. I remember this one time, round seventeen years ago. I got a call that some guy had been raped, he was cleared and the woman was found. Went to jail. One week later, his wife died. The cancer got the better of her, and he killed himself a day later. Couldn't live with the fact he betrayed his dying wife"
Joe stood up and took a step towards them as he could easily tell that the pair where looking at him with a look of shock and fear "I know what rape is. I know that it can destroy a life. I've seen it destroy a life. But I've also seen people survive it, it was a one in a million chance. A year after I interviewed a woman who was raped, a ran into her again. Complete coincidence, I just bumped into her at the store. She remembered me, remembered I was the man who brought that monster to justice. She so happy to tell me that she was engaged and six months pregnant" he said with a smile.
"no doubt her happiness was fake?" Phillipus asked "how could she move on from that in only a year?" She seemed like she really wanted to know, almost like she was desperate.
"I asked her, she told me. That it took the best man she has ever known, her future husband. To convince her that not all men are evil" he explained "I think, that no matter how long you stay on the island. You will never heal, never move on. Unless you actually try to. It's like getting over a phobia, you won't until you face it" he finished before clapping his hands together and turning to the bags "so, we gonna have a nice family dinner before this gets cold?" He asked before turning around and grabbing some plates.
The Fortress of Solitude
Diana's heart was racing as she walked down the halls of Kal's home, it wasn't that she hasn't been here before. She's been here more than anyone else, though the robots flying over her head still put her on edge, no the Vanguards. That's what they're called, she said to herself "Kal" she spoke up earning a head glance from him as they walked "these Vanguards. How many functions can they preform?" She asked.
Kal took a moment to think about her question "well, every Vanguard is being monitored and controlled by Kelex. He also monitors the fortress systems as, if he goes down everything gets set to the most basic of functions. Which for the vanguards is just maintenance but under his control they can also be very powerful combat drones, provide medical assistance to injured, bomb defusal anything that is needed really" he explained.
Diana was interested at what he said "and how many do you have?" She asked.
"right now, the fortress houses around a hundred but I wanted to I can get them in mass production making a thousand within a week" Kal informed her and it was clear the idea unnerved her, without thinking about it he reached out and took her hand in his before stopping. Turning to face her he looked down and her other hand with his spare "Diana. I would like to go on a date with you" he announced.
She was taken back by his words, literally her head went back in shock "what?" She asked.
"Kelex has recently informed me on what earth customs are when it comes to a romantic relationship" he explained "and since it is clear that you and I are... intermit" he said smiling at the face as it went a little red at his words "I think it's best we follow the customs of this world"
Diana didn't know what to say to that, she would love to go on a date with Kal. It was something she did with Steve that she enjoyed "I don't know Kal" she said quietly, shaking her head "I haven't told anyone about us and I... I'm afraid of how they'd react if they found out" she admitted, it's not something she would usually do but with Kal Diana just felt that she could be honest and not have to worry about what he'd think because he wouldn't judge.
Kal nodded at her "is it that you would be publicly involved with me? Or involved with someone in general?" He asked working out his plan.
Diana looked down and licked her lips "involved with you" she answered "I know you are not a bad man, I think you're one of the noblest and bravest men I have ever met but the people, most are scared of you. You unnerve them when you deal with criminals" she said trying her best to explain.
Kal took a moment to think about what she said, it made sense that the people of this planet would see him as a threat and a danger, he knew that he has done things differently than most people of this world "well then, maybe it's time I show this world that I am not the enemy" he spoke.
Diana's eye brows rose at that statement "and how would you do that besides following your plan of getting the world to work together?" She asked getting interested in what he was saying.
"Diana, I would like to join the Justice League"
And done, so sorry for the long wait but I wanted to get this out there because I am going on holiday this Sunday for a week so I won't be uploading until I get back so that's why I'm doing all my stuff now while I have a chance.
As always, I please encourage all of you to leave a review and tell what you think or send me a private message and I promise I will read it and take it to heart.
Also, I would like to make an announcement. If any of you are familiar with Discord I would like to say that I have created a server that everyone is free to join. The link is /G5GEVXf and if anyone can't get that just send me a PM and I'll invite you. If anyone doesn't know what Discord it is a social media software that can be used to talk to other people, I recommend you get it if you want to talk more regularly.
Until then I will see you all in the next chapter.