Answers' to reviewer's statements or questions
Sithlord king: Oh trust me, Wonder Woman is going to let Superman and the rest of the League know that when it comes to Peter he's off limits. And yet some people are just going to ignore her…god help them when she finds out
redvsblue-1: Yes, next chapter they'll be brought up
treyalexander63917: Maybe, maybe not… can't say anything without risking possible spoilers
texaswookie: I have one more Marvel hero that I intend to have appear but that'll be in year three and as for what side they'll be on…they could truly care less what's going on in the world only that they can get their job done without any issues
Disclaimer: I don't own any Marvel or DC characters seen, mentioned or used in this story
Year two…
"Thank you for coming Hippolyta" Superman nodded towards the mother of Diana and the Queen of the Amazons
She had a similar appearance to Diana only her hair was blonde and she wasn't as…gifted in the chest area as her dark hair daughter is and where's Diana's eyes were blue her's were a soft grey color. She was clad in a tan toga that with a pair of golden bracelets on her wrists and a golden arm band with ancient Greek and Roman engravings on it. Atop her head was a golden crown with a ruby in the center and smaller gems on each side surrounded by stylized swirls in the metal
Behind her were two armored amazon guards standing at attention keeping a watchful eye on him and everything else that could pose a threat to their queen and princess
Hippolyta took her daughter's hand with one of hers and cupped Diana's face with the other "She is my daughter, there is nowhere else I would be"
Clark sighed sadly at the current state of his friend "She was protecting me when this happened"
Hippolyta gave Clark a sad sympathetic smile "This was not your fault Clark. Trust me when I say, as someone who as often wished it was otherwise, my daughter always chooses her own path"
Clark nodded at the truth in her words but still couldn't shake the guilt he was feeling "Earth's finest doctors have examined her. None can say if she'll wake up"
"She will wake" Hippolyta gave Clark a reassuring smile "We will take her to Themyscira. I'm sure your doctors are very competent but we have actual gods we can turn to"
Clark chuckled at that "Yeah…I guess you do. Still I hope she gets better soon…god knows how Spider-man must be taken this, if he's even aware of her state"
"Spider-man?" Hippolyta sked with confusion
"Oh, you know Peter" Clark supplied helpfully thinking that Diana may have not mentioned that her husband was a hero, which he found a little odd but hey maybe the subject never came up
"Peter?" the queen looked even more confused and Clark could even make out the same expression on the guards she brought with her
"Peter…her husband for several years?" Clark said carefully not really understanding why the queen seemed so confused that her daughter is and has been married for over three years' now
Hippolyta's eyes shot opened to the point that Clark half expected her brows to fly into the ceiling, her guards looked equally shocked.
"Diana…she's married…been married?" Hippolyta looked at her daughter in shock at not being aware of this
"She didn't mention that to you?" Clark said surprised "Didn't Cassie ever mention him?"
"Whose Cassie?" Hippolyta asked
"Cassandra Sandsmark, Wonder girl?" Clark said as he scratched his head "Uh…her protégé?"
"Since when does she have a student?!" Hippolyta asked in shock
"Almost two years now…" Clark said with a wince as he realized that Diana has been keeping quite a bit from her mother
Hippolyta was about to press Clark for more information that he felt like he shouldn't be talking about when suddenly the alarm went off
Proximity Alert. Proximity Alert
Clark immediately rushed into the hall and saw Robin running towards him
"What is it?!" Clark yelled
"Um…we have a visitor" Robin said as he pointed out towards the window to reveal...
"Sinestro" Clark growled at the leader and founder of the Yellow Lanterns that have since to become known as the Sinestro Corps
The Korugarian floated there in space with his arms crossed and a arrogant smirk on his face. It was then that Hippolyta had rounded the corner with her two alert guards
"What's happening?" the queen of the Amazons demanded
"Go!" Clark yelled towards the mother of Diana "Get Diana to the teleporter!"
He then turned and zoomed out into space towards Sinestro who created a spiked shield and yelled "Wait! I'm not here to-"
Clark ignored the command and rammed into the leader of the Yellow Lanterns and flew him right into the moon with the force of a nuclear detonation, the impact was silent as debris was shot hundreds of meters into the air and some of it further and began to float aimlessly in the low gravity environment
Clark grabbed the man by the head and prepared to deliver a powerful punch into his bleeding face when he yelled again "Stop! I'm not here to fight you!"
Clark paused and stared at the nemesis of Green Lantern with a hard look on his face
"I'm here to warn you…they're coming…they would see this world returned to the chaos that was consuming it" Sinestro said as blood was leaking out of his nose
"They're coming for you, Superman!"
…
Peter was currently sitting in a room that had dozens of floating platforms in it along with hundreds of small little orbs of energy of varying colors, some of which that Peter can't identify as he thought over what Bruce just told him several hours ago…
He wanted Spider-man to lead the Insurgency until he recovers!
"Thought I might find you in here" Zatanna's voice suddenly echoed through the room
Peter looked towards the approaching form of Zatanna with a sheepish smile "I uh…needed some time to think is all and what better place than the room of…what's it called again?"
Zatanna smirked as she sat down next to Peter and removed her heels and rested against his shoulder "A long complicated name that you'll forget within the hour"
"Right" Peter said with a nod as he started aimlessly at the passing constellations of energy orbs with a thoughtful expression
"So…Bruce just named you his second in command and has given you total control until he's back in action…what ya going to do now?" Zatanna asked as she looked towards Peter
Peter snorted "Use my new found power and give it back to Bruce or better yet Oracle, she's a helluva lot more qualified than me"
"Peter, you'll be fine. Bruce didn't just give this position to you because he thought 'Eh what the hell, let's see how he can do'. He gave it to you because he knows you'll do him proud" Zatanna said
Peter hummed at that before lying on his back followed soon by Zatanna who rested her head on his chest much to his worry
"Uhh Zee…" Peter said carefully
"Hmm?" the mistress of magic looked at him with a playful look in her eye
"You do know that I'm married, right?" Peter said with a raised brow
"I know…" Zatanna said sadly as she went back to resting her head on Peter's chest and looking up into the ceiling that seemed to be miles high with small distant star like lights near the top "…Sometimes I wish it was me though…"
Peter had nothing to really say about that except for "I'm sorry Zee…"
Zatanna chuckled sadly "I know, but I also know that you don't regret falling in love with Diana and marrying her…"
The two laid there in a semi awkward silence before Zatanna finally spoke "Peter…"
"Yeah?"
"...Grail?"
"UGH! It was a moment of weakness" Peter said with an annoyed expression 'Several dozen moments of weakness…that I can confidently remember at least…'
"I mean she just really doesn't seem the type even when you were under Venom's influence" Zatanna said with a look of disbelief on her face
"Yeah well she didn't strike me as the type to hook up with a guy that once sucker punched her grand uncle into a star but hey it happened" Peter said with a shrug
"How'd Diana take it when she found out that you use to screw someone that's on several occasions nearly killed her and the Justice League?" Zatanna asked with a sigh before she felt Peter stiffen "Of god you didn't tell her, did you?"
"…I told Ben and Kaine, does that count?" Peter said with a cough
"No…"
It was then that Peter heard his phone ring and he quickly reached for it and saw who was calling. Zatanna watched Peter's face turn serious before he looked towards her
"Can you give me a few minutes? This is kind of important"
"Don't trust me?" Zatanna said with the faintest traces of hurt in her tone
"No, but I don't want to mention this until I'm certain it'll happen. Don't want to get any body's hopes up" Peter said as he sat up along with Zatanna
"Who is it?" Zatanna asked as she stood and placed her heels back on and straightened her top hat
"An 'old' friend of mine…" Peter said enigmatically
Zatanna sighed "Well you got the whole keeping cards close to the chest part down for being a leader, just remember that I'm here if you want to talk alright?"
"I know Zee…and thanks, not for just helping me and Bruce…but for everything" Peter gave her a grateful smile
"It's the least I can do Peter" Zatanna said with smile as she turned and made her way out of the room
It wasn't until she was a good distance from the room that Doctor Fate suddenly appeared before her and stared at her, his expression unreadable behind the helmet of his. Zatanna narrowed her eyes at the powerful sorcerer
"What?"
"Careful Miss Zatara…" the wearer of the helmet of Nabu said cryptically as he waked past her
Zatanna watched him go with a frown on her beautiful face wondering what the hell was his problem before returning to her room.
And done.
Yeah… Zatanna seems to be getting a little comfortable with Peter and now Sinestro appears with a warning and we find out that Diana seems to have been keeping a lot of secrets from her mother who will want some answers when Diana recovers…
Next chapter the Insurgency gains another ally and Peter discovers something rather unfortunate and makes a decision that'll have serious ramifications for years to come…