Chapter 11: The End of A Threat

"What's got you so upset?" Flash asked.

"Nothing," Diana responded angrily.

"Really? Cause the shattered TV screen says otherwise," Flash said. "So what's up?" Diana sighed as she slumped down into a nearby chair. Flash pulled up a chair and sat down next to her.

"I don't understand why I'm mad over this," Diana admitted. "It's kind of pathetic."

"It's not pathetic if it matters to you," Flash responded. "Come on, I'll get you an iced mocha."

"What, you're resulting to bribery now?" Dian teasingly replied.

"Hey, I'll get you one anyway cause that's just the kind of guy I am," Flash teasingly responded. Diana chuckled at that. "In all seriousness though, I just want to help. So…what's up? And what made you smash the TV?"

"I…saw something that…annoyed me," Diana said. "I saw Bruce with another one of his dates."

"Wait…" Flash started and then his eye widened with realization. "Di, do you LIKE Bats?"

"He's my friend," Diana responded. "Of course I…"

"No, I mean do you like him as MORE than friends?" Flash suggested.

"As in…," Diana began before she realized what he was implying. "There's no way…"

"Well you have all the signs," Flash said. "Jealously, blushing, and I know how close you two are. And it is said that "Men and women can't be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.*"

"Wait, that's a movie quote isn't it?" Diana guessed.

"Yes and I thought it fit perfectly," Flash told her. "Anyways that's also how I was around Iris for a time until I FINALLY got the guts to ask her out. I'm pretty sure I growled at any guy who flirted with her." Diana smirked.

"So…what got you to ask her out?" Diana asked.

"Well…between you and me, it's kind of embarrassing," Flash admitted. The monitor room door opened and revealed a half-tired Batman. "Well, my shift is over. See you later, Di!" Flash was out of the door before anyone could get another word out. Batman sat down and pulled up to better reach the computer.

"Do you know who said, "men and women can't be friends because sex always gets in the way."?" Diana asked him. Batman looked up at her with a puzzled expression.

"It's from a movie called When Harry Meets Sally," Batman answered. "Who told you that quote?"

"Barry," Diana answered.

"Figures," Batman muttered.

"What's it about?" Diana asked.

"It's about a guy named Harry who meets and befriends a girl named Sally and eventually they fall in love," Batman simply stated.

"So you've seen it?" Diana guessed. "It doesn't seem like your kind of movie."

"It's not," Batman responded. "But even I know better than to argue with Alfred."

"So you can take on Darkseid and Superman and yet you're scared of Alfred?" Diana questioned.

"You'd be surprised how scary he can be," Batman told her. "Also he's basically my parent so there's a bit of parental fear mixed in."

"Don't worry, your secret's safe with me," Diana said with a smile.

Wonder Woman analyzed their current predicament.

'So we're currently near the power core and the room is filled with robot Brainiacs,' Wonder Woman thought. 'That and also we can't contact any of the other Leaguers. Come on Diana. Think!' Then the robots started firing at the pair. Both quickly maneuvered out of the way and raised their shields to defend against the blasts. The robots started to circle around the pair and Wonder Woman realized this was not going to work. She quickly grabbed Blue Beetle, flew up, smashed a hole in the ceiling, and hid a somewhat secluded part of the current floor. She turned to Blue Beetle.

"You alright?" Wonder Woman asked. He nodded.

"Mostly yeah," Blue Beetle responded. "So now what?" Wonder Woman tapped on her commlink.

"Wonder Woman to Supergirl. Can you hear me?" Wonder Woman asked. No response. "Brainiac must be interfering with our communication. I can't reach her."

"Guess that means no back-up," Blue Beetle said. "So how are we going to break the orb?"

"We don't," Wonder Woman started. "We let Brainiac and his robots do that. All we have to do is make sure that we don't get hit. Sound good?"

"Well it's a good of a plan as any," Blue Beetle responded. "Let's do this." Wonder Woman nodded and they both ran out into the open and were greeted with an army of Brainiac robots. The pair dodged their blasts and headed back down the hole Wonder Woman had made and landed back in the power core room. The robots blasted them as they came down the hole. The heroes dodged and hid behind the power orb. The robots continued firing at them and the pair continued to dodge. Blue Beetle shot back with his own blasters which destroyed some of them. Wonder Woman threw her shield at the robots and destroyed several before coming back. Then Wonder Woman was knocked through a wall into a nearby room by one of Brainiac's tentacles. Brainiac slowly approached Wonder Woman.

"You think you can defy me?" Brainiac questioned. "I've collected and destroyed from hundreds of worlds. What makes you think yours will be any different?"

"Simple." Brainiac turned around only to be greeted by Supergirl's fist and launched through several walls. "We stop you here." Supergirl turned towards Wonder Woman. "Green Lantern will be here soon. We'll take care of Brainiac. You and Blue Beetle destroy the power core." Wonder Woman nodded and flew back into the power core room where Blue Beetle was fighting off the robots. Wonder Woman used her lasso to grab one of the robots and slammed them into the other ones and directed those robots' trajectory so they would crash into the power core. Blue Beetle blasted the last robot in the room before turning and looking at the power core. The orb was cracked in several places and was starting to become unstable.

"It looks like it's going to blow," Blue Beetle pointed out. "One more hit ought to do it." Wonder Woman used her lasso to grab a large piece of rubble and threw it into the core causing it to break. Just then the alarm started blaring.

"Warning, loss of power, system failer," the computer said.

"I believe that's our cue to leave," Blue Beetle stated.

I'm alive. Sorry it took so long. Hopefully the next update won't take so long.

*Quote from When Harry Meets Sally, I thought it fit.