TITLE: Mistletoe Kiss

AUTHOR: LOTSlover

CHARACTERS: Batman / Wonder Woman

RATING: T

WARNINGS: Author Chooses Not to Use Warnings

DISCLAIMER: I love Justice League, but especially Batman and Wonder Woman. Unfortunately, I do not own the characters and, if I did, things would be much different for them.

SUMMARY: How will Batman handle being cornered by a very determined Amazon princess possessing mistletoe?

Mistletoe Kiss

The foreboding Dark Knight of Gotham appeared on the transport pad of the Watchtower, prepared to spend a few hours on board to get some upgrades done on the Javelins as well as the security systems on the 'Tower. He'd decided now was as good a time as any.

Gotham had been fairly quiet lately thanks in part to the approaching holiday season. It was something that he was thankful for and at the same time thoroughly annoyed about. He needed to keep busy during the holidays or risk dwelling on his past and the things missing from his life because of it. It was something he tried to avoid at all cost.

With a reluctant sigh, he stepped off the transporter pad, casting a sidelong glower at the civilian staff that greeted him. He grunted in response to their holiday greeting, quickly exiting the room with his black cape whipping behind him.

He had to admit that he did have an ulterior motive for being here. He knew that Diana was on board. While he was loathe to fully admit it, she was the reason that he even appeared the Watchtower, his visits coinciding with her presence on the floating satellite. He was only a part-time member after all.

He definitely needed a distraction from the haunting memories the holiday always resurrected and what better way than by spending a little time with a certain Amazon princess?

He knew that Diana was interested in pursuing a romantic relationship with him, but he had been doing his very best to avoid that particular conversation. He was determined to deal with some of his issues first before starting a relationship with her. He felt she deserved far more than what he could offer her right now…at least until he had finally conquered some of his demons.

At the same time, it was growing more and more difficult to avoid the growing attraction between them. His heart and body told him to let her in while his head kept telling him to run away and never look back. Despite his hesitancy, he had a feeling the decision had already been made for him. It was only a matter of time now before he finally broke.

He made his way to the commissary to get a hot cup of coffee before heading towards the Javelin Bay. Turning the corner, he abruptly found himself running directly into the scarlet speedster, a threatening growl conveying his anger over being nearly run over.

"Oh, hiya, Bats!" Flash greeted him, patting his chest before he took a couple of life-preserving steps back.

"Flash," he growled. "You know you're not allowed to race through the halls of the Watchtower."

"I know…I know," he replied, holding his hand up to reveal a note. "Wondy wanted me to get this to you right away."

The white lenses of Batman's cowl narrowed into almost imperceptible lines as he glared at the speedster, snatching the note out of Wally's hand. "Why didn't she just contact me?" he demanded to know with an air of suspicion.

Wally shrugged his shoulders, completely clueless. "No idea," he confessed. "She just handed it to me and told me to make sure you got it right away. Gotta run. See ya, Bats!"

"Flash!" he yelled as Wally took off in a blur of red, leaving Batman standing there all alone once more. Curious, he turned his attention to the note in his gauntleted hand. Opening it, he immediately recognized Diana's elegant handwriting.

Batman,

This is my Christmas present for you—a game of cat and mouse.

I am the hunter and you are the prey. If you escape my capture for a full hour, I will no longer pursue you and we will remain nothing more than friends. However, if I catch you within the next hour, I will finally get what I want from you.

Better get moving, Dark Knight. The clock is ticking…

Diana

Stunned, Batman reread the letter, wondering how his naïve and innocent princess had become so very bold. He knew he really shouldn't be surprised, though. She was always forthright and confident, going after what she wanted, and she obviously wanted him.

It seemed as though she was effectively taking matters into her own hands and out of his.

Batman's lips twitched in amusement. If she wanted to play, then he would most definitely play. Tucking the note into his utility belt, he decided that he was definitely going to need that cup of caffeine if he was going to effectively evade the determined Amazon warrior bent on getting her hands on him.

"I see you, Batman," Diana's sultry voice filtered through his ear. "You better run. I'm very anxious to claim my prize."

Bruce felt a shiver race through him that settled right into his groin. There was something very provocative about being hunted like this by a beautiful goddess, especially knowing that she was watching him at that particular moment but not knowing where she actually was.

"You haven't caught me yet, princess," he responded as he took off towards the commissary to get that cup of coffee.

"It's only a matter of time, Dark Knight," she replied.

"You only have fifty-seven minutes left," he taunted her.

"And your great move is to get a cup of coffee?"

Batman's jaw clenched almost imperceptibly, wondering how she knew that was where he was heading. She was beginning to know him almost as well as Alfred. He wasn't certain that was necessarily a good thing, especially if he was going to outsmart her.

"Don't forget I've been blessed by Artemis," she reminded him.

"You're going to need her blessing if you're going to be able to capture me," he countered as he swept through the doors of the commissary to find it nearly empty save for a couple of Leaguers sitting at a table in the far corner.

"And Aphrodite's when I finally find you," she just as smoothly shot back.

Batman nearly stumbled in his step with her reminder, causing her lilting laughter to tickle his ear and heat his blood. "Watch your step, Batman," she warned. "Wouldn't want you to fall and hurt yourself. Of course, I'd love nothing more than to personally nurse you back to health."

"Getting awfully cocky there aren't you?" he asked with a smirk, getting a cup of coffee.

"And you're making me think you want me to catch you," she informed him. "Look behind you."

Batman instantly stiffened, turning to look over his shoulder to find Diana standing in the doorway of the commissary. Her arms were crossed as she leaned against the doorframe, a sexy primal gleam in her bright blue eyes telling him that she meant business this time. Her hand fell to the golden lasso attached to her hip, her fingers lightly stroking it in a very suggestive manner.

It caused him to swallow hard as thoughts of being tied up in her lasso flooded his mind, his heart beginning to race. He wasn't sure which was more enticing—knowing that he had a hot Amazon on his trail or that she just might actually capture him. The possibilities of what she could do with him caused a tremor to vibrate through him.

Setting his coffee cup down, Batman made a very slippery getaway by way of the kitchen, scaring civilian staff and cooks alike as he swiftly stalked past them. Pots and pans were thrown into the air out of fear, utensils dropped, and curses exclaimed as staff dove left and right for cover. It wasn't every day that the terrifying Batman entered the kitchen.

Batman exited out the back of the commissary, entering a narrow hallway. He quickened his pace as he turned down a side hallway, mentally reviewing the schematics of the Watchtower. If he continued to follow this hallway, it should lead him to the…infirmary.

Entering through a side door, Batman swept into the infirmary like a fearsome tornado, finding it devoid of staff. He smiled to himself knowing that Diana wasn't as familiar with the layout of the Watchtower as he was. He knew every single maintenance corridor, each access panel and secret door aboard the floating satellite. There was no way that she was going to be able to find him.

"Need a band-aid, Batman?" Diana asked, her voice in his ear startling him. "If you have an injury, I'd be more than happy to personally kiss it and make it all better for you once I capture you."

How in the world did she know that he was in the infirmary?

"Are you using the computer system to track my whereabouts?" he demanded to know. "Because if you are, that's cheating, princess."

"First of all, my game, my rules. Second of all, no…I'm not even near a computer," she informed him. "Time is quickly running out for you…forty minutes and counting."

"Plenty of time," he insisted as he flew through the infirmary and out the main doors.

Batman immediately went straight for the elevator, determined to outrun the Amazon princess. It wasn't that he necessarily didn't like the alternative of being caught by her. It was simply the principle of the matter. He didn't like losing and he didn't like having decisions made for him especially when it came to his life.

Entering the elevator, he quickly turned to press the button, spotting Diana flying straight towards him like a heat-seeking missile just as the elevator doors closed. He sagged against the wall of the elevator, his lips curling as the sound of a frustrated Amazonian war cry filled the air around him.

He knew that he needed to find a place to hideout until time had finally run out. There had to be some place that he could hide…some place where she wouldn't think to look for him. He considered the Monitor Womb, mostly because it was full of witnesses and security cameras, but that wouldn't necessarily stop her from having her way with him if she got her hands on him. It could quickly turn X-rated if he wasn't careful.

He considered hiding out in his private lab, locking the door and sealing himself inside until time was up. Of course, knowing Diana, she'd just break down the door or have herself transported right into his lab. Then, she'd have him cornered right where she wanted him—a Bat taken to the slaughter. He'd be pinned to the wall and ravaged by an Amazon.

Hmmm…

The salacious idea of a ravenous Amazon throwing him down on his lab table, shredding his uniform and having her way with him was rather intriguing. His fantasies had typically involved him dominating her, but this new concept was definitely worth taking into serious consideration.

He cleared his throat as he pushed lustful thoughts of Diana and her lasso from his mind. He needed to focus if he was going to stay ahead of his sexy predator. Exiting the elevator, he glanced up to see Diana looking over the railing several floors above him, a determined expression gracing her face.

Batman waved at her, a wicked smirk dancing on his lips before he took off in a dead run. She was no doubt flying over the balcony to chase after him at that moment, causing him to run faster. Hadn't he just yelled at Flash for racing through the halls of the Watchtower?

He paused before an access panel, bending over and pulling it free before climbing inside. He quickly climbed down the metal ladder, turning to his right and running down a narrow maintenance corridor. He calculated the distance in his head as he slowed his pace, taking a right again and stopping at another access panel.

Moving the panel aside, Batman crawled out, straightening to his full imposing height in the Javelin Bay. This was where he had originally been headed when he had first appeared on the transport pad and his real reason for being on the Watchtower in the first place. She'd never predict that he would hide out in the very place that he was supposed to be.

"Tick…tock…Batman is running out of time and places to hide," the sexy lilt of her voice filtered into his head. "Nineteen minutes and counting."

"I think it's you who is running out of time, princess," he cockily told her.

"Or I've just been toying with you this whole time," she taunted him. "Maybe I'm just letting you think that you're winning…letting you become comfortable before I finally make my move."

That caused him to momentarily pause as he stalked past the Javelins. He suddenly stopped, catching the Amazon's intoxicating scent that always created a flutter in the pit of his stomach. His heart began to race again as he cautiously looked about, his hands curling into fists.

She was here watching him and waiting to strike like a deadly panther…a sexy, dangerous panther that was bent on ravaging him senseless.

Batman ducked at the very last second, tucking and rolling as Diana flew right over his head. He came up into a crouching position, his white lenses narrowed as he watched Diana come to a stop in midair above one of the Javelins. She turned to face him, hovering in the air as she gazed down at him.

"Might as well give up now, Batman," she flirted with him. "You're not going to win. I always get what I want and I…want…you."

"We'll just see about that, princess," he retorted, throwing a couple of Batbombs that created a thick white smoke that filled the Javelin Bay.

Greek curses also permeated the air as Batman raced towards the doors, exiting into the corridor and racing down the hall. Flash came around the corner at that moment, a frown on his face. "Hey!" he yelled, shaking his finger at the Dark Knight who was running past him. "There's no running in the halls of the Watchtower, young man!"

Ignoring him, Batman dropped into a slide as a golden lasso flew past him where his body had just been a moment ago. He scrambled to his feet as the lasso landed on the floor, running to the balcony railing and leaping over the edge. Using his cape, he guided his descent three floors down.

His pulse was racing, exhilaration pumping wildly through his veins. There was just something very arousing about being pursued like this by the woman who haunted his dreams at night. After he won this little game of cat and mouse, he was going to have to seriously consider letting her into his life at some point.

Why again was he denying himself this?

Spotting the doors to the elevator beginning to close, Batman threw a Batarang, keeping the doors from closing all the way. He pushed the doors open and entered to find Superman standing there with his arms crossed and a scowl on his face.

"What are you doing?" the Kryptonian demanded to know.

"Nothing," Batman stoically claimed as he calmly turned to stand beside his best friend, his arms crossing in a mirror image of the Kryptonian's as the doors slid closed.

They stood in tense silence as the elevator slowly made its way up to the Founders' private floor, annoying elevator music playing in the background. Flash was no doubt the one who had started that. "Why is your heart about to pound out of your chest?" Superman questioned him.

"No reason," Batman evenly maintained as he stared straight ahead.

Reaching the Founders' floor, the doors slid open, Batman immediately escaping the elevator and making his way directly towards his quarters. The Amazon was never going to find him here. Checking his chronometer, he still had five minutes left. It tore at his heart to think that she wouldn't pursue him anymore if she lost. At the same time, this whole game and Amazon chasing him excited him like no other woman ever could.

Rapidly punching in his code, the doors to his quarters slid open. He entered the dark tranquility of his rarely used quarters, knowing that he just needed to hide out in here for another…four minutes and sixteen seconds. Then, he would be…

"Caught you," Diana triumphantly announced as the doors slid closed behind him.

Stunned, Batman turned to find Diana stepping out of the shadows of his quarters, a sexy smirk playing on her face and bright gleam dancing in her eyes. "You know you haven't actually caught me yet, princess," he pointed out, his voice husky with undisguised desire.

She slowly sauntered towards him, holding up a sprig of mistletoe as she came to stand right before him. "I don't see you running away…so…I think I win," she confidently replied, dangling the mistletoe above his head.

He pulled his cowl off to reveal his handsome face and piercing azure eyes, his gauntlets following suit as they landed on the floor. "Did you really think you needed the mistletoe?" he questioned her, curiosity filling his voice.

"It's just a little extra insurance," she replied, pointing at the ceiling.

Glancing up, Batman found the ceiling of his quarters covered in mistletoe. His dark blue-eyed gaze met hers, his lips curling in appreciation. "You really thought of everything, didn't you, princess?"

"Yes, I did." The corner of her lips quirked as she tossed aside the mistletoe in her hand, her arms slipping around his neck.

"You know you haven't actually won yet."

"Five…four…three…two…" she counted down as she stared into his eyes.

"One," he finished for her as his lips crashed into hers.