AN: Well, I'd like to thanks UnleashTheShadow, HarimaHige and Bekkoni. At first, I intended to do a cliffy oneshot, but since I had 3 reviews, soon after the post of this fic, I decided to add one more chapter. League member talk to Batsy.

Disclaimer: As said in the first chapter, I'm not working for DC comics, none of those heroes are mine.

Chapter 2: All I could do

Why was he so in pain? Wasn't he supposed to be dead by now? If so, he shouldn't feel anything. He shouldn't be thinking about his pain neither... right? Then why? He wasn't able to open his eyes neither. Where was he? It was so dark...

"Is he gonna be alright J'onn?" asked Flash to the Martian.

The scarlet speedster was looking through the window. Batman was still lying on his bed, pale as a dead corpse. Superman was sitting at his side. He too was pale because of the kryptonite he had inhaled, but his face was clearly showing concern toward his friend.

"I do not know Flash. He lost a great amount of blood before I was here. He should have been already dead. If it wasn't Batman, every other human would already be dead..."

"I never thought I would see him like that. I mean... It can't be happening. Batman is never down. Never..."

"I know what you mean Flash. I do feel the same way... but after all, Batman is human."

"I started to fight for justice when I started to have my powers. Without them, I wonder if I would still be doing the same... I would still stand for justice, but not... not as a hero or anything like that. I wouldn't be able to do it. I just... "Flash said, more to himself than to J'onn.

The two heroes stayed silent. Flash was just realising that Batman... didn't have any power, but that he was still going in the fight. He was not just the scariest man on earth. He was also one of the greatest. Him and the batclan, none of them had power... yet, they were still outside, fighting. That's why Batman didn't want them to join the league. He knew what it was like. He knew it would be too hard, he knew they were still too young...

"Wonder woman should be here soon. Flash, you should go wait for her. She took the Joker into the medical wing of Arkham and the others in prison."

"Right... I should do that."

Wally walked... I did not run. He just walked toward the teleportation zone. He felt like that time, when everyone believed that Superman was dead... but this time, there was no doubt that Batman was badly injured. If he was to die... no, Batman couldn't die. But... if he was to die, there would be no doubt at all. He would never come back. The redhead didn't realise he had stopped walking. His feet didn't want to move anymore.

"This can't be happening." He said to himself, and then he started to walk again.

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Wonder woman threw Lex in his cell, knowing it was mostly useless. She felt so down at the moment, she was fighting the tears that were threatening to fall. Batman, how could he be dying right now? No, he wasn't dying. He would be able to survive, in a way or in another. Batman was too stubborn to die anyway... right? If only Hawgirl was here... She needed a sister right now. Another woman to talk to. A woman to cry on her shoulder. But Hawgirl and Green Lantern were on a mission on the other side of the planet right now.

"Wonder woman to the tower. I'm done now, teleport me back." She said in her comlink.

"Okay, just wait a sec. I'm asking J'onn how it works." Answered the scarlet speedster, on the other side of the line.

Crossing her arm, the Amazon princess waited until she felt the familiar sensation of the transporter. She closed her eyes, waiting to feel the ground under her feet again. She felt a shock and fell on the ground. She didn't knew she was that tired... or maybe it was that she didn't need to fight against her pain anymore. Diana busted in tears as soon as her hand met the cold floor of the tower. Flash was at her side in a blink, helping her to get up.

"Lean on my shoulder Wonder, it'll be easier to go see him." He said softly.

"Has he... is he..." she couldn't say her sentence.

"Don't worry Diana, he's not dead, but he's still unconscious." Wally answered slowly.

They walked together to the hospital wing of the tower. It was far and it took time, but it gave Diana enough time so she could stop crying. Her leg took some more strength. Once there, her eyes were red, she looked exhausted, but she wasn't leaning on Flash. She was able to walk on her own. Her hand shaking a bit, she opened the door where Superman and Batman were. Flash stayed outside of the room, knowing Diana wanted to be alone with the Dark knight.

"Hey Superman... How is he?" she asked shyly.

"Well... He's alive..."the man of steel said, getting up slowly. He too knew the princess would want to be alone.

Wonder Woman walked toward the chair Superman was on and sat at his place.

"Thanks"

"You're welcome. I'll be back later."

On this, he exited the room and went on monitor duty. He couldn't think about anything else to do in order to change a bit his mind. Diana looked at the masked face of the man. She took the Caped crusader's hand and squeezed it softly, just to make him know she was here, at his side. Seeing his face so pale, she felt tears again and she didn't have any more strength to fight them.

"Oh Batman... don't... die, please. I don't know what I could do if... if I was never going to see you again. Stay with us, I beg of you. I..."

Words, she was talking a lot, she couldn't control herself. She needed to talk to him, to say everything she had on her heart. She was crying and having the hiccup so it was pretty hard to understand all she was saying, but her voice was so desperate... She needed him to hear all she was saying.

"Please, please don't... don't leave forever. We need you here, I need you. I never said how much I was thankful for all the time you came to my rescue, I never told you how much it meant for me. Batman, I never told you that the day you tried to save me from that missile, you changed the way I was seeing mankind. You were the one that made me try to adapt to this place. You helped me so much. I... every time I think about you, I can't stop myself of falling for you. Yet, I don't even know you. I don't know why you're in the league. I want to learn that entire world with you. I... I don't even know all of those feelings I'm having. There's sadness, I'm so in pain right now, there's happiness, because you're still alive, there's also fear... you can still never wake up... and there is also that strange feeling women of this world have. I want you to teach me that feeling Batman, but if you die... I you die I'll never be able to get up. I... I think it would kill me too."

All those feelings at the same time, it was still so hard on her. Was that the love Hawkgirl once told her about? Well it was Painful like she was being crushed under a mountain. She felt like dying each time she looked at the lifeless face of the Dark knight. She had finally understood she loved Batman and now, he was dying. How could that happen? She should have never left the Island... she would have never met Batman; her heart wouldn't be broken right now. Yet, if he was going to survive, she promised herself to getting more close to him. To be able to hold his hand, just like now.

"Hera, please give him the strength he need in order to survive. He cannot die." She prayed softly between her tears.

Slowly, she fell asleep, too tired to cry or to talk anymore. Yet, she was still holding the hand of the man she loved with all her heart. Her hair was messy on the white sheet of the bed. She was exhausted. Flash entered the room at that moment. He took the princess in his arms and carried her to her room. He too wanted to talk to the Bat, but he didn't want to wake her up. Once he put her on the bed, he returned to the room.

"Really Bats, you can't die leaving a beautiful lady all alone. It wouldn't be fair to her." He said, trying to joke.

Then he sat as his side, looking at him. He was breathing calmly. It was a good sign right? Yeah, had to be. Batman was way too stubborn to die anyway, he would find a way to wake up and then, he would return to his old grouchy scary habits. Yeah... everything was going to be alright. Bats would glare at him again, that was for sure...

"Damn, I never thought I could miss those deathly glares you send to me every single time I say something stupid. I can't imagine being in the league without you ordering us around when were on an important mission... You're always barking at us and yet, I feel safe when you're acting like that. You know what I mean. I feel in control, that everything is going to turn just fine. Meeen, you're the Batman, the man who can take down almost everyone. I would never be able to do what you're doing. I mean, I got my speed to protect myself, to run from most of the harm. You on the other hand... all you have are that armour, those gadgets and your martial art skill... and yet... and yet you fight... You can't seriously die, right?"

Flash looked at Batman, hoping he would survive to this... but J'onn words where clear in his mind. Batman had lost a great amount of blood. The chances were slight... He heard the door open and looked at the one who was coming in. It was J'onn.

"You should go to rest Flash, I'll tell you if he wakes up." Said the Martian.

"Okay..." He got up slowly and got to his room. It was really rare that he'd slept in the tower.

J'onn sat beside Batman without saying anything at first. He tried to reach him with his mind, but he couldn't. The path was blocked by some wall.

"Batman... I never said that to you... but I respect you. I never understood why human where always saying the things that mattered when one was about to die or when he was dead, but I think I understand now. Human life his short and there is so many things to do that no one takes the time to do it..."

He didn't knew what to say. He wasn't able to tell as much as Diana or Flash... but yet, he knew he wanted the Dark knight to know. That's why he had tried to join him with telepathies. So, he stayed silent at his side until it was his turn to go on monitor duty.

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Clark was looking at the monitor, staying in contact with Hawkgirl and Green Lantern. He hadn't told them about Batman's condition. They needed to stay concentrated on their objective. He was in contact with them, looking the stars and the monitors so he could think about something else than the lifeless body falling on the ground in front of him. He needed to think about something else that the fact that he hadn't be able to stop that from happening. He couldn't understand why... It wasn't the first time Batman saved his life and that he saved the Dark knight life... It started before the league.

"Superman, are you alright? You seem tired, shouldn't be Batman on duty now?" asked GL

"Oh, right. Batman couldn't do monitor duty. Something came up so it took my turn and his. J'onn should be here soon, we've split up."

"What came in?" asked Hawkgirl

"Must be some Gotham stuff I guess" added Green Latern.

"Yeah, something like that." Answered Clark.

J'onn passed through the floor and walked to Superman.

"It's my turn now Superman. Diana and Flash are resting and you should do the same."

"Yeah, I'll just go see how he is then I'll go rest..."

The man of steel exited the room as J'onn was taking duty. It was true; the Kryptonian was indeed tired, if not completely exhausted. Yet, he didn't walked toward his own room, but instead, he went to the hospital wing like he said. Kyptonite effects were long gone, but he could barely walk in a straight line. Finally, Superman sat beside Batman bed.

"How long have we known each other? It seems for me like forever. We even been brother once... Do you remember? But... this time is different right? If you die, there's no coming back. We won't change timeline or whatever. It'll be all over..."

Superman lowered his head. He couldn't think about that.

"Why did you do it Bruce?" he asked to himself.

Then, came a weak voice. A whisper that only superman could hear.

"Because... it was all I could do..."

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