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Chap 17
"An Amazon, yes!" she said solemnly.
"And why was she undercover? Who was she spying on?" Bruce questioned, his voice masking his enthusiasm.
"Whom do you suppose?" she raised her eye brows at him, and then blinked her eyes.
"Who?" Superman frowned.
"Her!" Bruce raising his eye brows.
"Damn it! She was sent to spy on you?" Dick spurted.
"But she doesn't look like an Amazon!" Bruce pointed at the screen which still showed a passport sized picture of the real Lisa Prince.
Diana groaned impatiently. "If you go on interrupting me like this, I can never complete what I have to complete. Now, no one will speak till I finish!" Her voice showed all the intensity she had in her reddened face.
The three stared at each other silently, and then back at Diana. She took it as an "Ok!"
"I have gone through a lot since I set my foot on the man's world. I could never tell any of you, because you wouldn't understand." Her voice almost choked with emotion, but she steadied herself. None of the three moved from their place, although they felt a strong urge to pacify her.
"When I came here, stealing the armour and the lasso, I expected that I would return once the turmoil subsided, and then lead my life as if nothing happened. But when Superman proposed the Justice League and you, Batman, made it possible by installing the watch tower, I realised that I had to stay for the man's world needed the service of my special powers more than Themyscira which is guarded by the Gods themselves. So, I decided to stay, join you." She paused, and inhaled deeply. Her tongue was falling apart and she needed water, as the others realised but did not make any attempt in that direction. She let it pass and went on.
"Naturally my mother realised I was not to be found in Themyscira. She was worried lest my intrusion in affairs of the man's world should bring upon the wrath of the Gods on me. I knew it would, once they find out, but I wasn't afraid of the persecution. But mother is a mother. She decided to get me home before my absence it would stir up some trouble. So, she sent – Lisa."
Bruce found the compulsion to speak. "I gather that is not her true name."
"No, it is not!" she said weakly, "But her true name doesn't matter now, for she's gone!" her eyes filled up, and she made to attempt to hide her tears. Superman tried to move to her, but Bruce pulled him back, his expression solemn as ever.
"Ok, Lisa it is," Bruce said, "carry on!"
Diana composed herself and began.
"I hope you remember my uninformed absence for a week from the watchtower" she said, looking at Superman.
"Five months ago, yes!" he nodded.
"I was with her, in Metropolis."
"Why Metropolis?" Superman questioned.
She sighed. "Lisa had done some research on the Justice League. She had seen you and I, fight together often, and thought..." her voice trailed off. It wasn't difficult to complete her sentence, but no one budged. Superman blushed.
"Well, she thought I lived in Metropolis with you, and so she stationed herself in Metrolpolis."
"Why didn't she just meet you straight forward and talk you into going back?" Bruce questioned. He looked a little disturbed after Diana's remark on what Lisa thought, and to see Superman blush.
"She did. She begged, pleaded and finally threatened me into going back. She said that I was jeopardizing the safety of the whole community of Amazons by acting against the will of the Gods. I really couldn't let that happen. So, I decided to leave," she paused.
"But you didn't," Bruce completed.
"I couldn't! I tried to severe my tags with the league and this world, but I just couldn't."
"You didn't have to severe your tags. If you had appraised Superman and the others of the situation, they would be more than happy to let you go!" Bruce said. Superman glared at him – Speak for yourself! We wouldn't be 'happy' to let her go. Bruce ignored him. He knew Diana was hiding something, and he wanted to know what it was. That was the object of his remark.
Diana skipped the explanation.
"That is not important. You are blowing me off track. I told her that I needed some time and I would come back once I fulfilled my obligations here. But she refused to go away without taking me, as were her orders. She gave me two months to break off this world. In the meantime, she framed an identity for herself, and a job, of course. Being an Amazon, it was only natural for her to help the women who couldn't help themselves. It all started when she saved the daughter of Mrs. Grange's friend, as you already know. And from then, she fit into her job very well.
She despised men and the man's world, as an Amazon she was. Her restlessness only grew with every passing day, and I was forced to expedite on my decision. And on the day we were supposed to leave, I went to her apartment, only to... only to see her counting her last breath."