Superman groggily got to his feet and tried to locate the occasional sounds of hitting metal coming to his ears. Being exposed to the Kryptonite rays his senses weren't back yet but what she saw made his eyes bulge.

Diana held Luthor by his throat, ready to smash her fist against the man's face. Luthor was helpless against the strength of the Amazon, so he just watched helplessly. Superman realized that his friends minus Batman has arrived.

"J'onn stop her." Superman pleaded to the martian.

"I will talk….." J'onn couldn't finish his sentence as Diana's punch met Luthor's face with such force that his head smashed into the brick wall making a large dent. The five members of the Justice League watched in horror as Luthor's body jerked for few seconds and then went still while hanging from the wall by his head. They couldn't see his face as his head was inside the dent of the wall that Diana created when she killed Luthor. They could only see his limp body, his armour torn apart by the enraged Amazon and blood coming out from the dent of the wall, flooding the floor underneath.

"Oh no!" Hawk-Girl murmured. Flash gulped realizing what his team-mate and friend has done. She just killed a man, not just any man but the President in cold blood. Even the emotionless face of J'onn turned into concern and worry. Superman and Kohn just stood there with their mouth open. Before they could say a word to Diana she flew away from there leaving her friends behind.

"What should we do now?" Flash asked Superman. Everyone else turned to him as he was the leader.

Superman hung down his head. "I don't know." He murmured honestly. He truly had no idea what should be the next step. He knew that the Justice League don't ever kill, not under any circumstances but today they broke that law. He knew the Amazons were warriors, they were trained to kill if need arises, they don't hold back and since Diana came to Man's world, she never killed anyone. But today she just did. "We should head back to the Watchtower. The Police will arrive here any moment." Superman suggested after a minute.

WATCHTOWER, 15 MINUTES LATER

Shayera and Clark stood outside Diana's room knocking on her door. They were calling her name for few minutes now, but still she didn't respond.

"Diana! Open the door! Come on!" Shayera shouted while Clark kept knocking on the door.

"It's no use!" Shayera said, frustrated. "Superman use your X-ray vision and see if she is okay."

"But I don't want to invade her privacy….." Clark protested.

"Do it, Superman. This is no time for modesty. Please." Shayera pleaded. She was actually worried about Diana. Her fear was about Diana doing something stupid although it was unlikely.

"Alright." Clark surrendered and tried to locate Diana inside her room but he couldn't see through the walls. "Strange." He murmured.

"What happened?" Shayera asked.

"I can't see through the walls. It contains lead." Clark replied.

"Can you see through the walls of my room? Or Flash's or John's?" Shayera added.

"Yes." Clark replied after a moment of silence.

Even at this moment of grief Shayera couldn't help but smile a little. "Typical Batman." She said to herself. Except the room of Diana no one has lead in their walls to protect their privacy from Superman's X-Ray vision. Although he never used his powers to invade one's privacy but Batman took the trouble himself and used lead in the walls to protect Diana's privacy.

Clark had enough. "Diana if you don't open the door right now I will have to open it by force."

After a moment of silence, the door got unlocked from inside. Hesitating for a moment both Shayera and Clark stepped inside. Diana sat at the edge of the bed, wearing a light blue shirt and deep blue jeans, staring blankly into the dark space. She didn't even acknowledged their presence in her room. Shayera stepped forward towards the bed but something struck her foot. She looked down to find Diana's armour lay on the ground along with her earrings and the magic lasso.

Clark slowly approached Diana from behind and placed a comfortable hand on her shoulder trying to get her attention. She looked at him for just a second and then turned away. Clark saw the traces of tears on her face but she wasn't crying anymore, instead her face was completely blank.

"Diana we all are grieving. He was my friend too you know?" Clark said trying to make a conversation to distract her from her thoughts but she didn't respond. Clark sighed. He knew this wouldn't be easy. Diana was close to Bruce, he knew that. Clark is devastated himself because Bruce was his best friend but to him Diana looked as if her whole world was destroyed. She got nothing left. He knew how much it hurt her when she was banished from her home for bringing men on the island and now she just lost a close friend.

"Bruce wouldn't want you to be like this, Diana." Clark pleaded. "Please talk to us."

At the mention of Bruce's name something snapped inside Diana. Suddenly her blank expression was gone only to be replaced by hot anger.

"Don't ever say his name!" She almost yelled.

Clark and Shayera was totally taken aback by her words.

"Wha…. What?"

"That insolent and stubborn man just…. Why did he have to die?" Diana stuttered. She just couldn't bring herself to say anything.

"Diana what you are saying? Please Diana. We are here for you always." Clark said taking her small hands in his.

Quickly she retracted her hands away from his grasp and turned away, "It doesn't matter. Nothing matters anymore."

"I have lost my best friend too. We all are grieving." Clark said. "I understand how you are feeling."

Diana immediately stood up from his side and glared back at him. "You understand? You understand nothing Kal!" She spat. "He wasn't just my friend. After I lost my home he became my home. My happiness. He became the centre of my world. I… I loved him. My heart and will to fight for justice is broken. I am nothing anymore."

Clark stared at her dumbfounded. She loved him? When did this happen? How? Bruce never indicated that he liked Diana more than a friend although he was very concerned for her always more than the others. Maybe there were signs of their affection but he was just too blind to see it.

"Diana what are you saying?" Shayera asked.

"I am retiring from the Justice League, effective immediately." Diana replied coldly.

"No! You can't do that! Where will you go?" Shayera protested along with Clark.

"I don't know." She said shaking her head. "Maybe to his home. It will make me feel that he is near me."

"Diana you don't have to resign. We know you are emotionally hurt now and you are not thinking straight. Take time and think it over." Clark pleaded.

"I have thought about this for some time. My decision is final." Diana said stubbornly. Then she turned to Shayera. "Shayera can you do something for me?"

"Anything, Diana." Shayera said her voice broke, watching her friend in so much pain.

"Can you return my armour, lasso and earrings to my mother?" Diana requested.

"Diana….." Shayera started to protest but Diana beat her to it.

"And if she asks for me tell her that I am dead. The Princess of the Amazon is dead." She said and started to step away from her room.

"Diana I can't tell her that. You are not dead. You can't just lose everything because he is gone." Shayera argued.

"But I did." She said softly and started to walk away again.

"Diana don't go. We can solve this. You know we don't blame you for killing Luthor." Clark said suddenly pausing her in her steps.

"What?!" She asked dumbfounded. Did she hear right? She killed Luthor? When did that happen?

"I said we don't blame you." Clark repeated.

"I don't know what you are talking about, Clark." Diana said honestly. She was totally confused now.

Clark and Shayera looked at each other. They wondered whether Diana was losing her mind because of grief. When they didn't answer Diana lost her patience.

"I didn't kill, Luthor." She said and stormed away.

Clark tried to stop her but she was already gone. Out of nowhere John appeared beside him. "She is telling the truth. I can sense that she is not lying."

"How is that possible, J'onn? We all saw what she did back there." Clark asked.

"I have to talk to her." J'onn said and followed Diana.

He found her near the teleporter fumbling with the controls. For some reasons her hands were shaking. At that moment the alarm went off.

"What now?" Flash said after appearing out of nowhere.

All the other members also stepped in the area curious to see what has caused the alarm to go off. On the monitor J'onn saw a government vehicle approaching the Watchtower. After a few minutes few policeman with a government official stepped inside the main area with their guns raised pointing straight at Diana.

"Wonder Woman, you are under arrest for murdering the President of the United States." The government official declared.

Diana didn't say anything nor did she protest when they cuffed her wrists and started to pull her away. The officer turned towards the other league members. "Superman, your innocence was proved by Captain Atom. You are free of all charges."

"What about her?" Clark asked ignoring the officer's comments about him.

"Well, I admit that the President was a traitor to our country but we can't ignore what Wonder Woman has done. She just murdered a man in cold blood and that man was the President. We can't let her take the law in her hands." The Officer explained. "I am sorry. I don't want to do this. You people are the heroes whom everyone look up to but my hands are tied."

"I understand, Officer. At least make sure that no harm comes to her." Clark requested.

"You have my word, Superman." He vowed and stepped away from the area following his men but Clark stopped the man.

"How the charges on me got cleared?" Clark asked.

"Captain Atom showed us a video of what happened between you, Batman and Metallo. It was clear that you weren't at fault and you didn't kill Metallo. So the charges were immediately cleared." The Officer explained.

As they left with Diana, Clark turned towards J'onn. "From where did Captain Atom get hold of a video?"

"Batman. He recorded everything and instructed Robin to get the evidence to Captain Atom if he isn't around anymore." J'onn said stoically.

The revelation hurt Superman more. Even before Bruce died he made sure that his friends were safe. I am the most powerful man on Earth and I couldn't do anything to protect my best friend. I have failed in both friendship and as a hero. Superman thought sadly.

AT THE PRISON

Diana sat in her cell with her back against the wall staring blankly towards the opposite wall. She remembered the time when she came to Man's world for the first time answering J'onn's telepathic call and when met her friends and him. Dark, brooding, lurking in the shadows. From that time Bruce earned her curiosity. She wanted to know why would someone dress like a Bat and be so cold towards others. She also learned that he has no special powers, he only relies on his skill and techs. When she first met her friends, Flash immediately started to flirt although she didn't understand it during that time, John didn't trust her, Shayera wasn't much interested in talking. They just barely exchanged a few words and Superman was polite as always but Bruce didn't say a single word. He didn't even try to interact with anyone. At that time she didn't pay much attention to him, but during their battle with the aliens she couldn't help but admire his combat skills. Then everyone thought he died and at that time she felt something inside her broke.

She didn't understand her feelings during that time but she realized it later. It so happened that she was more than intrigued with him from the first time she met him.

As time passed she get to know him better she realized there was more to him than meets the eyes. He remained always at her side watching her back during battles and small things which he did which showed that he did care, even he tried to hide it well.

When she was turned into a pig by Circe he was there for her. He sacrificed his pride and sang to persuade Circe to return her to her human form. He didn't reveal what he did for her, she got that information from Zatanna. Zatanna showed her everything in the magical crystal ball. When she saw him singing for her while swallowing his pride, a large smile formed on her face. When she looked at Zatanna, she also had a small smile tugging at the corner of her lips.

"Don't tell him I showed you this. I will never hear the end of it." Zatanna joked.

"I won't. Thanks Zatanna." Diana appreciated her friend.

"You know he won't say loud that he loves you but when you were…. You know turned to a pig, I saw concern in his eyes, even fear. I cornered him until he accepted that he feels something for you other than friendship." Zatanna revealed.

"I know he loves me, Zatanna." Diana declared firmly.

Zatanna's eyes widened. "You know?"

"Of course I know. Why shouldn't I? His action speaks louder than words but the stubborn man is not ready to let me in. I don't blame him, I know why he is like that. But I love all of him." Diana confessed absent-mindedly looking at the crystal.

"You love him? Wow! Diana I think you have fallen hard. No offense but you are an Amazon, I thought you had no interest in men other than friendship?"

"I don't know how or when, but it happened. Somehow he found a way into my heart without even trying to." Diana smiled, blushing.

Then there was the kiss in the Indian restaurant when they were running from the Thangarian warriors. As a distraction she grabbed his face and kissed him. She tried to think that it was only for distraction but deep down she knew it was more than that. She wanted it, wanted to kiss, wanted to taste his lips, and wanted to know how it would feel to have his lips on hers. She couldn't explain those feelings in words. She didn't wanted to end the kiss but she ended it reluctantly. When she pulled away she saw a smile on his lips and she was sure that his smile was genuine, not forced not one of his playboy smirks trying to woo women. At that time she saw the real Bruce that he keeps hidden under the façade of playboy and Batman.

When the watchtower was destroyed she and J'onn begin to stay at the manor. Alfred's company was more than pleasant. Then there was Tim, who was very excited to meet her. Even Dick and Barbara came often to enjoy dinners with her and Alfred was more than happy to serve food. She felt like she was in her own home even the manor looked nothing like the palaces in Themyscira. J'onn didn't came up to the manor to have dinner with them, he preferred to remain in the cave, alone.

She even got invited by Clark and met Lois. Lois thought Clark was having an affair with her, but she assured that there's nothing like that, she and Clark were like brothers and sisters. Diana thought to herself at that moment, no one can be in her heart except Bruce. No one. Only him.

She also remembered their time in Paris. How he rescued her from the press and how they danced in perfect synchronization. At that time she had no idea that Batman is Bruce Wayne but when they danced together she caught his scent and it struck her. Then she examined his physical features carefully and she realized that he has many similarities with Batman. It didn't take her long to figure out that Bruce Wayne was Batman but when he confronted him about it, he denied it but she wasn't someone whom he could push away. At that time she was more than hundred percent sure that Batman is Bruce Wayne. Diana turned her thought to the incident of Gorilla city. When she got crushed by the missile he thought she was dead. He tried desperately to dig her out from under the missile. When she pushed the missile away from top of her and stood up harmlessly he looked kind if sheepish. Then she noticed the mud and dirt on his gloved hands and she realized what he was doing. As an appreciative gesture she kissed his cheek.

Diana's eyes begin to flood with tears again at the thought of him. She will never see him again nor will she hear his voice. She hid her face in her hands and sobbed.

At that moment the prison lost its power and everything went dark. Alarmed she moved to the corner of her cell and tried to figure out what was going on. She saw the guards checked on her as they passed by her cell. For a few minutes she saw several guards passing by her cell, then everything was quiet. When she was lonely she begin to think why Clark asked her about murdering Luthor. She was confused and still she is. The moonlight was falling inside her cell, so she could see the things inside her cell clearly. Suddenly the light was gone and a dark shadow fell on her. Diana looked up from her sitting position and her eyes widened seeing a dark figure standing in front of her cell.

"Princess. Time to go." The dark figure said.

LOCATION UNKNOWN

A lone female figure sat on a chair facing a computer in a dark room. Her face wasn't visible but one could see that she was well built. The door of the room opened and another women came in. She was very tall and muscular.

"It's done. Wonder Woman is arrested. Your plan is working perfectly." Giganta said addressing the figure in the chair.

"Very well. One less thing to worry about. What about the other female leaguer?" The mysterious woman asked.

"She is on-board the Watchtower." Giganta informed.

"You can go for now." Giganta was dismissed from the room.

As soon as Giganta was gone another female figure appeared inside the room out of thin air. The mysterious woman turned her head to her left to greet the woman who just appeared out of nowhere.

"Circe." She greeted.

Circe approached the woman on the chair and folded her arms over her chest. "I did everything you asked for, now free me." Circe demanded.

"Our deal has not ended. The Princess is still alive and our deal won't end until I get what I want. I didn't let you out of your prison to let you go easily. I will need your help to bring down the Justice League." The mysterious woman sitting on the chair disagreed.

"How long?" Circe asked.

"Not long until I bring down the Justice League. The Princess will see her friends die, then her mother and sisters. If she is not dead by then I will be more than happy to kill her myself with my bare hands. I want her blood in my hands. Hippolyta's blood!" She spat.

"Since you are going to kill my arch nemesis I will help you willingly." Circe declared.

"Very well, Circe. Now before you leave, check on my prisoner. Soon he will be my pet and I will use him to execute my plans." The mysterious woman almost ordered the witch in a dismissive manner. Circe just glared at her back and left the room without a word.

When the woman heard the door slam closed behind her a small smirk formed on her lips. "We will meet soon, Princess. Sooner than you can imagine."

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