"Aresia? You released Doomsday?" Diana said through gritted teeth. Her anger was building but she was trying to remain calm. She learnt this tactic from Bruce.

"As I told you, Diana. The monster will fulfil my purpose." Aresia replied with a smug smile.

"You don't understand. It will not hesitate to kill you." Diana told the truth. Doomsday is a killing machine. He has no allies. He does not know about mercy or any kind of emotion. He only knows one thing: Destruction.

"It will not. I will remain discreet. But first I will enjoy the show of the destruction of the Justice League." Aresia smiled.

"I will not let you." Diana said.

"You will stop me?" Aresia laughed. "You can't stop me Princess because I know your weakness."

"My weakness?" Diana asked, surprised.

"You won't kill me. That is your weakness. But I won't hesitate to kill you. After I kill your mother and your sisters, you will see their dead body with your own eyes, along with your friends here." Aresia indicated towards the other members of the Justice League. "Then you will have nothing to live for and you will beg me to kill you, which I will accept. After all I can't refuse my sister? Can I?"

"You will do no such thing Aresia. I will stop you." Diana said untying her lasso. Then something clicked inside her mind. "It was your plan, to defame me by killing Luthor, wasn't it?"

"It seems you are not that dense." Aresia mocked. "Yeah it was me. I just needed a little magic and Circe was the best person."

"Circe will never work for you. She hates the Amazons." Diana countered.

"Not if I offered her freedom from her confinement in exchange of her service and she really proved herself quite useful. You see, Circe was really not free from her prison, I merely took her out for a few days to use her. The foolish witch thought that after she served her purpose I was going to free her from her prison completely." Aresia revealed. "But, once her deed was done, I sent her back to where she belongs."

"You are more twisted than Circe. I can't believe that I used to consider you as my sister." Diana said.

Aresia held out a hand to stop Diana from continuing. "Enough chit-chat. Are you ready to fight? Or, are you too coward to face me, sister?" Aresia mocked while pulling out a sword from her back.

Then she gave Diana no more chance to prepare and attacked her with a fierce battle cry. Diana was ready. She blocked the sword attack with her bracers but Aresia is a skilled fighter. She quickly recovered from the shock and attacked again. This time Diana ducked down and kicked Aresia in her stomach which sent her sprawling backward on the ground. Diana charged forward with the intention of delivering a powerful punch to Aresia's jaw, but her enemy was quick too. The blonde Amazon quickly dodged her enemy's attack and kicked Diana's chest. Diana tumbled backward, and that was all the time Aresia needed to make a slash at Diana with her blade. This time Diana couldn't dodge the attack entirely. Aresia left a slash wound on Diana's left forearm. Diana hissed out in pain but didn't allow her opposition to attack again. She grabbed Aresia's wrist and threw her a good twenty feet away.

Aresia was not much fazed by Diana's throw as she recovered quickly. Both the Amazons charged at each other with the intent to kill. They exchanged blows and the battle continued. Diana was caught in fight with Aresia so she didn't notice the figure that crept behind her silently. Diana side-stepped one of Aresia's attacks gracefully and punched her square in the jaw. The powerful blow made the blonde Amazon dizzy.

Tsukuri was ready to deliver the killing blow with her sword at Diana's back. Diana got aware of the danger behind her at the last second but it was too late to move away from Tsukuri's blade. As she turned back to see her attacker, her eyes became wide seeing the death blow coming towards her. But the blade couldn't hit her. It stopped a whisker away from her face. Both Tsukuri and Diana blinked in confusion. Diana immediately rolled away from her enemy. Then she noticed. A black wire has wrapped itself around the blade and stopped the death blow. At the other end of the wire was standing…. She couldn't believe, it was him. The terror inducing Batman standing a few feet away from her.

"Br…. Batman?" She said in shock.

Yes she believed that he is alive but she couldn't be sure. She still had some doubts even she assured Dick that Bruce is alive and now it seems that her heart was telling her the truth. Without her knowledge a single tear dropped from her eyes. It was tear of happiness, utter relief. But Batman didn't respond to her call. His gaze was fixed on Tsukuri who was more shocked than Diana.

"You?! You are supposed to be dead!" Tsukuri said.

"I am not that easy to kill." He replied in his deep baritone voice that sent a chill down Tsukuri's spine. Then he pulled Tsukuri towards him and immediately disarmed her. Tsukuri realized that she can't win against both Batman and Wonder Woman, so she fled. She ran. But she couldn't go more than a few steps because a lasso tied itself around her, halting her movement completely. It was Donna with a smug grin on her face, looking at Batman, who gave her a mere nod of acknowledgement.

During this time Aresia was already on her feet. She assessed the situation before attacking Diana again. It seemed to her that the situation is against her because she is not faring well against the Princess and all of her allies are captured or lay unconscious on the ground, except Doomsday who is still giving trouble to the League. She decided that it will not be fruitful for her to assault the League because the monster is unpredictable. It can easily kill her. So she decided to launch the missile and destroy Themyscira. So she pressed the button on her remote but nothing happened. She repeatedly pressed it, still nothing happened. Frustrated she crumbled the remote with her fingers and threw it away. Her plan can't fail. So, she made another plan. She will make the monster follow her and destroy Themyscira. She knew it will destroy Diana totally. She looked at the monster and saw that it had scattered the League with its durability, strength and rage. She quickly decided her course of action and flew straight at the monster. She slashed at its back with her enchanted sword and it howled in pain and anger. It slowly turned its red eyes on her and gave a feral roar. Realizing her plan is working she flew away from the monster right into the sky. She turned back her head to see that the monster is following her because it has jumped down right into the ocean.

Diana saw the whole thing. She didn't understand why Aresia attacked Doomsday suddenly. It was strange. At that moment Batman stepped beside her. "Why did she attack Doomsday?" Diana murmured.

"She is leading the monster to Themyscira because all of her plans has failed. If she leads the monster to Themyscira, it will destroy everything in sight." Batman answered in his usual tone.

Diana whipped her head towards him, her eyes wide in fear. "What?"

"We must follow Aresia." Batman replied and pressed a button in his belt. The Batwing is needed.

The others gathered around Batman and Diana. They were both pleased and happy to see that he is alive.

"How are you alive?" Superman asked.

"There will be time for that answer. Right now we have to stop Doomsday from destroying Diana's home." Batman snapped.

Flash looked at Diana. "But Di, I heard that men are not allowed to set their foot on Themyscira."

"It doesn't matter." Diana snapped too.

"Geez. Okay. I was just asking." Flash apologized. "You sound like Bats."

"We have no time to waste. Let's go Diana." Superman said. In reply she nodded and took flight towards Themyscira. Others followed her immediately except Batman, who stood staring into the sky. But Superman halted in mid-air. "You are not coming?"

"There's something I need to do." That was the answer Superman got before he saw his friend disappear into the darkness.

Diana wanted to push her thoughts regarding Bruce at the back of her mind for now, but she failed. When he showed she was absolutely shocked to see him and she couldn't figure out what to do. She wanted to embrace him tightly and never let him go but the situation of asking otherwise. The woman inside her wanted to embrace the man she loved, but the warrior part inside her own the battle. It was the right thing to do. She didn't let her emotion get the better of her. If they can stop Doomsday, she will have time to talk to him. So, she focused her thoughts on the current danger lurking but she can't understand why he didn't follow them, why he didn't follow her because he was always there whenever she needed him. But now the home of the Amazons are in danger. They have to stop Doomsday and Aresia from destroying Themyscira. Her brows knitted together in concentration as she flew towards her home, to stop the destruction.

When they reached there they spotted Aresia and then immediately saw the monster jumped out of water in her pursuit and landed in Themyscira. If the monster was alone, it could have never discovered the island but Aresia helped it to get past the magical barrier. She flew straight towards them and realized that her friends are following him. Even Dick came to help, with Donna who was carrying him in her arms. When the league landed on Themyscira to stop the destruction it was already too late. They could hear the cries and shrieks of the Amazon warriors over the island. They were getting massacred by the monster.

"Diana, tell your sisters to fall back! They are no match for Doomsday. They will get themselves killed!" Superman yelled.

"The Amazons never runs away from battles. They will not retreat." Diana said.

"Make them understand." Superman said and flew straight at Doomsday and punched him in the chest. The monster flew away from the impact and crashed through several trees in the forest.

Diana spotted Philippa among her sisters. She landed right beside Philippa. "Diana? You are here?"

"Philippa, tell our sisters to retreat. Now." Diana ordered.

"Amazons don't run….." Diana stopped Philippa before she could finish her reply.

"This is different. Trust me on this." Diana snapped. "That monster is unstoppable. Let the league handle the situation."

"The man's world brought death to us once again. Do you see why we hate them?" Philippa stopped Diana from flying away.

Diana's face turned red in anger. "Don't accuse anyone without knowing anything Philippa!" Diana almost yelled. "I don't have to argue with you. But you need to know that this danger is brought upon you by none other than Aresia, our fellow sister. And you were accusing the man's world and the men? Look what is going on there! They are risking their lives to save us. All of them are not bad."

Philippa gave a slight nod. "I will get the Queen to safety."

"Yes. Tell mother, I said 'Hi'." Diana said softly and flew away towards the danger.

BACK AT THE BATCAVE

Alfred was thinking about his surrogate son, Bruce. He practically helped him to become a man from an eight year old child when he was alone in the world. His parents were dead. An eight year old boy had to witness his parents got killed in cold blood by a maniac. He was full of grief, it took a lot of time for him to recover. But he was never the same again. Alfred is glad that he could at least help his young master to come out of his depression but he knew the wound was still there and it will always remain there. When he became a man he was seeking happiness into Andrea but his old wound got reopened when she left him and it gave birth to the legendary Batman. The worst nightmare of the criminals of Gotham.

He still remembered the day when he himself handed Bruce the mask. He witnessed the whole transformation. A young man died and the Bat appeared in his place that day. When Bruce donned the mask and turned around to face Alfred, he was shocked.

"My god!" Alfred whispered in horror looking at the terrified form of the Bat. "Master Bruce…" He tried to say but Bruce….no the Batman stopped him.

"Bruce Wayne is gone, Alfred. He is dead." Came the cold reply.

"What are you talking about Master Bruce? You are you." Alfred said in confusion.

"No. I am not Bruce Wayne." Bruce paused. Alfred looked at him with a confused expression on his face. "I am fear. I am the knight. I am Batman."

At that moment, the young billionaire man Bruce Wayne died and the nightmare of the criminals was born.

"Alfred?" Alfred got out of his thoughts at the sound of a young voice calling his name. He was standing in front of the Batcomputer staring at it blankly.

"Yes master Timothy?" Alfred asked.

"Where is she? Where's mom?" Tim asked.

"Master Timothy you have to understand that…." Alfred was stopped by Tim. "Please Alfred, tell me where is she?" He requested.

"Very well." Then Alfred told Tim what is happening and where Diana went.

Tim was shocked. "Bruce is alive?"

"It seems so. Miss Diana believes that Master Bruce is still alive." Alfred replied.

Tim moved fast. He went straight towards his uniform in the cave and started to get ready.

"May I ask what are you doing Master Timothy?" Alfred asked.

"I must go and help her. I must go, Alfred. Don't stop me. Please. Not this time." Tim pleaded.

"Very well but where will you go?" Alfred asked.

"I….." Tim's answer was cut off by a sound. It was the Batwing. It was coming alive and getting ready to launch. Tim quickly put on his boots and ran towards the plane before it can take off.

THEMYSCIRA

The Amazons had retreated under Philippa's order but they waited to strike. "Philippa, what is going on?" Hippolyta asked.

"A monster has invaded our island. We are unable to stop it." Philippa said.

"A monster? It is impossible for him to find our island." Hippolyta argued.

"The monster was brought here by Aresia, my Queen. She is the traitor." Philippa replied.

"But we can't let it destroy our home. We must fight." Hippolyta ordered.

"Help has arrived my Queen. From Man's world and our Princess is here. She says 'Hi'."

"Diana is here?" Hippolyta stared at Philippa. It is most likely that Diana has brought men in the island. Again. It is forbidden but she knew better. She also knew about that last time when they stopped Hades. But as a Queen she had to do her duty and she banished her own daughter. She still remembered the look of hurt on Diana's face when she declared her punishment.

"We must help them." Hippolyta said again.

"My Queen, the Princess has ordered us to step back."

"But….."

Diana flew back and crashed against a tree completely uprooting it. She rubbed away the blood at the corner of her lips with the back of her hand. With terrified rage she flew back at the monster and punched it, snapping its head sideways from the blow. The others helped her too, but they couldn't stop Doomsday.

"Kal. This cannot go on like this. We need to think of something." Diana said.

"Yes. But what Diana. Everything we did, it didn't work on him." Superman said.

They saw Doomsday threw away J'onn towards the wall. Superman wanted to say something but at that moment his comm-link came alive.

"Clark get him away from the island." He heard Batman's voice.

"Clark what's going on?" Diana asked.

"It's Batman. He just told me to get Doomsday away from the island. Now." Superman said looking at Diana.

"He must have a plan. I will help you." Diana nodded. Then Shayera landed on a heap at Diana's feet. The monster has knocked her out finally.

Aresia landed on the island with an arrogant smile on her face. She thought that the monster is busy battling the League but she didn't notice that it had spotted her. It moved fast and grabbed her from behind taking her by surprise.

"Ugh!" Aresia screamed and repeatedly punched the monster's arms to loosen its grip on her throat but it was no use. Doomsday was way too strong for her. With a slight pressure the monster snapped her neck, killing her completely. Then he threw her body away like a rag doll.

"Nooooooo!" Diana saw what the monster did to Aresia. Aresia is the enemy, but Diana never wanted her to die. With rage she began to repeatedly punch the monster in its face. With Diana's attacks the monster got distracted and didn't see Superman coming from behind. Superman quickly grabbed him around his waist from behind and took flight, taking the monster away with him. Superman took the monster far away from the island and high towards the sky.

"Throw him and get away from there Clark." Came Batman's warning in his comm.

"What?"

"Do as I say!" Came the barking order.

Superman did as he was told. He threw the monster very high towards the sky and flew away at full speed. Then he saw it. The Batwing, streaking towards the monster like a rocket with a rocket attached at its bottom which was crackling with some kind of purple energy.

"Magic." He whispered. But what is Batman doing? He will get himself killed. Superman was about to turn back and follow the Batwing but he was again stopped by the grave voice of the menacing Bat.

"Stay away!" Batman snapped.

And then it happened. In front of everyone's eyes. The Batwing streaked forward and crashed against the monster. Then there was a massive magical explosion. The light was so bright that everyone had to cover their eyes.

"Batman!" Superman yelled in shock.

The Amazons saw the entire fight. They bowed their head in respect for the fallen who just sacrificed himself to save them and also the world. At that moment, Hippolyta realized what Diana realized long ago: Not all men are bad, some of them are even heroes.

"Not again….." Shayera said in shock and horror.

"Oh no!" John lowered his head in grief.

"No. Bats…." Flash mumbled.

Dick embraced Donna and shed some tears.

Diana stood still. She didn't move. She didn't even flinch. One could say that she is in a lot of grief by seeing the pool of tears running down from her big ocean blue eyes. "Bruce…." His name was the only thing that came out from Diana's lips.

Superman was in a state of shock, still floating in the air. He still can't believe that his friend is gone. Again. They just got him back only to lose him again. Then something caught his eyes. Two head emerged from underneath the water.

"Batman! Robin!" He shot forward and quickly pulled them away from the water and landed them safely on the island of Themyscira. Now everyone was smiling, including the Amazons. Tim shot forward and threw his arms around Diana's waist, hugging her tightly. The Amazons were shocked at the scene of a young boy hugging their princess. Diana quickly got out of her trance and hugged him back. She ran her hands down his back to soothe him.

"Mo…. ", Tim stopped himself. "Are you okay?"

Diana gave him a gentle reassuring smile. "I am fine, Tim. You okay?"

"Never better." He said with a huge grin on his face. His eyes darting between Bruce and Diana.

Finally, Diana's eyes met Bruce's. He was trying to stare at her, but he couldn't help but give her occasional glances from the corner of his eyes while talking with his other teammates. Diana took a step towards him but she had to stop when the Queen of the Amazons arrived. Everyone turned to give their respective attention to the Queen.

Hippolyta's eyes first fell on her two daughters but mostly on Diana. She wanted nothing but to run towards her little sun and stars and took her in her arms. But as the Queen her duty came first, so she had to suppress her emotions, for the moment. Diana's eyes met her mother's but she didn't make any comment. She placed her hand around Tim's shoulder who was standing beside her and kept her attention on her mother.

"Twice, the law has been broken on Themyscira. Twice, men had set their foot on this forbidden island." Hippolyta said in a grave voice. Everyone thought she was going to punish her daughter again. But to everyone's surprise she smiled. "But it doesn't matter. Not anymore. I now see what my daughter realized long ago: Not all men are bad." She smiled again. "So thank you heroes. As the Queen of the Amazons I want to show my gratitude by giving you each, a gift that you desire. So, I would like to request each of you to come to my throne room one by one to speak about your desires."

There was no way to defy the order of the Queen of the Amazons, so the heroes followed. Some excitedly, some dejectedly. As the time passed by everyone got their wishes except Batman and Diana. Finally it was Batman's turn to go and meet the Queen. Without giving a glance towards Diana he entered the throne room of the Royal palace. A few moments later he exited and stood with others. Finally, it was Diana's turn to meet her mother. She slowly stepped inside the palace and went to stood in front of her mother.

"What do you seek my daughter?" Hippolyta asked.

Diana was shocked. She thought that this time her mother will punish her again.

"You are not going to punish me?" Diana asked in surprise.

"No my daughter. What you did was right. Without your friend Themyscira would have fallen like last time. I was wrong." Then she smiled and embraced her daughter. Diana hugged her mother back. Both women had tears in their eyes.

"Stay with me daughter." Hippolyta murmured.

Diana stiffened and pulled back from her mother embrace slightly. "Mother, you know I can't. You banished me last time."

"Something has changed my daughter." The Queen smiled.

"What changed?" Diana asked.

"I cannot lift your banishment because of my won desires. As the Queen I couldn't do it because my Judgment is passed already but if someone wants me to do that, then I can certainly do so, which I did. Just now." She said with teary eyes, holding her daughter's face in her hands.

"Who asked?" Diana asked.

"Batman did. That was the gift he wanted and I couldn't refuse him." Hippolyta revealed.

Tears welled up in Diana's eyes. But they were tears of happiness. He never told her that he loved her, but he always showed it with his actions, his protectiveness and he showed it again. Just now.

"He loves you, Diana." The Queen concluded. "Much more than I have ever loved you."

"I know." Diana said with a teary smile.

"Diana stay here for few days with me." Hippolyta requested.

"I am sorry, mother. I can't. Not now. But I promise that I will visit you later." Diana replied.

"But, Diana this is your home. Why don't you want to stay?"

"No, mother. This is not my home anymore. My home is at Gotham." Diana smiled at her mother, hoping she will understand.

And she did understand. "I see. Go to him, my sun and stars. No one can protect you and love you better than him. He has proven it today." Hippolyta paused. She was happy to see the radiating smile of happiness on her daughter's face. "Go." She nodded.

In the meantime outside the palace, Batman was explaining to others how he survived the meteor blast.

"I knew at that moment that there was a small chance that I can upload the auto-pilot software in such a short time after Luthor messed it up. But I was lucky and it worked. I was able to get out from there before the robot went much higher." Bruce explained.

"So, how did you know about Aresia?" Superman asked.

"When I touched the ground, I spotted Tsukuri. I followed her and realized that they were plotting to destroy the world and Diana. So I went in disguised. I couldn't contact you directly. The security was too tight." Bruce answered.

"I see. So….." Superman was about to say more, but Diana arrived at that moment.

Tim immediately went to her. "You are coming with us? Aren't you?"

"Of course." Diana said softly. Then her eyes fell on him and this time he stared back. She slowly took a cautious step forward towards him and took his hand in hers. She gave him a smile.

Bruce couldn't help but look at her beautiful face. If she makes a move he knew there will be no way he can stop himself from giving in to his feelings for her. The way she is staring at him right now was difficult for him, not to take her in his arms and kiss her senseless and never let her go. He saw her stepping very close to his face. He was sure that she was going to kiss him in front of everybody. It would be embarrassing. As much as he wanted her to do it, the Bat inside him cannot let her do that. He has an image to maintain.

To his surprise she did no such thing as he suspected she would. She seemed to understand his problem by just looking at him. She really is different from all other women in the world. She merely stepped beside him and took his right hand in hers possessively. She turned her head sideways at him and gave him a smile. That was all it took for his protective walls to crumble down. He smiled back. Tim stepped on right side of Diana and held her hand.

Donna took Dick's hand in hers and Dick just smiled stupidly.

"Let's go home." Diana said softly, still smiling.

The Batman had to smile again because for the first time since Andrea left him he is happy. It took Wonder Woman to pull out the real Bruce Wayne from the shadows of the Batman.

THE END

Note: That's all folks. This is the end of the story. Bruce is finally happy with Diana. Tim got his mother back and his father too. Dick has Donna. Everyone is happy. These makes me smile.

About a sequel? I have no idea truthfully. But if anyone get any idea and want to do a sequel(s) in the form of one shots and multiple chapters, they can do it. I will be more than happy.

P.S: Please review. Everyone. (Please ignore the grammar mistakes)