"Is it our man?" Cyborg asked.
"It's our woman" Clark corrected.
"On our way" Wonder Woman assured him and began flying north, following the glowing dot that was Green Lantern. She didn't know Gotham very well and it's pretty hard to read street signs from above. She saw Hal dip into the clouds and did the same, but when she emerged below them he was nowhere to be seen, lost among the blinking shifting lights of the city.
"Oh god, guys, it's Superman he's... crying" The Flash's words made her stomach drop. She cast about trying to catch sight of Green Lantern again to no avail.
"Where?!" She demanded, frustrated.
"Diana, follow me." Bruce's voice came over the radio as he flashed the batplane's searchlight at her. She flew off his left wing, sticking close so as not to loose him. A few moments later, she spotted Barry and Hal standing at the mouth of an alley.
"Where is he?" She asked when she landed.
"Back there." Flash said and peered around the edge of the building as if a hydra was lurking back there instead of his friend.
"And you two just left him there?" She said, aghast.
"Well, I mean..." Hal tried to find the words to convey his extreme discomfort with the situation. "... he's crying."
"We can't go back there," Barry explained," What if she got him the same way she got the other men?"
"All the more reason not to leave him crying alone in an alley!"
"And all the more reason why you should be the first to approach him." Batman countered as he arrived from landing the batplane.
"Not you too, Batman." Diana said with exasperation, unable to understand why they were acting this way. Batman made no reply and instead stared stoically at the wall. "Cowards, all of you." She accused and walked into the alley with the other three trailing reluctantly behind her.
She heard the soft keening sobs and saw him on his knees, face buried in his hands, back bowed so much his head was nearly touching the ground. He looked so small. She knelt in front of him and placed a hand on his shaking shoulders.
"Clark, we're here." She said simply. Superman looked up with tears running down his cheeks and reached for her wordlessly. She pulled him into the age-old position of comfort, one hand cradling his head against her chest, stroking his hair, the other rubbing gentle circles on his back. He clung to her desperately as she gently rocked him and cooed soothing nonsense.
As Superman's sobs began to ease, Diana looked over at her teamates to see that Batman had aparently introduced Flash abd Green Lanern to his new friend, the wall, as they were all now staring fixedly at it. Barry risked a glance over his shoulder and started guitily when their eyes met before turning back to the wall.
"Clark, can you tell me what happened? Why are you crying?" Wonder Woman asked gentily when Superman finally quieted.
"It's Charley..." He said between shuddering gasps, "He's dead, and it's all my fault."