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Chapter 3 – There's no 'good' in Goodbye

To die and part is a less evil; but to part and live, there, there is the torment.
- George Lansdowne

"But…..there's one thing you need to know….Diana….You're pregnant…."

But she already knew that. Still, his voice seemed to resonate in her head.

Her eyes met again with his. Her lips shook and all the tears that she was holding earlier broke like an overflowing dam. It spilled down her beautiful face. She could hear her own voice also shook

"..Kal….I…I knew…just now…"

"..Diana…." He move to sit on the edge of her bed and pulled her into a tight embrace. Let her tears soaked down to his shoulder. Her body shook as she sobbed. He never seen her like this. She was always a warrior, stronger and bolder and braver than anyone he knew. He tightened his arms around her, moved his hand up to pat the back of her head as if to sooth her "…. J'onn said you are only 6 weeks long….And I barely hear the heartbeats before until today"

"Kal….I…..I need…" She stammered, she never stammered before in her long life. Diana pushed herself out of his hug "….I need to see Bruce"

His face was stunned at her words. He knitted his brow together "…is he….the father?"

"Kal, please….I need to see him" Denying it or not she knew he would put things together eventually so she didn't answer him back at all.

"He's still unconscious. In the next room" He said. Still looking straight back at her "Diana, is he the father?"

She didn't want to say yes. Even though she knew it was the truth. So she could only let the sob took over and buried her face in her hands. Man of steel looked dumbfound for good five minutes before pulled her into his embrace again. He didn't know what to do when a girl cry, especially one who was supposed to be the most powerful woman on the planet.

"Ok, you don't have to answers that, Alright?…..it's ok, Diana" He tried to sooth her with his hand on her back. But only the sobbing sound came from her. "Diana…..you will be ok, alright? You will be fine…"

"No! I won't! You don't know anything!" her voice was harsh, she screamed as she pushed herself out of his arms. Tears stilled down her perfect cheekbone, her eyes were red. She almost spat at Superman's confused face. But realized that he had no idea what was going on. She could only look away as she apologized

"…..Kal. I'm….I'm sorry. I didn't mean to…."

"It's ok, Diana…..please tell me so I can understand….I want to help" He reached his hands out to grabbed both of her shaken shoulders. His voice was warm and supportive "…Diana, you are my best friend. You can tell me anything, alright?..." She nodded. "….now tell me, What's wrong? Is it Bruce that's the problem? Is it because, doesn't he want….err…kids?"

"He doesn't?..." Her eyes went wider, teardrop almost fell on her cheeks again.

"No! I mean….I don't know…..I was just assuming…" it wasn't usual for a journalist like him to struggle finding the right words, and he didn't really know what to say after seeing horror in her expression. He knitted his brows together.

He pursed his lips. "…..I'm sorry that come out wrong. Let's me start over. Diana, you know about his 'issues', right? Is that why you were upset that you are with his child?"

But she wasn't upset. She was afraid. Afraid and fear for her child. She was a warrior herself, she had no problem running straight to battlefield and tackling enemies. But this child, whose fate awaited, was different. It was the unknown that was waiting for him or her. The danger of being in this world was unavoidable. Was this how her mother feeling when she'd left Themyscira?

She lifted her hand up to wipe her remaining tears away. Silence filled the room as her friend stayed quiet and waited for her to answer. But how could she answer something she could not possibly have the answers for? So she could only took a deep breath, closed her eyes before exhaled.

She must decide. She knew what fate awaited for her. She knew the only thing she could do was to have faith in the ones she loved. She must. As it was the only way to continue.

Her hand moved to touch her abdomen. She looked back at her friend again, her blue eyes shone like the heart of Hestia. Tears would not help her. She must not cry like a little girl. She was an Amazon, the champion of the god. And she would face her destiny as one.

She had decided.

"Kal, I need your help. Please contact J'onn and meet me back in this room in twenty minutes. I will explain later"

She saw her best friend nodded reluctantly and left the room before she dropped her legs down from the bed. Grabbed the slipper from under the bed and slipped them on. For now she had to do something or rather see someone…. She walked out of her section to the room next to her.

She looked at his broken form, bruised , bandaged, casted. The reminder of how he was just a mere mortal. It would take him weeks to heal all the injuries. She had seen him injured for so many times as she almost stopped counting. Laying there unconscious. With the way he fought alongside them she could almost forgot that he had no special powers, he was only a man. A mortal man with an extraordinary heart. He selflessly fought the war by himself to protect his rotten city that no one cared. And anyone knew when this battle would ever end. He still stood and protected it with all his being. That was one of the reasons she fell in love with him.

And she knew that if she stayed, it would complicate his mission. She had vowed to herself the day he had opened himself to her, that she would not be the reason of leading him astray from his city. This child would change him. Though she would only hope it would be in a positive way when the times came.

She stood over him. Didn't move an inch until mentally clock in her head ticked and her time was up. She closed her eyes. Bend down and kiss his unmoving lips for the last time. She held her tears that forming behind her eyes again. She wouldn't cry anymore. She had decided to do what was right. She must protect their child, the only evident of their short union. Even if he would hate her for it, she must.

Kal and J'onn were waiting in her room when she got back. She took a deep breath before started.

"First of all, I cannot tell you all the details of what's about to happen…." Diana said, looking at both of her friends and colleagues. "…..I take it as you are the only people who knew of my pregnancy?"

After they both nodded, she continued. "Good, please do not tell anyone about this. It is the matter of life and death….."

"Even him….?"

"Especially him, Kal" she took a deep breath before exhaled again. "The moment after I woke, I was spirited away to Olympus, I had an audience with the gods…..something is happening to me, something bad. And I could not prevent it from happening….And my child will be in danger if I were to be gone…"

"Diana! Don't say that, you are nearly invulnerable, you can't just….die!" Kal's voice was high. She knew he was surprise at her words, she held her hand up to make him stop saying anymore.

"Kal, I am only immortal when I am on Paradise Island. Outside world, I aged though very slowly but I do age. And I get hurt. And I could die" She continued "…..There's war coming. I don't know when it will start, against the ancient, oldest enemy of the gods. People will die….And I do not know if the league would be able to stop it all from happening…." She casted her eyes down "….there's the prophecy, that someone would be able to end it…."

"And that person is you?"

She shook her head "…No. We do not know. But it might be my child. So before that the enemies would hunt him or her down and kill my child before he or she had a chance to grow up, I must protect my child.…."

"So it might not be your kid at all? Is that what you are saying?"

"I would hope that the fates would be kinder and do not don my child with such responsibility…." She really did. "….the thing is, I need to leave the Man's world….it is the only way to protect him or her…"

"What do you mean by leaving?" Kal's tone wasn't please when he said it.

"…meaning I am going back to Themyscira" She said, trying to force a smile on her face when she saw Kal's disapproval gaze "….Kal, Paradise Island is protected by the gods. As long as my child stayed there, he or she would be protected until coming of age…."

"And after that?..."

"It is up to him or her to choose. But until then, You must not reveal this to anyone…." Her tone was pleading. Man of steel look at her with reluctant eyes.

"I understand…." The Martian was the first to reply, he spoke for the first time. Diana knew that he probably already read her thoughts. For the first time she didn't mind his intrusion at all.

"Thank you" She said. Before turning to her best friend.

"Kal, please believe in my decision. This is for the best"

"Diana, he has right to know. He is the father…."

As if she didn't know that already. She thought but didn't say it. Instead she gave him a small smile "He will. Someday, Kal…..he will. But not now, not from me and not from you….I have my reason so please….believe in me"

And he did. Because that was the only way he could accept her departure.

She was gone. Diana was gone before he woke. Nobody said anything to him until J'onn had released him from Medical Bay. Even Superman, someone who, he couldn't believe letting her go.

"Bruce, I am sorry. It was not my place to stop her" The Kryptonian said, solemn look on his face. "But she said it was important and she must leave"

He didn't say anything back. He just didn't know what he could possibly say.

"She left this for you" He handed him a white envelope. "And please know, it was hard for her too…"

He didn't know how long after Clark had left or that he stood there, frozen to the spot, Staring at an un-open letter. And for first time his mind was blank, there was no plan to back him up. There was nothing for him to do.

Finally, he opened the letter. He recognized her neat handwriting. The content was clear and short.

Dear, Bruce.

Forgive me, Bruce. For not be able to say goodbye. I hope you did not take this the wrong way, It is necessary that leave and journey back to my home. I have a new duty to serve. And I could not do it by being here, in Man's world. If the fates were kind, we will meet again. Until then please take care of yourself. Alfred is old and he would not be around to forever patch you up.

Please remember that you will always be in my heart. I wish you all the happiness, Bruce. Because you of all people, deserve it. Even it wasn't with me.

Always,
Diana

There still was no reason of her leaving. But to him it didn't matter.

She was gone.

She left him, just like the rest of them. Leaving him alone to fight this endless battle.

Maybe it was a good thing. He told himself. He'd been trying to push her away and here he was. At end of the conclusion of what he had wanted.

It is a good thing. He thought. No more distractions, no more obstacles.

No more Diana.

As he crumbled the letter in his hand, tossing it in to the nearest garbage can. He pretended he didn't hear his own heart breaking.

Whaaaa! it was a hard chapter to write! Sorry if anyone seem to be OOC, Especially Batman. I kinda cheated lol since he got the shortest scene here.

To Guest's comment from last chapter, since I can't reply to you. So I'm taking liberty of doing it here before to go further - First of all thank you for the review. And Yes, It will have BMWW, since it is the base element but this story will focus on their daughter most of the time. But yes it will have BMWW, And I am a sappy person so I wouldn't pass the chance to write it for sure!

Next chapter, we will meet Bruce and Diana's kid! For now if you don't mind, tell me what do you think of this chapter, I'd love to hear from readers!