Present Day

As the amazon approached the fortress, she remembered the conversation she had with Lara before she left. Lara was sitting in the guestroom still fangirling over being in the Batcave and meeting Robin. She decided that she would go back down there when she stopped being dizzy. She still needed to see all the batgear Batman used to kick batbutt. Diana had just finished yelling at Bruce for not dragging Kal out of the Arctic himself. More trouble was going on in Gotham so he and Damian conveniently left Selina with the even more pissed off Amazon. Selina would get them back for that later. Diana broke down when she realized her love was so close all this time. Selina held her until the crying stopped and the fury resumed. Diana would kill Kal if he didn't have a good explanation for this.

Lara insisted that she could feel him in pain. Her empathy had developed into a power on its own. She could feel when her sisters were sad or hurting and often sought them out to comfort them herself. Lara even became practiced at wiping the rare tears of her mother and they would hold each other on those long days when they ached for her father the most.

Diana didn't know how to say this, so she would just say it. Lara was smart enough to understand what was happening.

"Lara I'm going to go somewhere for a while, but I'll be back soon." Lara looked at her mother with the happiest smile since she knew what mommy was going to do.

"You found Daddy, right? So you're gonna bring him back?" Diana had a slight smile, that super-hearing of Lara's was very selective.

"I will bring him back in some form Lara I can tell you that." Lara frowned. She knew mommy was angry with Daddy and that her temper would get the best of her if she didn't let Daddy explain.

"He is in pain Mommy. I can feel it even more now. If he sees you it will make him feel better and then if you bring him here I'll make him feel better too. And then we'll be a big happy family again." Lara's smile beamed even brighter now. She just knew her plan was full-proof.

Diana was unsure it would be so easy. She didn't even know if she wanted it to be so easy. Diana wrapped Lara in a big hug and kissed Lara's head.

"I will bring him back Lara. I promise it to you." Lara returned the hug and spoke again.

"If nothing works just tell Daddy I'll give him a big hug when he gets back. I know that'll work."

"We are coming back together Lara. I want you to stay here till we do." Diana held on for a little longer to avoid crying again. Her little girl's optimism never failed to give her hope. She was so much like her father.

When the amazon arrived, he was just kneeling there. He was like a statue. It was as if the world was gone and he had nothing to do but wait to die. She halted her anger. Lara was right, she could feel his sorrow from the time she landed, and the feeling grew on her as she walked toward him. She called his Kryptonian name, but there was no answer. She called all his names and still there was silence. Her anger came back with each second. Who was this thing that wore his armor? What imposter wore his sigil and expected to go unchallenged? Her fury would be acknowledged. Or he would die.

She had use for him still despite feeling his betrayal so deeply. Her daughter needed a father, but he was stuck. He shut himself away and hid to wallow in his own pity. While the world's heroes were being hunted she retreated to her home with her daughter to escape the persecution of patriarchal designs. But now her daughter was growing into a woman. She was becoming an Amazon and a Kryptonian. She no longer needed defending. She needed her father. She needed someone who knew her power better than she did. Someone to answer the questions the amazon could only wonder about. And whether the world would admit it or not Superman needed to return. The league of heroes needed to re-unite. She needed Superman, her man, to reignite the fires of truth and justice in this world before it was too late. She would have him or he would die.

She struck him in his unmoving face, he hadn't even acknowledged that she was there. His body flew into a glacier and she waited for him to rise out of it. She yelled for him to face her. But he didn't. She strode toward the hole she made with his Kryptonian body. He sat under the ice that pooled on top of him. There was no fight left in his tired mind. The amazon killing him would be a good death. An ironic one too. Destroyed by his love. Killed by what was left of his heart. But his mind starts to remember, who was the woman he loved?

He remembered her smell then her piercing eyes.

The amazon roared "Damn you, I could kill you myself!"

She moved the ice from overtop him and yelled at him again.

"Where is HE?" she screeched at him but to him it was still a beautiful sound. The amazon grabbed him by his collar and held his face in front of hers.

"Where is the MAN who stole my amazon heart?"

He remembers her war cry that shook every battlefield she had entered. She struck him again but still held on to his collar.

"Where is the HERO who threw me to the GROUND and TOOK me as his rightful PRIZE?"

He remembers their wedding day and the joyous sound of her laugh. She hit him again and this time drew blood.

"Where is the GOD whose passion shattered a mountaintop?"

He remembers their child. Their beautiful Lara. She had a tear in her eye now.

"Where is SUPERMAN?"

He remembers the name the world gave her, Wonder Woman. She held him up still and whispered

"Where is my husband?"

He remembers the day she told him her name. Diana.


Author's Note: This chapter is short, but I wanted to build some suspense by making you "turn the page" to see what happens next. Also, I wanted the exchanges to stand on their own, so the impact would be noted. Thanks for reading!