Bruce was troubled as he made his way back to the Batcave. If he was right, and the Joker was up to his old tricks, then both he and Diana wereboth in grave danger. He reached to his ear, activating his Justice League communicator and placing a call to the Watchtower.

"H-hello?" Answered the Flash, yawning?"

"Get me Superman?"

"Huh?"

"Get me Superman. Now."

"Right... I'm just a bit hungover... Oops, sorry Bats. I don't think he's here right now... Probably at home sleeping."

"Patch me through to him."

"You know that it's about three in the morning in Metropolis, right?"

"I don't care."

"Whatever you say..."

Batman heard a ringing through his earpiece. It rang for a good thirty seconds before anyone answered.

"Hello, this is Clark Kent speaking..." Superman's voice was raspy.

"We need to talk."

"Bruce? What's the big idea? It's three thirty in the morning!"

"The Joker's escaped. Why didn't you tell me."

Clark stayed silent for a moment before responding. "How did you find out?"

"It doesn't matter. Answer the question."

"I'm sorry, Bruce. I didn't want to ruin our wedding day. I know that you would have wanted to know, but sometimes what you want isn't always what's best for you. Or for Diana."

"I need to know what I'm up against."

"No, Bruce. You aren't up against anything right now. You're going to go on your honeymoon, and enjoy it. If anything, do it for Diana. Let the rest of the League handle the Joker. Now I've gotta go before Lois wakes up- Aw, Dammit. I've gotta go now." Batman heard shouting in the background before the line went dead.

"I hate it when he's right..." Batman muttered to himself. He hated to admit it, but Superman had a point. And as much as he wanted to be personally involved in recapturing the Joker, canceling the honeymoon would do little more than worry Diana. He decided that, until he could actually gather enough information to take action, he would keep his head down. He sighed. 'You're going soft...' He muttered to himself.

Once home, he snuck upstairs as quietly as possible. Once he reached the master bedroom, he was shocked to find that Diana was still awake and waiting for him on the bed. The moment he entered the room, she realized that something was amiss.

"Bruce... What's wrong?" She yawned.

"Nothing. Why aren't you asleep?"

"Why do you think? I was waiting for you... And you can't fool me, Bruce. I know when something's not right. You can tell me."

"I said it's nothing."

"And I know you're lying."

"Go to sleep. We have a long trip tomorrow."

"There'll be plenty of time to sleep on the plane. Just tell me."

"Nothing's wrong."

Diana frowned at him. "You have to be the most stubborn man on planet. Alright... You win the battle... But not the war." She forcefully pulled him down onto the bed and kissed him.

Author's Note: Yeah, it's short. Yeah it's uneventful. But it is the third chapter in less than twenty four hours. I figured that this would be the best stopping point that I would get for a while, and I might as well post something. So here it is. I'm thinking that I'm going to introduce a new character into the next chapter... Anybody care to guess who? I'll give you a hint... And that hint is that I've already given you a hint. Too cryptic? Right... That hint was midway through connections, and that's all I'm saying for now.

Thanks to Onlynameleft for all the very generous reviews; You're too kind. Although that wasn't quite the angle that I was playing at... Although I'm sure that my idea is just as cliched. Oh well. You win some, and you lose some. I'll admit that I was kind of toying with that idea, but I scrapped it because it seems like JLU kind of already covered that with the whole 'ancient Thanagarians thing.' Not to say that what I'm working with now isn't a complete ripoff. But you'll all just have to wait, and I'll do my best to make it worthwhile. The only thing that I can guarantee right now is that the story will NOT UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES CONTAIN REFERENCE TO NEW GODS/APOKOLIPS. The main reason for this is that both of these places involve Granny Goodness. She scares me, and I don't like her. I will NOT write about her. Not to mention that all of the stories involving those places confuse the hell out of me. So... No New Gods/Apokilips/Fourth World. As they say where I come from; Get that shit outta hea. There are a lot of chemicals in the water where I come from

And by the way... I'm pretty sure that DC did mess around with a storyline that involved Thomas Wayne being alive (and a villain, because the whole point of the series is to make Batman's life a living hell). But I'm not sure how it turned out. I think that it might have ended up being an impostor or something like that... Or it could have been one of their alternate universe things that they do just to mess with my head. But I'm sure there was something to that. Well shit. Now the Author's note is longer than the chapter. I'm not sure how soon I'll be able to get the next chapter up; it's shaping up to be a long one. Fortunately, after the 50,000+ words that I've come up with in the last month, my writing speed has really gone up, and is still increasing. So be ready for another update. I'm determined to get another chapter up at some point tomorrow.