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Helena lay on the perfect sandy Themysciran beach, her head resting in Dinah's lap, feeling so peaceful and safe as she lay against her bikini clad lover. She had never really allowed herself a break from everything with someone special to her, not like this, smiling softly as she felt Dinah's hands slowly moving to stroke and play with her raven locks, so glad that Dinah had spoken to Diana and Shayera, she didn't know if she'd have been brave enough to tell Dinah her own feelings for the blonde goddess against whom she lay. Softly she smiled as she felt Dinah's hands take hold of her, letting the blonde goddess pull her against herself, smiling softly as she felt Dinah beginning to nibble on her ear, turning herself over and stealing the blonde bombshell's lips in a deep kiss.
Shayera turned away, having been watching the two young lovers interact with one another from her and Diana's bedroom balcony, realizing they probably wouldn't want anyone watching them right now, her lips curled up in a large smile. Love was always a wondrous and beautiful thing to behold, only surpassed by the feeling of being in love yourself, and it was plain as day for the winged Amazon to see the two ladies from Gotham were falling in love with one another. Happily she slid through the bedroom, out into the palace in search of her lover, she needed a little alone time with her princess right now.
Batman stood over the body of one of Gotham's most notorious crime bosses, Commissioner Gordon standing behind him with a worried look. Thorne's corpse lay, covered in it's own blood, the same blood which now soaked into the carpet, fragments of the man's skull strewn across the floor. It was an incredibly gruesome sight, made all the scarier by the gibbering wreck of a bodyguard who had attempted to stop the killer, the guard now missing one arm below the elbow and with both legs and several ribs broken and babbling about a 'masked psycho'. Whoever had done this was ruthless, and didn't seem to follow any of the gimmicks of his usual rogues. There were very few who could pull off something like this, Red Hood, Black Mask, Mr. Zsasz, Ra's Al Ghul and Hush were all his main suspects, each with a different motive, but all with a motive nonetheless. Quickly Batman knelt beside the body, gloved fingers lifting the head of the corpse enough for closer inspection, examining the gash in the man's head before placing the head back down.
"Well, what have we got?" Commissioner Gordon asked, Batman's expression impassive as his mind deduced who and what could have done this to Thorne
"Thorne was struck repeatedly with a standard meat cleaver. No evidence of any metahuman abilities, main suspects are Red Hood, Hush or someone new" he growled out as he stepped over to the window, pulling it open and aiming his grappling hook towards another building, swinging away into the night.
From a nearby alleyway a masked figure watched the Dark Knight swinging away through the city, into the darkness, staring through the latex of his mask, his voice a terrifying growl, like sandpaper on glass
"You forgot how we do things, Bruce. You've gotten too soft. Too trusting. Especially with those metahuman freaks" it growled out before turning, walking into the shadows of the alleyway.
Diana stood out on her balcony in the night, remembering such a short time ago when she had stood here, debating whether or not she was wrong to believe the best in men. She still wasn't sure of that, there were good men in the world, Bruce, Clark, Wally, but there were also so many evil men, so many who acted like animals towards what was different, looking over towards another balcony sticking out on the wall of the palace, sticking out from Dinah and Helena's bedroom and her chest clenching painfully. Those two young lovers would be ostracized simply for loving one another, they would be hurt, maybe even suffer the same violence that she and her lover had endured, one hand lifting to her cheek, tracing her scars sadly. She had endured them being there for what felt like an eternity, and they still made her feel ugly and damaged, even if when she looked at the scars on Shayera's face she found they only amplified her angel's natural beauty. Her lips curled up in a smile as she felt a layer of soft feathers wrapping around her body, like a feather mattress on her bare skin, the wings quickly pulling her into Shayera's waiting arms.
"What's on my Princess' mind then?" Shayera purred softly, Diana giving a small shiver as she felt her lover's bare breasts pressed to her equally bare back but holding her lust in check. Shayera could feel Diana stiffen slightly, leaning round to look over her lover's expression, able to read Diana like a book these days. "You were thinking about your scars weren't you?" she asked, Diana's silence all the answer she needed. Slowly Shayera turned Diana round before wrapping her wings around the woman she loved once more, "Diana, you don't need to feel ashamed that it hurts, it doesn't make you any the weaker" she whispered. Diana couldn't help be hang her head slightly.
"I know Shayera... I just have so much hurt, so much anger left in me" she whimpered softly, feeling so bad about herself despite Shayera's words, so weak and pathetic by admitting what she did, feeling Shayera's hand take her chin and lift her head. "I'm scared for Helena and Dinah too, they don't have our strength to protect themselves" Diana admitted softly. Gently Shayera's arms slid around Diana's form, gently pulling them together, the princess out of pure instinct pressing her face to her angel's hair.
"Diana, Helena and Dinah are strong independent women, they can take care of themselves, and it's normal to hurt and be angry, there's nothing to be ashamed of" Shayera whispered softly as she held her lover to her, "Now come to bed"
Softly Shayera whimpered, unconsciously pulling Diana closer to her, the feeling of Diana's perfect smooth hairless skin against her own, and against her soft feathers was very calming to her, but when her nightmares struck nearly nothing would help, many a time she had shot awake, crying her eyes out, sweating or screaming. She was a strong woman no doubt, but she was still close to human, she still hurt just like a human. If she was honest she was terrified, all those horrible things which had happened to her since the Thanagarian invasion, made even worse by the revelation of her sexuality, they tormented her in her dreams, no matter how much she tried to fight or escape them, she hurt so badly, only putting on the facade of being unbreakable and aggressive for the sake of others.
With a start her eyes shot open, the woman pushing Diana away and screaming in terror as she awoke, still half asleep, not realizing whom it was who she had been touching, only that she had felt someone's hands on her, her entire body shaking as she practically fell out of bed, huddling into the corner as her now awakened Princess slid back, knowing Shayera would need a few moments to calm down, her sapphire blue eyes filled with tears as she watched Shayera shaking and crying. Ever so slowly Shayera's wings which she had been covering herself with opened, the tearful Amazon looking up weakly at her lover. Very carefully Diana slid over to her lover, Shayera giving her a nervous look but doing her best not to be scared, knowing Diana wasn't going to hurt her, allowing Diana to kneel beside her, Diana's arms encircling her exactly like she had done to Diana herself such a short time ago.
"Them again" she whimpered out, Diana nodding softly before pulling Shayera tightly against herself "I could feel them touching me again" she whispered tearfully. Despite her previous relationships Shayera was fully lesbian, she knew she could never lie with a man again after what had happened to her. Slowly she melted into her angel's embrace, pressing her face into Diana's beautiful raven hair, sniffling softly, she could understand how Diana had felt earlier, she felt weak for hurting like this, even though she knew it was stupid to feel weak for hurting after being violated like she had.
Batman knelt beside the cinders that had once been Arkham Asylum, nothing left of the historic building besides a few scorches and cinders where, nor of the occupants, either staff or patients. Everything had been destroyed, the lone witness who had been driving to the asylum where he worked as a guard speaking of a blue glowing figure simply pointing at the Asylum and the building vanishing completely. Batman knew many of his usual criminals were kept in regular prisons, while many more were free, but many villains were in the Asylum at the time, Bane, Mr Freeze, Clayface, The Ventriloquist, Killer Moth, Firefly and the Mad Hatter had all still been inside, and where now all dead. Slowly the Dark Knight stood, surveying the destruction, Doctor Manhattan was so terribly dangerous, he'd destroyed the Watchtower, obliterated Arkham, god knows where he'd strike next.
From the shade of one of the trees on Arkham island Rorschach watched, he knew Bruce would blame himself for not stopping Manhattan, now that he was weakened by his guilt for the freaks and murderers Rorschach could overpower the Dark Knight, pulling his trenchcoat around himself he set off towards Wayne Manor.
Shayera smiled softly, after her nightmare last night her lover had held her and whispered soothingly to her, gently cradling her and touching her in the most loving and intimate ways imaginable to the young Amazon, making her forget the rough groping hands and the pain she'd endured, focused only in the loving caresses of her princess' silken smooth hands. She would never forget what had happened to her, and it would forever hurt her, but she knew that the nightmares could be driven away, and she trusted Diana deep within her soul to do anything to her, she never feared when Diana was inside her, never once shook in fear under Diana's touch, not even when Diana tied the winged woman up with her lasso did Shayera feel fear, only a sense of unbridled erotica.
Slowly she stood before her lover, watching in admiration as Diana slid her Amazonian dress onto her beautiful shapely curves, Shayera unable to take her eyes off the beautiful Amazon, her perfect smooth and nearly unmarred skin, the only marks a few small scars, none larger than those left by the brick. But to Shayera they made Diana seem all the more beautiful, they helped show the warrior within the princess, the untameable spirit behind the regal beauty. Shayera quickly slid over to her lover, hands sliding up Diana's body, taking Diana's face between her hands before drawing the beautiful princess in for a deep and loving kiss, their tongues slowly dancing together as they kissed one another with all the passion in their hearts.
Pulling away reluctantly Shayera gave a small moan, trying to restrain herself from pouncing on her lover, they were already late for a sparring session with Philippus which Diana had promised they would attend, Shayera gently taking her lover's hand.
"C'mon" she told her lover reluctantly, "If we stay here I'm gonna fuck you right now, don't want Philippus breaking in looking for us while your inside me do we?" she purred out, Diana grinning softly.
"Then lets go, can I borrow your mace for sparring?" Diana replied with a smirk, kneeling for a second to lift the Nth Metal weapon into one hand and leaning it against her head in a mouth wateringly sexy pose.
"It's a package deal, you want the mace, you get me too" Shayera purred out, the exact same words which had lead to them falling in love in the first place, Diana's hand lifting to cup Shayera's full breast, the other moving to entwine itself in her angel's hair.
"By Hera, as soon as we're done with Philippus, I'm gonna have you" she whispered huskily, fighting off the urge to slam Shayera onto her back on the bed, "Now lets go, the sooner we spar with the girls, the sooner we can come back and we can enjoy one another's 'pleasurable company'"
Shayera grinned as she stepped into the stadium where the Amazons often sparred, seeing Philippus and Helena standing side by side in the ring waiting for them, Helena in her full purple Huntress outfit, Dinah in a smaller ring already sparring with another blonde Amazon.
"Well well, looks like the lovebirds are here at last" Philippus teased before she slid back, spinning her sword as Helena loaded her crossbow.
"I've been waiting to see if I could match up against an Amazon, and against Hawkgirl, now I get both at once" Helena called to Shayera, the Italian woman starting the battle by opening fire at the Winged Amazon, Shayera's gold bracelets flying out to block the arros before she launched herself towards Helena, slamming her fist into the ground where Helena had just cartwheeled away from, the purple clad heroine leaping at Shayera for a flying kick but Shayera slapped Helena's leg to the side, hand shooting forward to grab the front of her outfit and throwing Helena back, the Italian beauty flipping and landing on her feet, Shayera once again hurling herself forwards, aiming a punch, her fist colliding with Helena's who yelped as her bones were rattled, not quite broken but hurt badly.
Shayera spun, Helena bracing herself, obviously expecting a kick but instead having Shayera's wings slam into her. Like many people she expected the wings to be soft, and she was half right, the feathers were incredibly soft, but beneath them was iron hard muscle, the wings sending the purple wearing heroine flying, slamming into the sand and rolling across the dueling area, out like a light, Shayera turning her head to where her mace smashed a sword aside, Diana's knee jerking upwards into Philippus' chin, slamming the Amazon's head back, knocking her out easily
Diana pushed Shayera down onto the bed, their bare skin pressed together, the Princess slowly lowering her head to Shayera's neck, whispering out between licks and kisses,
"Mmm, I love you Shayera"
"I love you too Diana" came the husky response, the two lovers bodies entwining in the most intimate and passionate act possible
A/N: First, sorry this took so long to write, I'm trying to juggle this, my other story and my web design course. Ok, just to clear something up here, I know I'm making Shayera and Diana a lot more emotional than in the show but to be honest by doing so I'm trying to make them more realistic. Also I filled in one blank here, yes Shayera ended up with Doctor Fate after the Thanagarian invasion, but she didn't immediately go to him, instead she tried to find somewhere solitary and was found by Fate after a run in with the humans mentioned in earlier, and at the moment I don't plan to write what happened yet for two reasons. Firstly what happened to Shayera might either offend or upset some readers of this fic and I don't want to put anyone off. Second it would push this fic into an M Rating. Instead I might make a seperate oneshot fic containing Shayera telling Diana what happened to her so those who don't wish to hear about it will be able to avoid it and preventing me making this M rated. Keep an eye out for it if your one of those who would be interested in reading it. Please Please Review