The Uncanny Wonder Woman

Chapter 19: Meet Diana Prince

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All fmailiar characters belong to DC.

Justice League Watchtower-

It was Diana's first official day back after having her baby. As much as the Amazon Prinncess loved spending time with little Cassie, she couldn't wait to get back to business with the Justice League. She had been called into action when Circe turned all the male heroes into beasts, but that wasn't official League business.

The Amazon had also brought Cassie with her. All of her fellow Leaguers were anxious to see the new baby. Well, the women were. The men started to get skittish whenever babies were mentioned. The men who were already in relationships were especially skittish.

The female members of the Justice League in the cafeteria were gushing over little Cassie, while their other halves looked on with abject horror.

'Aww. Isn't she the cutest thing?' Black Canary cooed.

'Look at her ickle-wickle hands.' Supergirl gushed. 'And her nose. And her feet.'

Shayera leant over and tickled Cassie's belly, eliciting a giggle of joy from the baby.

'Koochie-koochie-koo.'

A rather nervous Green Arrow looked over at an equally nervous-looking John Stewart.

'You'd better be ready for a crazy week, GL.' The Emerald Archer grimaced.

'What do you mean?' The African-American Green Lantern blinked in confusion.

'You've seen how all of the women have been reacting to Wondy's new baby.' Green Arrow pointed out. 'You just know that they're gonna get all broody.'

'Oh, come on, Queen.' John waved it off. 'That's just crazy talk. You've been hanging out with the Question too much.'

Black Canary and Shayera both turned around at one and looked at their other halves, as if they had just heard what they were talking about.

'Uh-oh...' Green Arrow's face went pale. 'It begins...'

'Ollie, I want a baby!' Black Canary demanded. Green Lantern just snickered at that. Until Shayera ran up and grabbed him by the collar.

'Give me your babies, John!' The exiled Thanagarian growled the command at her lover.

'Not so crazy now, am I?' Ollie smirked.

'Help me...' John whimpered.

Lying comfortably in her mother's arms, Cassie started to yawn sleepily. It had been a busy day for the little girl, meeting all these new people.

'I think it's about time we went home.' Diana smiled apologetically at her friends. 'It's past Cassie's bedtime.'

'Aww, don't go.' Supergirl sulked. 'We wanna see the baby some more.'

'Do you want to look at a baby that's cranky from no sleep?' Diana asked. 'No, I didn't think you would.'

The Amazing Amazon gathered Cassie up in her blanket and turned to leave. That was when the Flash ran up with an urgent message.

'Bats says he wants to talk to you about something back at the 'Cave.' The Scarlet Speedster explained. A grinning Plastic Man stretched over to the two heroes.

'Busted!' Plastic Man grinned. 'You know that Bats is gonna tell her off for bringing a baby to the Watchtower.'

'Shut up, O'Brian.' Shayera retorted, swatting the stretchy hero upside the head, knocking his goggles askew. Plastic Man started to sulk.

'Aww, geez. Why do you guys always treat me like crap?' The reformed gangster complained. 'I bet you never treated Ralph Dibny like this.'

'We usually leave that to his wife.' Black Canary smirked. 'I think we all know who's in charge there.'

The Batcave-

Diana had returned to Earth via her invisible jet and was waiting in the Batcave to see what Batman wanted her for. He couldn't have known about Diana taking Cassie to the Watchtower already, could he?

'Bruce, what's taking you so long?' Diana asked impatiently. 'Do you need me to give you a hand with anything?'

'I'm fine thank you, Diana.' The Dark Knight's voice replied from a large walk-in closest where he kept his spare cowls and capes in. 'I won't be much longer.'

The dark-haired woman drummed her fingers on the side of the Bat-Computer. She really wished that she hadn't have left Cassie with Alfred. She wasn't doubting the man's skills in babysitting, but she would have preferred to have been with her daughter, if only to pass the time.'

True to his word, Bruce Wayne didn't take very long to do what he needed to do in the confines of his closet. Diana watched as Bruce carried a large, but thin black box.

'This is for you, Diana.' Bruce explained as he handed over the box.

'But it isn't even my birthday.' Diana blinked in confusion. 'What's the occasion?'

'Just open the box.' The dark-haired billionaire told her. 'I think you'll be presently surprised.'

Diana did as she was advised and opened up the box. She pulled out what seemed to be a costume very similar to Bruce's, but totally black.

'Umm… okay.' Diana frowned slightly. 'You gave me a new costume. Why? I'm not in need of a makeover, or anything.'

'There's a very good reason for that.' Bruce explained. 'You have been spending a lot of time in Gotham recently, as well as being seen on the town with Bruce Wayne. It's only a matter of time before people but two-and-two together…'

'This is about you being paranoid again, isn't it?' Diana sighed in exasperation. 'I thought you had gotten over this, Bruce.'

'You don't even have a second identity, Diana.' Bruce continued.

'I never really saw the need.' The Amazon shrugged. 'And before you say about protecting those that I love, I'd like to remind you that the people that I love and care about can handle themselves quite well on their own. Or have you forgotten how strong Amazons are? Even those without skills granted to them by the gods.'

The Caped Crusader sighed, knowing that he was fighting a losing battle. Diana could be quite stubborn when she wanted to be. The Amazon Princess was a very independent woman and wouldn't let any man tell her what to do, even if that man was the father of her child.

'Just try it for a little while.' Bruce tried to negotiate. 'If you don't like what I've arranged for you, then we can forget about the whole matter.'

'I guess it wouldn't hurt.' Diana shrugged as she looked at the rest of the contents of the box. She took out an ID card.

'Diana Prince, lecturer on Ancient Greek art at Gotham University.' She read. The Amazon raised a curious eyebrow.

'All it needs is your photograph.' Bruce explained. Diana then looked at him with a bemused expression as she held a pair of dark-rimmed glasses in her hands.

'The glasses were Clark's idea, weren't they?' Diana smiled slightly.

'If he can disguise his appearance with a simple pair of glasses, then so can you, I suppose.' Bruce speculated.

'Who knows…' Diana said as she put on the glasses and tied her hair into a loose ponytail. 'It might be fun pretending to be something else.'

Diana looked at her reflection in one of the screens of the Bat-Computer.

'Hmm, we'll have to do something about my clothes.' Diana stated as she looked at her brightly-covered Wonder Woman uniform. 'I dare say that what I'm wearing now would be a little garish for a university lecture. Not to mention that it would render the glasses pretty much redundant.'

'I'll tell Alfred to get you some clothes.' Bruce nodded in understanding. Diana gave the World's Greatest Detective a withering glare.

'Bruce, I am quite able to buy myself clothes.' Diana pointed out. 'Besides, it'll give me an excuse to try my new disguise.'

TBC…

Next: Shopping With Amazons

Diana goes shopping for some new clothes to help her with her new secret identity. Unfortunately, an attack by the Silver Swan might just spoil her fun.