Uncanny Wonder Woman

Chapter 20: Shopping With Amazons

By

The Uncanny R-Man

Disclaimer- All familiar characters belong to DC.

Gotham City-

Gotham City's commercial centre was abuzz with shoppers flitting in and out of the various stores. There were clothes stores like Lang's Lingerie, Sandsmark's Slacks, and Holland's Hosiery.

As well as the mandatory clothes stores, Gotham Commercial Centre had such places as Kord's Computers, Gordon's Books, as well as a florist shop called Sherwood Florist. That was where Diana was heading. Wayne Manor was in desperate need of sprucing up, and how better to brighten up the dingy mansion than with a few flowers?

Diana moved out of the way of a redheaded young woman that came walking out of the store. The Amazon Princess blinked in surprise once she recognised who it was.

'Barbara Gordon?' Diana blinked. 'Finally decided to step out of the clock tower, eh?'

'You can blame Dinah if you want.' The young woman formerly known as Batgirl smiled cheekily. 'She thinks I'm turning into a shut-in, or something.'

'Well, you did give up the cowl all of a sudden and hide yourself in that old clock tower.' Diana pointed out. 'Although, I admire what you have done with this new team of heroines.'

'Yeah, I thought it was time to show the men that they don't have a monopoly in the superhero business.' Barbara nodded.

'Well, it has been a joy talking to you, Barbara.' Diana smiled. 'You should come over to the Manor sometime.'

'I think I'll take you up on that offer.' Barbara nodded. 'I haven't paid Bruce a visit in a long time.'

'I think he's still expecting you to come back and be Batgirl again.' Diana sighed. 'You know how Bruce can get sometimes.'

'Yeah, I know what you mean.' Barbara nodded in confirmation. 'You'd think that he'd be happy that I'm working with my own team now.'

'Give him some time.' Diana gave the redheaded computer expert a friendly pat on the back. 'Bruce will soon come around. But if he doesn't, I'll kick his head in.'

Barbara just laughed at that. You wouldn't think it, but Diana had quite a fierce sense of humour.

'Well, I'd better get back to the clock tower.' Barbara sighed. 'The Birds of Prey aren't going to organise themselves, you know.'

Diana gave Barbara a wave goodbye before she walked into the florist and greeted the familiar face behind the counter with a happy smile.

'Hello, Dinah.' The Amazon Princess greeted the blonde woman otherwise known as Black Canary.

'Diana.' The blonde nodded in response. 'Haven't you brought Cassie with you?'

'I don't think Ollie would approve if I did that.' Diana chuckled slightly. 'You know how he gets around children. Although, I have heard rumours that you chased him around the Watchtower demanding that he give you babies.'

'I cna neither confirm or deny that incident.' A blushing Dinah shifted nervously.

'It would explain why Ollie is so skittish at the sight of a child recently.' Diana smiled.

'You'd think the guy had a secret lovechild somewhere.' Dinah laughed. 'But seriously, I don't think Ollie's the type for kids. I don't really see him changing diapers.'

'You could have said the same thing about Bruce before Cassie was born.' Diana smiled. 'But now he's an expert at changing diapers and burping babies.'

'Is there anything that Bruce can't do?' Dinah sighed.

'Synchronised swimming.' Diana stated matter-of-factly. 'It completely confounds him.'

'Now, I doubt that you came in here to complain about men…' Dinah responded. 'So, what can I help you with?'

'What sort of flowers do you think would brighten up Wayne Manor?' Diana asked. 'I respect what Alfred has done to keep the place from becoming totally depressing, but it needs a woman's touch.'

'Well, I suppose it depends what sort of flowers you like.' Dinah tapped her chin in thought. 'Also, you don't want anything that clashes with the décor, or anything that smells too strong. We can't have the Dark Knight fighting crime smelling of pretty flowers, can we? The Joker would have a field day with that.'

'Do you have any flowers that are scentless?' Diana enquired. 'If such a thing exists.'

'I think we have something like that somewhere…' Dinah said as she walked around the counter to take a look. 'Just give me a second to look for the…'

The blonde heroine's words were cut short as the store was shook by a nearby explosion.

'Great merciful Hera!' Diana gasped. 'What was that?'

'It's got to be Amethyst's jewellery store.' Dinah responded. 'That place is always getting hit by thieves. I don't know why the owner doesn't just move somewhere else.'

'Well, I suppose that shopping for flowers will have to wait.' Diana sighed. 'I knew everything was going too well.'

Dinah watched as the raven-haired Amazon spun round-and-round, creating a miniature tornado. Dinah quickly grabbed a potted fern that threatened to fall on the floor. Fortunately, the mini tornado soon receded to reveal Diana clad in the black Bat-like outfit that Bruce had given her.

'Wow. Where'd you learn to do that?' An impressed Dinah blinked.

'Oh, this?' Diana smiled in response. 'It's just something that my mother taught me.'

Outside-

The scene outside Sherwood Florist was chaos. Cars had been upturned and several fires had already broken out. The police had arrived on the scene right away, but the person behind the jewellery robbery wasn't one of Gotham's usual weirdos or psychopaths.

The Silver Swan laughed out loud as she flew into the air and easily dodged the bullets that the police shot at her.

'Just once, I'd like a day to go by where I don't get interrupted halfway through lunch!' Harvey Bullock grumbled as he took refuge behind a police car to reload his gun. 'That pizza's gonna get cold now.'

'What are you talking about, Harv?' Renee Montoya rolled her eyes. 'You love cold pizza. You always say that it's the breakfast of champions.'

'It's the principle of the matter, Montoya.' Bullock grunted. 'I hate getting' interrupted when I'm eatin'. Who is this psycho, anyway? She don't look like none of our normal wackos. Friend of the Penguin, D'you think?'

'That's the Silver Swan, Harv.' Montoya told her partner. 'She's one of Wonder Woman's lot.'

'Then why ain't she here?' Harvey complained. 'It's bad enough that we got people like the Joker and Two-Face on the loose, but now we gotta deal with other heroes' freaks.'

'Hey, I heard that, piggy!' Silver Swan retorted as she landed on top of the car that Bullock and Montoya had been taking refuge behind. 'It isn't nice to call people names, y'know.'

'Step away from the police car, Silver Swan!'

'The hell…?' The silver-clad villainess snarled as she spun around to get a look at whoever was foolish enough to try and stop her.

'I'm not going to tell you again…' The bat-clad Diana told her foe. 'Now, please, give up while you still can.'

'I don't know who you are, lady, but you've made a big mistake coming out here.' Silver Swan told the new arrival, not realising that it was Wonder Woman in disguise. 'Now, get lost and I'll kill you quickly.'

'I was hoping you'd say that.' Diana smiled underneath her mask as she turned to regard Dinah, now dressed in her leathers and fishnets. 'Ready Canary?'

'And raring, uh… whoever you are.' The blonde responded. Diana then made a mental note to come up with a codename for her new identity. But first they had to defeat the Silver Swan!

TBC…

Next: What's In A Name?

Before Diana can come up with a codename for her new identity, she and Black Canary must take on Silver Swan. Plus: Firefly!