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On the plane
John climbed out of the landing gear and pulled himself up into the interior of the plane. He looked around and saw that he was in an engine room of some kind; there were wires, thin metal pipes along with tubes filled with various liquids and pistons. John walked around the engine room looking at all the wires and trying to determine where each pipe and tube led.
'If I take out the fuel line then this plane will go down,' John thought.
As he walked he eventually found a toolbox near along with what looked like some spare and leftover pipes. He picked up the metal pipe and a wrench and turned back to look at the all the hallway filled with the internal workings of the plane.
"Alucard you had better be following me. Otherwise, this is going to be a one-way trip," John said to himself.
John then rushed in and started to smash the pipe against wires and tubes, he also threw the wrench and other tools into the delicate internal working of the plane. After a few seconds, he felt the plane suddenly jerk; John smiled he knew he was causing some damage.
He kept at it until five Germans came down to see what the problem was. The second they saw John they opened fire, John ducked behind one of the larger pistons and it protected him from the Germans bullets while also causing further damage to the plane.
"Don't shoot in here fools," One of the soldiers scolded "you'll kill us all,"
Realising their mistake the soldiers put their guns away and ran up to John, however, John was ready for them and the moment they were close enough he came out of his cover and started to beat the Germans down with his pipe. He took down three of them before he was caught.
The two Germans who were not taken down dragged John up to the control room where Vandal Savage was waiting. Along the way, they ordered some men to begin repairing the damage to the plane.
"We found the problem my Führer, a Sabator," One of the soldiers declared as they approached the warlord "I have also already given the order to start repairs,"
"Good," Savage said and he walked over to John.
The two soldiers threw him roughly to the floor and John looked up definitely at Savage as he knelt down.
"Any more of you aboard?"
John didn't respond.
"Very well, I will get the information out of you," Savage said. He reached into the inside of his vest and pulled out a metal glove and put it on "After all, it's a very long way to America,"
Electricity surged from the gloved and into John's body, John let out a painful scream and after a few seconds, Savage stopped.
"Well, feel like talking now?" Savage asked coldly.
"Talk is cheap," John responded.
"Very well, have it your way," Savage said and sent another bolt of electricity at John. Again John screamed in pain, Savage kept the energy flowing longer than the last time.
He did this multiple times and each time he stopped he asked John for information but the lantern refused to give him anything.
"You'll never reach it," John finally said in a weak voice.
"Oh...so you do have a tongue," Savage mocked "What won't I reach?"
"America. Your invasion will fail," John insisted.
"I doubt it after all the allied powers are too busy in Europe and will be US borders are practically undefended," Savage claimed "they will not be able to fight a war on both sides. It will only be a matter of time before they surrender," Savage claimed.
"You won't even get across the Atlantic," John said confidently.
"Why not? Because you broke a few tubes and some wires?" Savage asked "the damage you have done is being repaired,"
"Because my friends will stop you," John said.
"Your friends?"
"Yeah, big powerful guys that can fly and tear through metal with ease and take down people like you before breakfast,"
Savage raised an eyebrow at this.
"It appears to be my lucky day, your friends with the so-called supermen that have been aiding the Allies," Savage said with a smirk.
"You won't be smiling once they're through with you," John claimed.
"It doesn't matter if your friends can fly, with these new engines they will never catch up,"
"You have no clue who you're messing with, out flying planes is a daily routine for us. Hell we've outraced rockets," John claimed confidently "and it will be easier to catch up to you now,"
"Rockets?" Savage asked, "What are rockets?"
"Something you'll never live to see,"
"Oh, and why is that?"
"Because I slowed you down," John smirked.
Suddenly the plane shook violently and an explosion was herd. Savage turned to his pilots.
"Report, is there another saboteur on board?" Savage demanded.
"No my Führer, that came from outside," the pilot responded.
"Outside...impossible," Savage said "We're over thirty thousand feet in the air,"
Savage ran to one of the port side windows, it was a small circle hole and looked out to see the plane next to his on fire and missing a good part of the outer Armor. A man in blue tights with a red cape flew passed the window and Savage watched in both fear and awe as he ripped the wing off the plane with ease.
"Told you," John smirked.
Outside the plane
Superman and Hawk Girl were relentlessly attacking the planes, of course, the Germans tried fighting back by shooting them but both Justice League members were too quick and experienced to let that stop them...plus the bullets bounced right off Superman. While Superman was taking care of the planes defences and outer guns, Hawk Girl was causing damage to the planes hull, engines and tail.
Despite the damage, they were both causing the planes were heavily fortified and tough to take down between the two of them. Hawk Girl landed on the back of one of the planes and smashed her mace into it. But the plane was still airborne and refused to go down.
"This won't be easy," Hawk Girl muttered.
"When is it ever?" a familiar female voice responded.
Hawk Girl looked behind her in time to see Wonder Woman fly straight through one of the planes tails. She was followed by J'onn and the four heroes regrouped.
"Your back," Hawk Girl said in relief.
"Yep, someone had to come and give you a hand," Wonder Woman joked.
"It's good to see you two," Superman said "We need to take down these planes,"
"Then let us go get them," J'onn responded.
With the J'onn and Wonder Woman joining the battle the rest of the fleet began to drop like flies, Wonder Woman assisted Superman with taking out the guns turrets and J'onn and Hawk Girl wrecked the planes.
Inside Savages plane
Savage watched as his fleet of planes carrying a majority of the German forces were being decimated and torn to shreds. He had never once believed the reports of the strange Supermen that had sided with the Allies, but now seeing them in action he could not deny their existence nor the exaggeration of the Super powered Soldiers.
"The Supermen," Savage hissed.
"Heh. Told you, my friends will stop this invasion before it begins," John said smugly.
Savage looked at John and then back out the window at the rest of the League who was tearing his invasion force apart. He then ran over to John and grabbed him by the front of his shirt.
"Tell me how to stop them," Savage ordered.
"You can't," John said smugly. Suddenly the plane shook violently and alarms blared.
"Sir the engines are repaired," One of the pilots suddenly spoke up.
"Deploy the afterburners now, get us out of here," Savage ordered urgently.
The pilot did as he was told and the plane sped away from the battle. Savage breathed a sigh of relief, even with the limited troops and equipment he had on his plane, he was still confident that he would be able to take on the allied forces and win with careful planning. Unfortunately for Savage, his relief was short lived as the plane started to shake again from being pelted by something from the outside and various explosions.
"Now what?" Savage hissed, he was not having a good day.
"Sir it's...It's the Navy. There is a naval blockade...their firing on us," the pilot cried out.
"What...how did they know we were coming?" Savage panicked.
Another explosion and a more violent shake hit the plan and it began to nosedive out of the sky.
"My Führer the left wing is on fire and the main fuel tank has been destroyed...we're going down," the pilot cried out in panic.
"No...No I was so close," Savage roared in anger.
While Savage was distracted John grabbed his hand and flipped him over, he then grabbed the closest German disarmed him and took the automated gun and pointed it at Savage. The other German pulled out his pistol and
"Surrender Savage, it's over," John ordered.
"No I don't think I will," Savage responded "It's never over...not for me anyway,"
"Surrender or I will kill you," John warned. He really did not want to kill the warlord.
"Do you think you can?" Savage said with a confident and knowing smirk.
John suddenly froze, that was the same thing Alucard had said to him not long after they first met. Back when he did not know or trust the vampire. But hearing it come from Savage sent a chill up Johns' spine and something told him it would be a very bad Idea to shoot the warlord.
"You know not long ago someone said the exact same thing to me," John said.
"Oh, who?" Savage asked interested.
"Wouldn't you like to know," John responded. He then aimed the gun at the controls and opened fire.
The pilots jumped out of the way but the bullets pelted into the control panel causing them to spark and blow up.
"You fool what have you done?" Savage yelled.
"I told you, you won't make it to America," John said.
"You and your Supermen have ruined everything," Savage cried.
"If you think we're bad, you haven't met Batman yet," John smiled.
'J'onn if you're hearing this I could really use a hand,' He added as an afterthought.
Savage growled and launched himself at John.
Outside in the sky
Savages planes were falling fast and with the aid of the navy fleet, they were now trying to turn around and escape. Unfortunately, they were too slow and too damaged to make a quick getaway and German pilots had to rely on luck if they wished to survive. It did not help that the Justice League seemed determined to make sure none of the invasion force survived.
J'onn was looking in the process of ripping off an engine when he suddenly sensed Green Lanterns thoughts. He stopped turning in the direction of one of the falling planes and his eyes glowed yellow.
"Lantern?" J'onn asked.
Hawk Girl noticed that her martin ally had suddenly stopped fighting and flew over to him in concern.
"J'onn what's wrong?" Hawk Girl asked as she hovered next to the martin.
"Green Lantern..."
"I'm sorry we didn't have time to tell you or Diana. We lost him,"
"No, he's here, on board that plane," J'onn claimed and pointed to Savage's plane that was coming dangerously close to the ocean.
Hawk Girl instantly flew down at top speed desperate to catch the plane, she landed on the nose and saw John and Savage fighting inside with their fists. Hawk Girl did not waste any time and smashed the cockpit window with her mace.
"Hawk Girl?" John gasped. He had not expected to see her.
"Let's go," Hawk Girl urged and reached out her hand.
John took it and Hawk girl took off, taking John with her into the sky leaving Savage in the plane. The last thing he saw was the ocean fill the plane as it nosedived straight into the ocean.
John watched as the plane he had just been on sank benith the waves. He then looked up at Hawk Girl.
"What took you?" he asked.
"I had to fix my hair and makeup," Hawk Girl joked.
John smiled and squeezed Hawk Girls hand tighter. Hawk Girl flew back up to regroup with the rest of the luge who were watching the only surviving two planes retreat.
"Shouldn't we go after them?" Wonder Woman asked.
Hawk Girl spied five familiar shaped shadows on the clouds and smiled.
"No need," she answered "We have friends in high places,"
The League watched as Black Hawk and his team shot down the remaining two planes. they then circled around and gave the Justice League a wave before they too headed back to the war zone.
"Who are they?" J'onn asked.
"Friends let's follow them back to their base," Superman instructed.
"I'll get Flash," Wonder Woman volunteered.
She flew down to the command ship and hovered in front of Flash. The men were very shocked to see a flying Woman.
"Ready to go Flash?" Wonder Woman asked.
"A midnight flight across the ocean in the arms of a demi-goddess...how could I refuse," Flash responded with a smirk.
Wonder Woman rolled her eyes and picked him up, carrying him bridal style and took off into the sky. Once
"Hey GL looks like we're on a double date," Flash joked.
John rolled his eyes and Hawk Girl blushed a bit. Superman flew over next to John and Hawk Girl.
"John did you see Alucard?" Superman asked "we sent him to find you,"
"Yeah, he was with some kids and a ghost," John answered.
"A ghost…really?" Superman asked.
"Yep, he didn't follow me onto the plane. I just assumed he was going to follow in the air," John claimed.
"He's not here. Where was the last time you saw him?" Superman asked.
"At the airfield, he might still be with Easy Compony, a small squad of soldiers I was with," John claimed.
Superman nodded in response and they flew back to Black Hawk Island. Once there John was introduced to Black Hawk and his team, he also pointed out on a map where Savages planes had launched from.
Superman flew out to go and pick up Alucard as he suspected his lack of power was the reason he did not follow John onto the plane. It did not take the Man of Steel very long to get to air field but once he did he found that there was no one around.
Superman focused his hearing and herd several voices nearby, he took to the sky again followed them. The voices led to a small cabin, using his X-ray vison Superman saw that there were five soldiers and four teens; likely the kids that John mentioned.
He also saw two of the soldiers were in bed and Alucard; one was injured in the leg and the other appeared to be shivering. Superman landed and knocked on the door.
Needless to say the occupants were a bit surprised to see him. However after a brief introduction and assurance from Alucard that Superman was a friend; Superman spoke to Alucard in private. He explained what had happened in the air and how the rest of the League has successfully stopped Savages invasion.
Alucard was relieved to hear it and agreed to go with Superman to regroup on Black Hawk Island, he said his goodbyes to both Easy Company and Jonathan's group. Making the young hunter swear to return the Vampire Killer to its rightful owners and warning Eric to move on once he and his daughters were safely out of the warzone.
Once they were back at Black Hawk Island, the Heroes from the future found an out of the way where they would not be overheard so they could talk about what each group had done over the last day and whether or not they had done enough to set history back in its proper course.
"So J'onn what did you and Diana find in Berlin?" Superman asked.
"We found a laptop with dates and war strategies on it," Wonder Woman said.
"Along with blueprints on how to make advanced war machines," J'onn added.
"That explains where all those high tech weapons came from," Hawkgirl said.
"Yeah, and those jet engines," Flash agreed from our air raid.
"Indeed, Savage did not send himself back in time, he sent the information back to his grandfather," J'onn explained.
"Information that is readily available in our time and freely taught," Superman finished.
"Well I destroyed to the computer and the disk containing the information," Wonder Woman claimed.
"And we destroyed the Jet engine factory and got the workers someplace safe," Superman added "So they won't be making any more,"
"What about Savage?" Alucard asked.
"He went down with the planes," Green Lantern assured "there is no way he could have survived,"
"Hmmm…," Alucard responded thoughtfully. Alucard didn't know why but he got the feeling that they would meet Savage again.
"So do you think we did it...did we change the future?" Flash asked.
"We won't really know until we get back," Hawkgirl stated.
"Hawk Girls right, there may be more to do," Wonder Woman agreed.
"Like what?" John asked.
"Savages weapons for one," J'onn answered "we may have destroyed the source but there maybe people out there who made copies of those blueprints or studied them enough to be able to recreate them later,"
"Not to mention there is no guarantee all of the weapons Savage created where on those planes," Superman added "there could still be some out on the front lines,"
"And the Allies will be in desperate need of supplies and aid," Alucard pointed out.
"Right, they are in no condition to win this war," Superman agreed "We may have stopped Savage and his weapon production but the damage has already been done,"
"It's not like the Germans will be able to recover from this either," John pointed out "After all they have lost their leader, the source of the weapons and at least half of their troops were part of Savages invasion force,"
"Ture but their troops are not heavily wounded…nor would they be in desperate need of supplies," Alucard stated "they will recover a lot faster from this loss than the Allies will,"
"So let's even those odds a bit," Flash suggested "We're the Justice League, we've delivered much need aid many times before and we've still got a bit over 24hrs left right? Let's use them to get the Allies back on track,"
After the meeting, the League decided they would do what they could to help support the Allies while keeping an eye out for any of Savages remaining war machines along with anything else that could threaten their future.
Superman and Wonder Woman went out and helped the allies regroup and deliver some much-needed supplies. Thanks to their powers it was easy to get the suppoles from England all the way back to the front lines in a matter of hours.
J'onn and Hawk Girl flew up and down the coast and inland to German-populated towns and war camps looking for any information on Savages War Machines. They found a few still roaming the European country side and swiftly took care of them. J'onn also used his telepathic powers scanning minds looking for any information on the futuristic weapons. When he found someone who knew how they worked or were built he erased the information from their minds.
Alucard, however, remained back at Black Hawk Island, since he did not have his powers at the moment he had taken to making more of his medicine and along with instructions on what each one was used for and how much should be used.
John didn't have any energy in his ring either so he volunteered to help Alucard, unfortunately, the vampire found out that Savage had used some kind of lighting glove to integrate him and confined to bedrest in the infirmary. John insisted that he was fine but Alucard was worried about the long term damage.
"Permanent nerve damage, risk of organ failure, you may not have control over your Blatter and do not get me started on what that lighting could have done to your brain," Alucard scolded "You stay in bed and rest until we can get home and get you examined properly,"
"But I feel fine," Jon claimed.
"That is because your pain receptors are likely not working at all at the moment," Alucard responded.
Unfortunately for John Superman and the other league members agreed with Alucard, without the protection of the Green Power Ring, John was very vulnerable. The League had already nearly lost him once and they did not want to do so again.
So John reluctantly agreed to stay in the infirmary on Black Hawk Island with Alucard over seeing his care while making medicine. He wasn't alone though as Flash earned a stay there as well, after suggesting that Hawk Girl be John personal nurse and she dress the part as well.
Unfortunately, Flash recovered quickly and was only in the infirmary for about 15 minutes. In an effort to avoid Hawk Girl, Alucard had Flash run to the main land to deliver the medicine to Superman along with gathering herbs and other plants he needed to make more.
A bit over twenty-four hours later, the League were standing on the Black Hawks runway and looking up at the sky. They were waiting for Aeons to bring them home.
"So...where's our ride?" Flash asked looking at the empty sky.
"Don't know, maybe Aeons running late," Superman responded.
"Not a very good Guardian of time if he's late," Hawk Girl commented.
Suddenly the Sky opened up and a massive hole appeared above them, it began to suck in air and despite the fact that the League were pulled up into by the incredibly strong updraft it did not have any effect on the surrounding area. Once all the Justice League members and Alucard had been sucked in the hole snapped shut like it had never been there.
The portal opened again and the League fell out; they looked around and found that they were in a warehouse filled with crates and boxes and other supplies. The Wayne technology logo was on them.
"Are we back?" Superman asked.
"Indeed you are my friends," a familiar voice said.
The League turned and saw Aeon with a tray of tea and he was drinking out of one of the cups.
"Aeon...what are you doing here?" Alucard asked.
"Well I was having tea with the alternate version of Batman...then he faded out of existence," Aeon signed "Too bad, he was a Wonderful conversationalist,"
"Batman a conversationalist...we are talking about the same batman right?" Flash asked.
"Oh no, your batman would hardly be someone I would offer tea too," Aeon said "However I suppose congratulations are in order. You successfully completely and utterly erased an entire universe...well done,"
"Wait...what?" Superman asked.
"Well, what did you think was going to happen? Everyone from that world and this one still alive? No, they are all dead and any possible futures that may have occurred will now never happen,"
"So...in saving our own timeline...we erased a different one?" Alucard asked.
"Yes," Aeon said cherry "and everyone who was in it,"
"Why do you sound so happy?" Wonder Woman demanded.
"Well that timeline was not supposed to exist in the first place...at least I think it was that timeline...oh well too late to cheek now," Aeon said.
"But does that mean the people we met...the ones that helped us are gone too?" Green Lantern asked.
"Oh no...it's just everything from World War II that was changed, anything before that is the same," Aeon assured "Don't worry your little soldier friends didn't fade away and I have it on good authority that all your friends survived the war,"
"That's a relief, but what about all the others that we killed?"
"Well, you didn't really kill them. More like changed their future…although I suppose some people won't ever be born now," Aeon claimed "but that is not the same as killing them,"
"Yes it is," John
"No it's not, after all, you can't kill someone who doesn't exist," Aeon pointed out.
"It still doesn't feel right," Flash said.
"Oh don't feel too bad. Just focus on those you did save and that your actions have given this world a peaceful future,"
"That does make me feel better," John said.
"At least until someone screws it up a bit which should happen in…" Aeon said and picked up his watch and looked at it "….six months really? Wow…that is going to be a doozy to fix,"
"Uh….what's going to happen in six months?" Superman asked.
"Oh, nothing major, just the start of a domino of events that lead to this worlds complete and utter annihilation and eradication of everything living thing on the planet," Aeon said and he snapped his watch shut "You know the usual stuff,"
"Should we be worried?" Hawk Girl asked.
"Hmmm…..no, I wouldn't worry about it too much. It'll happen and then it won't," Aeon claimed "At least I hope it won't…maybe I should check in just to be safe,"
"Excuse me," J'onn spoke up.
"Yes," Aeon responded looking at the martian.
"If we fixed the timeline does this mean Batman is back to normal then?" J'onn asked.
"Oh yes, he's his normal charming self," Aeon said and opened his pocket watch again and looked at it "In fact, he should be here in one minute and 13 seconds...12 seconds,"
"Well, I suppose we should go meet up with him," J'onn said, "would you like to come with us Aeon?"
"Oh no Batman and I should never meet again," Aeon said.
"Again?" Flash asked.
"He was not too happy with me after he found out that I stole his Batmobile and drove it into a black hole," Aeon claimed.
The League started at the Guardian in shock.
"I'm sorry did you just say you stole the Batmobile and drove it into a black hole?" J'onn asked.
"Yes, I did…or I suppose for you it is I will,"
"Okay, my respect for this guy just went way up," Flash joked.
"Why?" Superman asked.
"Well I needed something to plug the black hole with of course," Aeon said like it was obvious.
"So you used Batman's car?" John asked. He was a bit unsure if he was hearing the Guardian right or not.
"Yes, it just happened to be the most convenient thing around at the time," Aeon claimed cheerfully.
"Again why the Batmobile?" Superman asked "Black Holes are huge, they're the result of Stars dying and can span over millions of miles wide,"
"Well you see, the thing about Black Holes is their main distinctive feature is that they're black," Aeon explained "and the thing about space…the true colour of Space is that Space is black as well,"
"I'm still not seeing how the Batmobile fits into this," John commented.
"Well, the Batmobile is also black. So I thought if I used the Batmobile to plug the Blackhole no one will notice it was there in the first place and it would blend perfectly into the black background of space,"
"Aren't Black Holes black too?" Alucard asked.
"Well yes but you can tell that their there," Aeon pointed out "the intense gravity well gives it away,"
"Anyway I should get going, things to do, appointments to keep...universal laws to rewrite,"
"Black Holes to plug," Flash added lightheartedly.
"Exactly," Aeon said with a smile "But before I go,"
Aeon walked up to Wonder Woman and pulled out a folded piece of paper from his pocket and handed it to her.
"What's this?" Wonder Woman asked.
"I believe you will find this useful," Aeon answered.
Wonder Woman took the piece of paper and opened it; she gasped upon reading it and looked at Aeon in surprise.
"Do not keep him waiting, it's rude to be late on a first date," Aeon said with a wink.
"Ta Ta, see you all again soon," Aeon said and he vanished from sight taking his tray of tea with him.
J'onn turned to look at Wonder Woman.
"What did he give you?" J'onn asked.
"Nothing...it's nothing," Wonder Woman said and folded the note up and secured it in her belt.
The League exited the warehouse and just as they did Batman emerged from the shadow.
"Oh so it was you lot," Batman said.
"Batman," Superman greeted happily and he dashed over and gave the dark knight a big hug. Batman did not return it.
He looked over Superman's shoulder and looked at the rest of the League, they all seemed happy to see him and Batman noticed the military uniform John was wearing.
"Uhh...did I miss something?" Batman asked confused.
"We just had an adventure that you would not believe," Flash said.
"Oh, did something happen off world?" Batman asked.
"No this happened just recently," Superman claimed.
"Hey, I just thought of something, if everything is back to a normal does that means the Javelin is still where we parked it?" Flash asked.
"Ah...we should probably go get it," Hawk girl stated.
"Could you give me a ride home as well, my ring is out of juice remember," Green Lantern requested.
"I should head back to my castle as well...I find myself in desperate need for blood," Alucard stated.
"Should we be worried?" Batman asked.
"No, I just used all of my power in the last few days that is all," Alucard claimed.
Batman looked at the League in suspicion.
"Superman giving hugs, Green Lanterns ring out of power and now Alucard is back to being powerless...just what kind of adventure did you lot have in the three minutes you had from landing in metropolises to arriving here?" Batman asked.
"Wait, three minutes….Really?" Hawk Girl asked in surprise "That's how long we were gone for?"
"Time Travel is very complicated," Alucard commented.
Batman raised an eyebrow at this.
"I'll fill you in back at the tower," Superman assured.
Alucard polity excused himself and disappeared in a pillar of Black flames to return to Castlevaina.
The rest League walked out of the warehouse and there parked in front of them was the Batmobile. The entire League stopped and stared at it in shock and awe; like it was the last time they were going to see it. Batman noticed the strange looks.
"What...why are you all looking at the Batmobile like that?" Batman asked.
The League glanced at each other.
"Hey Batman...you've...uh...you've never had your car stolen before right?" Superman asked "I mean you'd tell us if it went missing...somehow,"
"Why would ask that?" Batman asked.
"No reason...no reason at all," Superman said.
Later
Wonder Woman was in front of a building, she checked the note Aeon had given her and found the address was correct. She would like
"Hello, I am here to see one of your residents," Wonder Woman said "Steve Trevor,"
The receptionist blinked a few times, still not believing that Wonder Woman of the Justice League was standing in the lobby.
"Hello Steve, sorry I'm late," Wonder Woman said.
Steve smiled.
"Angel," The old man smiled.
Wonder Woman smiled and sat down with the now elderly Steve Trevor and placed her hand on his.
"You're as beautiful now as when I first laid eyes on you," Steve complimented "and how is it you look the same?"
"Well I am a demi-god," Wonder Woman claimed.
"In my eyes, you're a goddess," Steve responded.
Wonder Woman blushed and Steve started to cough violently.
"Are you alright?" Wonder Woman asked in concern.
"Yeah, I'm just old," Steve responded.
Wonder Woman nodded, she sat with Steve for the rest of the afternoon. They spoke about what happened after the war and Wonder learned that Steve never married nor did he start a family of his own. He had a brother who did not survive and he took care of his brothers' children.
Wonder Woman also learned that Steve did not stay a spy, he remained in the military with a desk job until his brothers' kids were grown up and old enough to get jobs of their own. Steve retired from the military and went traveled the world eventually settling in Athens for a time.
He came back to the states once his health started to deteriorated and it was not long after that did the Justice League form and Steve saw his Angel on the news for the first time in decades. Steve had often Wondered when his Angel would come and visit him.
After an early dinner, Steve began to feel tired and leaned on Wonder Woman's shoulder with his arm over her back and on her other shoulder. Wonder Woman returned the gesture and they watched the sunset together. Wonder Woman felt terrible that she had made Steve wait his entire life for her. But for her, she had only met him a day and a half ago.
"Steve…I'm sorry I made you wait so long," Wonder Woman apologised sincerely.
"That's alright, you were worth the wait," Steve responded with a smile and he fell asleep in her arms.
Wonder Woman smiled but Steve's body suddenly went limp and his arm dropped. Wonder women smile faded and she very carefully shifted Steves body so she was hugging him as tears fell from her eyes.
"I'm sorry Steve….I'm so sorry," she sobbed softly.
After a few minutes, she carefully stood up and gently laid Steve down on the bench. Wonder Woman then pulled out a single silver coin she had borrowed from Superman and placed it on Steves' lips.
"Don't worry Steve, this will pay Charon fee(1). He is a friend and will make sure your journey to the afterlife is a safe one," Wonder Woman said in a gentle voice.
She pulled out the note and read it again; it had the name and address of the retirement home that she was currently in along with something else.
"He dies at sunset, Aeon,"
Wonder Woman scrunched the note up in her hand and took one last look at Steve's body before going inside and informing the Nurses what happened.
An hour later she was banging on Castlevaina's door. Alucard opened it and was surprised to see Wonder Woman there. She looked like she had been crying and was on the verge of breaking down.
"Diana…what is the matter?" Alucard asked. He could tell she was very upset.
"Alucard," she sobbed "you were right…humans lives are so short…so fragile,"
"I do not understand,"
"Steve…he died in my arms tonight," Wonder Woman cried "Oh Zeus why didn't I stay with him…he waited his whole life for me…I should have stay with him…why did I come back?"
Alucard did not know who this Steve person was but it was very clear that they meant a lot to Wonder Woman.
"I know I only knew him for a bit over a day…but why dose his death hurt so much?"
He gave her a silent yet sympatric and understanding look, Alucard stepped back and opened the door wider to let her in.
"Come in…we will talk," Alucard invited.
(1 )In Greek Mythology, Charon is the ferryman who takes the souls across the River Styx to the underworld. However, he demands payment in the form of gold or silver coins. Part of Greek funeral rights required the family to put Charon's fee in the recently deceased mouth or on their lips. The family had until the body was buried to pay the Ferryman's fee.
If there was no coin placed or the body was not given proper Funeral rights, Charon would not take that soul to the Underworld and they would be forced to wander the shores of the river in purgatory at least 100yrs or in some versions until they were devoured by Cerberus himself
Wonder Woman being a Greek Demi-God would defiantly participate in this practice.