One Step At A Time (Valentine's Day Contest 2019)

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"Whether we deserve this or not, whether this turns out to be the darkest days of our lives or the brightest happiness, we've been guided by love. How can we go wrong when we're guided by love" - Morgan Parker

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Wonder Woman ducked just in time to avoid the punch coming her way and retaliated with one of hers.  Her opponent stumbled backward obviously not a match for the Amazon's strength and rage.  Diana lunged forward proceeding with an uppercut to the jaw which knocked the wind out of the villain's lungs.  The Princess has been duelling with Cheetah in a hand to hand combat for the past ten minutes with she having the upper hand though Cheetah was super fast and strong, she and her clans had picked the wrong day to mess with her.

With a glint of irritation in her eyes  she tied a half-unconscious Cheetah effortlessly.  She took a sweep of her surrounding to see her teammates rounding up also. Cheetah, Solomon Grundy, Scare Crow,  Captain Cold and Captain Boomerang had attempted a heist at the Metropolis Central Bank but the Justice League were there to stop them.  Soon the Police arrived  on the scene to take the villains to where was best suited for them- jail.

Even through the chaos and wreck,  reporters were around flashing their cameras seeking the super heroes attention behind the barricades.

Diana sighted Batman heading towards her with a limp. If she was not Wonder Woman or close to him, she wouldn't have noticed that he was hurt since he did a good job at hiding it (well not such a good job) and that made her frown.  He was far too stubborn to admit he needed help and that infuriated her to no end but it also made her respect this man even more.  He was just a 'mere' mortal but she was pretty sure he could outbest any of her gods. If she didn't know better,  she would have said he was a god, looking like he was sculpted by Zeus himself.

With a scowl on,  he came to a stop in front of her,  his chin being the only skin she could see with his cowl and Kevlar on.  "We need to talk" He gruffed,  his body rigid as he spoke.

"No. We have nothing to talk about" She indignantly gritted putting her hands on her hips in a defensive stance.

Batman shot his grapnel gun towards a wrecked building. "Batcave. Tomorrow by noon" His voice left no room for argument ignoring her comment before lifting himself up and was swallowed by the darkness of the night.

"Men" Diana said to herself irritated. The Princess knew what he wanted to talk about...it was about them but she didn't think she was ready to know what he wanted to say. She sighed and put her hand to her commlink "Mr Terrific, requesting transport to the Watch Tower"

Immediately Mr Terrific's voice crackled through her comm.  "Alright. Wonder Woman in a sec" Soon she felt herself being torn apart into molecules  whilst the familiar feeling of ligh-headeadness and soon her body molecules assembled back together on the WatchTower overlooking the earth from space. She made a beeline to the cafeteria to get her Ice-mocha, her addiction. The cafeteria was busy as usual filled with Leaguers and Civilians working aboard the WatchTower.

She saw Shayera (also known as Hawk Girl)  sitting at the end of the cafeteria staring into space. Diana approached her and took a seat in front of her.  "Hey" The Princess smiled at her teammate and friend.  Shayera turned to smile at her briefly before staring blankly at her palms, her smile never reaching her eyes. Diana immediately knew something was wrong. Shayera was always the jovial,cunning and free person but right now she was anything but that. The sadness in her eyes alone spoke volumes.

Diana brought her palm to rest on the Thanagarian seated in front of her. "Shayera, what's it?" She spoke softly

The winged lady looked up at her friend and offered a small smile "It's nothing. Just had a lot to think about. Everything has been happening so fast and I can't help but ask if it's gonna last" Diana understood what she meant.  She herself had only just begun to talk with Shayera though the strain was still there but she was glad her friend was back. After she had betrayed them by lying to them and selling out information to her fellow Thanagarians as a spy and putting Earth in jeopardy, everyone isolated from her but she had proven that she could be trusted again and they had accepted her once more. There was also  John, the Green Lantern who shared a love interest with her who had just begun to accept her.