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All right, I know that, at first, this had been a SM/WW fic, but that was unrealistic. It's now a Kal-El/Harem because Kal is a son of Darkseid, a being far above any Prince, King, Emperor, or Warlord; he would have a harem, realistically. Now, that could potentially include Diana, and she would probably be the Queen or something, although that will not be the main storyline - romance or stuff like that isn't my strong suit.
Disclaimer: I do not own Justice League or any of the characters associated with DC Comics.
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"Hello, my friends," he landed behind the League silently, amused at how they all whirled around in unison, astonishment and fear on their faces. "It was an honor to fight beside you."
"You're the one who did all of the fighting," the woman who possessed the sonic scream ability looked up at him warily after overcoming her blatant shock. "It was most impressive."
The one whom Lobo had held nodded his head up and down; he believed this to be the Flash. "That's damn right. You're fast, man, and without the Speed Force!"
Kal blinked, actually unfamiliar with the term. "Speed Force?"
"Yeah, it's a- "
"Enough!" Batman stalked closer to him and Kal admired the human's boldness. "Where are the two of them? Black Adam and… the freak?"
"His name was Lobo, Batman." Wonder Woman - and by the stars in the universe, she was resplendent with her raven black hair loose and tumbling down her back, somehow adding allure to her armor - stated evenly, staring up at him with gratefulness. Kal found himself staring back at her for a moment, using his vision to see through the armor to view her divine beauty - and what a glorious view it was - before he remembered that she was responsible for his cousin's demise.
"Where are they, sir? Did you… kill them?" Kal immediately lost all of his admiration for Batman. Just based on the tone, he discerned that the act of killing was repulsive to the human; it was amusing that he believed himself to be making the world safer without killing the scum of existence. It was arrogance beyond even himself; only fools believed that and the Batman was the biggest of all it seemed.
Kal forced a disbelieving expression to appear on his face. "Kill them? No, I didn't kill them. The Black Adam fellow and I were duking it out for a while, and… during our fight, Lobo somehow escaped. He called upon a bike or something and blazed towards the heavens."
"I wasn't aware that a bike could do such a thing," the man with the Trident commented.
"Damn it," the Cyborg-like creature grunted. Kal scanned him and felt triumph sweep through him. He now knew whom to befriend to find the Mother Boxes. "I wanted to take samples of his cells."
Wonder Woman, it seemed, understood what the Cyborg was speaking of for she placed a hand on his metal shoulder. "It's okay, Victor. I'm sorry that he escaped."
"And Black Adam?" The green-skinned alien finally spoke. Based on what Kal had seen from across the city, this one was probably the second most dangerous being behind Zeus' daughter. "What happened to him? Did he escape, too?"
"You could say that," he said softly, knowing that they would all hear him. "I had him beat, but when I was about to bring him to you guys, he screamed 'Shazam' and suddenly, a massive bolt of lightning descended from the heavens." Kal shook his head and forced himself to shudder for good measure. "Then the guy… somehow changed. His body suddenly became…"
"Mortal," the daughter of Zeus finished and Kal nodded slowly.
"That sounds right. Instantaneously, he became disgustingly older; it was as if he were aging thousands of years in the blink of an eye. Then he disintegrated into dust and the breeze swept his 'remains' away."
Suddenly, he was no longer the center of attention; they all stared at Wonder Woman, who was the only one who didn't look shocked by his words about Black Adam.
"Is that true?" Batman demanded, "You know everything about him, it seems. Could that happen?"
"It would be likely to happen," the daughter of Zeus said immediately. "He would never want to be imprisoned again and death, to him, would be a safe haven. He assumed his mortal form after thousands of years of being in his immortal one; the air didn't agree with him, I would guess."
"We have locked all of the Injustice League up," the Green Lantern changed the subject. "Luthor should be put away for life because he was the mastermind of all of the crimes that they committed. We just need to pin the invasion of Steppenwolf on him."
Kal didn't react but he did lean forward, false curiosity carved into his features. "Steppenwolf? Wasn't that the guy who came here to conquer?"
"Yes, he was," the man dressed in green with a bow in his hands finally spoke. "He was one prickly bastard."
"What does he have to do with Luthor?" Kal knew that Luthor was the bald man, the one whose terror was so amusing when he had allowed that strange being to begin to siphon off his energy before the being was utterly overwhelmed and exploded from the raw power. "What's the connection?"
"We think that Luthor contacted Steppenwolf to come to Earth and defeat us so that he could acquire the Mother Boxes." The Flash answered almost flippantly, "We beat him, though; we kicked his ass!"
Kal frowned, allowing a look of bemusement to cross his face to hide his anger. "Mother Boxes? What are those? It sounds like a… treasure or something."
"They are incredible technology," the Cyborg answered. "It saved my life and constructed me into… this. It's like a computer, I think."
"That's enough," Batman growled out, seeming not to trust Kal; the human was somewhat intelligent, it seemed. "We have questions for you, sir."
"What are they?" He raised an eyebrow, "What do you want to know?"
Batman turned around, "Not here. Follow us."
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"Who are you?" The Flash asked, a silent awe carved into his features beneath his mask, Kal noticed. "You're incredibly fast, even compared to me."
"Thank you, Flash," he smiled slightly. "It's fun, isn't it? The power of time standing still only for you?"
The Flash bobbed his head up and down. "Yes! You get me, man!"
"Who are you, sir?" Batman cut through their conversation, sitting at the head of the table. "How come we've never encountered you before?"
"My name is Kal and I've always been wary of being out in the open, of showing the world of my existence."
"Why?" The man with the bow questioned, a curious look on his face. "The government?"
"That, and other races in the universe."
The Green Lantern tensed just as Kal knew he would. "How so, Kal?"
"I learned that I was a Kryptonian."
"That's impossible!" The Green Lantern jumped to his feet and pointed the ring at Kal, an ominous green glow smoking from the object. "Krypton and all of its inhabitants are gone. The planet exploded thirty years ago!"
"Why is it impossible?" The man with the Trident interjected, staring at the Green Lantern.
"This is the reaction I was talking about," he commented dryly, amused at the bemused expressions on everyone, save the Green Lantern's, faces. "I figured if people knew of whose bloodline I hail from, they would hate and fear me."
"What the hell is a Kryptonian?" The sonic screamer demanded. "Who were they?"
All eyes looked at Kal but he shrugged. "I know almost nothing about them except that they were Eradicators."
"J'onn, do you know?" The daughter of Zeus glanced at the green-skinned alien, "Have you heard of them?"
"Only legends, Diana, myths that terrified me." Kal met the green-skinned alien's penetrating stare evenly, openly. "They were the finest builders in the cosmos, but also its most unforgiving and merciless warriors."
"Eradication is as it sounds," the Cyborg's eyes were suddenly glowing. "Krypton would destroy any race that challenged them, or even if they didn't. They would slaughter them all and take their technology for their own. They were feared, and rightly so," he gasped and his eyes stopped glowing. "I somehow knew that information."
"That's amazing," he complimented, trying to earn a good reputation with the Cyborg. "You could do much good with that."
"If you, a Kryptonian, survived, there could be more out there." The Green Lantern stared at Kal with blatant mistrust. "I must warn the Guardians of Oa."
Kal spoke, "You are hating me because of something that my ancestors did. Don't you know? The sins of the father don't fall to the son. Why are you blaming me for something that my race did that I had nothing to do with. I was raised here on Earth, sent here right before Krypton exploded. I've been raised human, not Kryptonian."
"Where were you raised, then?" Batman pressed, "How come you only helped us now? Why not show up sooner? We could have used you to stop Steppenwolf and the Injustice League resurrecting Black Adam."
"As I said earlier, Batman," the daughter of Zeus spoke before he could. "Black Adam wasn't resurrected, just rescued."
Batman ignored Wonder Woman. "Answer the questions, sir."
"I was raised in the midwest of America. I am not telling you anything else about that because to be blunt, I don't trust you. That is my business, not your own. I helped you today because you guys needed it. I was across the city and I could hear what was going on. I knew that if I didn't help, all of you would have most likely died. I was too afraid to go against Steppenwolf and it seemed to me that you could handle him. Black Adam along with that Lobo fellow, on the other hand, were going to kill you earlier. I refused to let that happen."
"What can you do, Kal?" Wonder Woman didn't look wary of him unlike the others - even the Flash and Cyborg. "What power do you possess? You were able to go toe-to-toe with Black Adam when none of us, not even I, could truly do that. Just touching you for several seconds overwhelmed Parasite and killed him. What are your abilities?"
Kal felt their eyes on him and after thinking of the powers that he had used against the Injustice League, he shrugged innocently, humbly. "I'm fast, strong, durable, can shoot lasers out of my eyes, can hear well, my lungs can produce wind, and I can heal quickly."
"That's incredible," the man with the bow whistled. "I can see why you fucked up the Injustice League and Black Adam."
"Indeed," Batman frowned. "You have the potential to be incredibly dangerous."
"What are you saying?" He allowed outrage to appear on his face. "You think that I'm… like one of those guys on the Injustice League, like Black Adam?"
"I am." Batman didn't look apologetic and Kal felt vaguely impressed. "You are a threat."
Wonder Woman glared at her teammate. "I think that Batman is nervous because of what happened with the Injustice League earlier."
"I'm not- "
"You are," the daughter of Zeus harshly cut Batman off and Kal almost smiled. "Forgive him, but I would like to be the first to thank you for what you did. Without your interruption, I fear that we would be dead; you saved us all."
The Flash nodded his head up and down. "Yes, thank you, Kal."
"You're welcome," he inclined his head, hiding his smirk when he heard all of the other League members except Batman murmur their own thanks.
"What are you going to do now?" The man with the bow questioned, twirling an arrow between his fingers. "I mean, are you going to start hero-work, or still stay in the shadows?"
Kal leaned back in his chair, hesitation written in his face. "I don't know… I'd never given it thought."
"I formally invite you to join the Justice League." Batman declared, his words snapping through the suddenly silent room. "Not even I can deny that he would be a major asset to us all; he would immediately become our most powerful member based on what I have seen."
"Thank you for the invitation, Batman," he said after a moment, seeing right through the human's words, seeing the true intentions. The human wanted to watch him, keep tabs on him and what better way than for him to become a member of the Justice League? As Darkseid had always told him, keep your friends close but your enemies even closer. It seemed Batman followed the same philosophy, not that Kal could blame him.
"Do you accept, then?" The Flash asked, hands vibrating with excitement. "Will you join?"
He hesitated before he spoke. "I believe that not all of you want me. Perhaps, if you voted as a team, you could all decide whether I should have an invitation."
The daughter of Zeus nodded her head. "Yes, that is an excellent suggestion, Kal. All right, everyone, who seconds the notion that an invitation for Kal should be extended?" Kal hid his amusement when the only one who didn't haltingly or quickly raise their hand was the Green Lantern. "John, why not? I don't understand," he did admit that, indeed, Wonder Woman looked confused.
Kal could smell the distrust as an odious stench wafting off of the Green Lantern. "You're right, none of you understand! He is a Kryptonian, an Eradicator who is stronger than us all. You saw what he did to Black Adam, to the entire Injustice League! He could do the same to us, could he not?"
When Wonder Woman looked deprived of utterance, her lovely full lips parted in dismay and shock, Kal spoke. "I understand your distrust of me, I do. I'm the new guy who none of you know, but I don't follow why you think that I would… attack you, attack any of you?"
"You're a Kryptonian."
"Can't we cut the guy some slack, John?" The Flash's eyebrows were furrowed together behind his mask. "He's clearly not like those… Eradicators; he saved all of us!"
"John, we all know that's true," the daughter of Zeus stared at the Green Lantern with beseeching eyes. "We would all be dead, slaughtered by Black Adam and the Injustice League if it weren't for Kal. Indeed, he did save all of our lives, so the least we could do is offer him a place amongst us and trust him."
The man with the bow shrugged. "I'm game if you all are. He seems like a good guy."
"I concur," the sonic screecher declared and Kal didn't fail to notice how the man with the bow perked up.
"At least whatever is in my head is saying that a Kryptonian would be an immediate, second-to-none deterrent to anybody like Steppenwolf looking for the Mother Boxes." The Cyborg stared at him critically, and after scanning him, Kal could see that most of his body was no longer human, but strong metal given to him by the Mother Box that housed part of the essence of Kal's grandfather. "I say that he should join. I think that it would be better for everyone."
"He saved my life," the man with the Trident said, fingers gripping the weapon lightly but firmly. "I owe him a perennial debt - and Atlantis does, too." Kal raised his eyebrows at that information; that could be very useful. "He deserves a place in the Justice League and nothing less. It would be an honor to fight alongside him."
All eyes, including Kal's, stared at the green-skinned alien, whose orange eyes were glowing, staring back at him intently. Within moments, Kal felt a mind brush against his impenetrable one and he suddenly realized that the green-skinned one would, indeed, be a dangerous foe. Thankfully, his telepathic defenses were fathomable through training and experience, so the green-skinned alien couldn't reveal his true motives.
The mind pulled back and the green-skinned alien looked befuddled. "It's strange; there is nothing for me to connect my mind to. It's as if he doesn't even have a mind."
"That's similar to what Gorilla Grodd said earlier, if I'm not mistaken." Wonder Woman commented, "It must be part of his physiology, then, immunity to telepathic attacks."
Batman frowned harshly while the green-skinned alien stared at him intently, but Kal just stared back openly. "Frankly, I'm not even comfortable with you looking inside my mind and honestly, I didn't have any idea that I was… immune to it. If it would help, I would un-immune myself if I could."
"That's kind," the green-skinned alien said softly before straightening. "I think that he should join, too. Gorilla Grodd is someone who was able to rival myself in telepathic strength. If we encountered a telepathic individual who was stronger than me, then Kal is insurance that they wouldn't overwhelm us all because he is immune to such an attack."
Batman stared at Green Lantern, the only one who still didn't agree with Kal joining. "Stewart, I know that you don't trust him but I don't, either. Think of it this way: with him in the League, we can keep an eye on him to make sure that he's not doing anything… suspicious."
The Green Lantern nodded, the severe lines in his face lessening. "All right, then. I second his joining."
The daughter of Zeus smiled brilliantly and Kal wondered how long it would take him to have her fully - and he knew that when he did, he would kill her for what she did to his cousin. "That's excellent! Welcome to the Justice League, Kal."
"Wait," the Flash cried out. "What about his superhero name?"
Kal blinked, "What?"
"You know, the world can't just call you Kal! They call me the Flash instead of my real name; we need one for you!"
"Oh," Kal's lips curved slightly and he stared directly at Wonder Woman. "How about Superman?"
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The humans had learned of his arrival quicker than he had anticipated but it was of no consequence to himself. Apparently, a technological innovation that could hover high in the sky had filmed his appearance before the Injustice League. Ever since, the video had spread like fire itself across the entire planet. The daughter of Zeus had commissioned a release of information to the humans' news outlets about the Justice League's newest hero: Superman.
"Man, I thought that Diana was famous, but you blow her out of the park." The Flash sat in front of him at the table where Kal was trying to consume what the humans called sustenance. "Your name is everywhere; it's broken records across media and video views. You're the biggest hero in the history of the world already!"
Kal swallowed the bite of food. "I just did what I could, that's all."
"What you did was save our asses, Kal," the Flash's eyes were honest and to Kal's surprise, the human pulled off his mask. "I know that we all already thanked you, but I want to say it again. Without you, I would have been toast. That… Lobo guy had me in his grip and I had never felt so terrified in my life. Then you showed up and changed everything, what I had thought would be my final moments on Earth."
"You're welcome, Flash- "
"No, it's Barry. Please, call me Barry, not Flash."
"Barry, you're welcome. It was the right thing to do and I would have never forgiven myself if I hadn't… interfered."
The Flash grinned, "You'll get the opportunity to interfere in lots of other stuff, trust me."
"Is that right?"
"Absolutely," the Flash pulled out what he had learned was a phone and frowned. "Hey, sorry about this, but my wife is calling me. I gotta go."
Before he could even respond, the Flash blurred away, Kal's eyes following him in amusement.
The man with the Trident stepped away from the drinking machine and sat down in the Flash's seat. "I hope you don't mind, Kal. I wished to speak with you."
Kal smiled, "Not at all, not at all. Please, be my guest."
"You have good manners; it's refreshing."
"It grates on your nerves when someone doesn't show you respect, doesn't it? I know it does me."
"Yes, exactly! It is an irritant that I suspect will forever afflict me."
"I'd reckon that's a good irritant, though."
"Probably. Now, I wanted to speak to you because I am curious."
He raised his brows, "About what?"
"You. Your power is beyond fathoming and it rightly defines you as royalty, but in spite of your obvious royal upbringing, you still act humble."
Kal's smile faded, "You know of my upbringing?"
"Of course, my friend. As one royal to another, it's impossible to miss. I fancy that Diana has already seen it as I have. You carry yourself with power and grace, authority that must be followed; your manners are good. I am curious about whose royalty you belong to besides the Eradicators. You weren't born with those traits; you learned them. From whom did you learn them? You said that you were raised in the midwest of America, but the only possibility that makes sense is that you were raised by a wealthy businessman who entertained men of great power."
"You are smart," he commented. "I had no idea that it was so blatant; you are correct."
"By whom were you raised?"
"I'd prefer not to speak of my family; there was a… conflict of interest between us."
"Aye, I understand, my friend," the man with the Trident stood up and smiled. "Atlantis is always open to you; if you need anything, call upon me and you shall have your desire if it's within my power."
"I will, thank you."
He watched the fellow royal depart and then quickly turned back to his meal and ate the rest of it; his ears listened to Batman and the daughter of Zeus' conversation from across the building.
"I don't trust him, Diana. His sudden appearance is suspicious."
"How, Bruce? Kal saved all of our lives. Why can't you just accept that there are some people who do things out of the goodness of their heart?"
"Because people like that don't exist; it's a fool's belief."
"And you think that I'm a fool?"
"Yes. This Kal, if that's even his name, could be lying but you're too blinded by your gratefulness and what I suspect is attraction; your emotions cloud your judgment."
"My judgment is sound, Bruce. How is yours?"
"Clear."
"It's not, but one day you will see that."
"I would say the same about yours but we cannot afford to be in conflict, not in such a precarious situation. The fact that J'onn can't read his mind is particularly disconcerting."
"Maybe the only fool is you, Bruce. You don't know how to trust anyone; you keep them at arm's length. What is suspicious about Kal? Why are you so adamant about distrusting him, in spite of him saving our lives?"
"The fact that J'onn can't read his mind- "
"That's only your paranoia; you are casting your own beliefs onto him without knowing who he truly is."
"Perhaps, but he miraculously saved us all, beat the entire Injustice League like they were children, including Black Adam, and then he sped away with Lobo and Black Adam and we have no idea where they had gone. For all we know, he might have killed Black Adam instead of the story about him turning to dust."
"Even if that's true, which I doubt, how is that a bad thing, Bruce?"
"He murdered him."
"Now you're trying to shift the narrative."
"Fine, he could have killed Black Adam."
"And what exactly did you think would happen? Black Adam was a monster, Bruce. I was raised on stories of his unholy power; it was a blessing that my father and uncles imprisoned him."
"We would have been able to imprison him, somehow. We would never have killed him, but this Kal easily could have; he could be a murderer."
"There is nothing on this planet that could have contained Black Adam. All of the artifacts to cast him back into the prison from whence he stayed for thousands of years are gone. We couldn't have reached it; he would always be a massive threat. The only solution was his death."
"That's unacceptable."
"Why?"
"There's always another way."
"Now who is allowing their emotions to cloud their judgment?"
"Damn you, Diana! I'm trying to keep us from being destroyed."
"Kal made certain of that already."
"... I see that your mind won't be changed."
"I hope that yours will be."
He smiled slightly, ignoring the rest of their conversation. It seemed that his strongest allies were the Flash, the man with the Trident, and the accursed daughter of Zeus. Kal knew that it wasn't enough; he needed more. His eyes searched the building and he found the Cyborg creature.
It was time to secure another ally.
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Diana walked into the sparring room and wasn't surprised to see Oliver and Dinah in the ring. She was searching for Kal and had hoped to find him with the others but she didn't know why she had thought that. Although he was now officially a League member, nobody seemed to want to converse with him.
It angered her.
"Hey, Diana," Dinah rolled away from Oliver and peered down at her from the ring. "What do you think?"
She raised a brow and stepped closer. "About what? You need to be more specific."
"She means the new guy, Kal." Oliver stood next to Dinah, drinking from a water bottle. "What do you think about him?"
"Why don't you form your own opinions?" She challenged, "Why are you asking me?"
"Are you serious? That guy could punch the fuckin' atoms out of me with just his pinky finger."
"We ask you, Diana," Dinah cut in, "because it seems that you trust him."
"I do. I'm actually looking for him, myself, but haven't been able to find him."
"I'd tell you to find J'onn but since Kal's mind isn't there, it wouldn't help."
"Thanks, Oliver."
"I guess that it wouldn't be too bad to look for him, either." Dinah's eyes looked through Diana and she wondered what had happened. "He is definitely the hottest guy I've ever seen."
"That's just cruel," Oliver muttered. "You don't see me talking about other girls."
"I'll leave you two to discuss this… breach," she said awkwardly and left the room before any more words would reach her.
Where was Kal?
Diana passed J'onn after turning the corner and a thought occurred to her. "Is there anyone in the building who is speaking with Kal?"
"Yes, I believe so. Victor's thoughts dwell on Kal; it seems that our newest member is with him in the workshop."
She smiled, "Thank you, J'onn."
"You're welcome, but a moment, Diana?"
"What is it? What's wrong?"
"I do have concerns, in spite of my best efforts."
Diana frowned but didn't allow her frustration to control her. "Tell me about them, then."
"It's just that… the Kryptonians were a grandiose myth of power and death. That's all that I ever heard about them, the thinly-veiled fear when someone dared call upon their name in a whisper. I have always been afraid of the Kryptonians, Diana; you would as well if you knew the stories."
"Share with me the scariest story, J'onn. Help me understand because frankly, I don't. I seem to be the only one, save for Barry and Arthur, who trusts Kal."
"When I was young, I was told of the myth of Zod. The universe quaked before his onslaught; he commanded the Kryptonian warriors and eradicated every planet in his quest to achieve the greatest feat imaginable, leaving nothing except death in his wake."
"What was the feat that this Zod was trying to achieve?"
"He sought to amass enough power to kill Krypton's god, Rao."
"What?" Diana's faltered, placing a tense hand on the wall. "That's impossible, J'onn. I know from personal experience that only a god can kill another god."
"Zod somehow ascended to a higher plane of existence, then." J'onn looked fearful and Diana had never imagined such an expression to cross his usual, eerily calm features. "The legend declares that Rao was the Supreme Leader of the High Throne of the Cosmos, but in spite of all of that unimaginable might, Zod slew his god."
Deprived of words, she brought her shaking fingers to her lips, gathering the sudden moisture there. "That can't be…"
"If that is the true potential of a Kryptonian, what hope could anyone, nonetheless us have if Kal decided to turn against us?"
"You don't know that Kal would betray us! Now you're acting like Bruce, J'onn."
J'onn looked ashamed and the sight cooled Diana's sudden ire. "I am the last of my people and I don't have much family left in existence, but you all, everyone in the League are my family, now. I don't want to lose that."
Diana softened and placed a consoling hand on his shoulder. "You are part of my family, too. I understand the fear of losing that, but if we trust each other, nothing will ever break us. I'm choosing to give Kal a chance, and I have taken into account the stories of Krypton, but we can't judge Kal by those stories; he isn't part of them. He had no say in any of the deeds Zod may or may not have committed."
"Kal does seem like a good person," her friend admitted, looking away, face slowly settling back into its calm countenance. "I suppose that my fear of those stories are inflicting me with fear towards him and doubt about his agenda."
"Come with me," she grabbed his hand. "I'm going to speak with Kal and this will give you the opportunity to be in his presence, to learn about him."
J'onn tilted his head, "You're fascinated by him."
"I am," she said without shame. "I mean, we were all going to die, J'onn; our final moments in existence had arrived. Then, when it all seemed hopeless, Kal appeared and defeated all of the Injustice League, with whom we have struggled fiercely in the past; he saved my life, saved all of our lives. That's never happened to me before. I've never encountered someone who was good who was, at the same time, more powerful than myself. Even you, J'onn, when confronted with divine power, struggled mightily."
"But Kal didn't; he smacked Black Adam aside with ease."
"Exactly. He even caught the monster's punches without blinking. I've never experienced such… such raw power, J'onn, not even from Ares and the other gods who I've encountered, among them my father. All of my life, from my experiences, I've always believed that those with such mighty, divine power were monsters just as Black Adam and Steppenwolf and Ares, along with all of the other gods; they couldn't be good or trusted."
"And then Kal shattered that belief."
"Yes. I am more than willing to give him chances, J'onn, to earn all of our trust and respect, our admiration."
"I don't think admiration is needed, Diana."
She frowned, looking up at him in bemusement. "What do you mean?"
"Everyone in the world, including us in the League, already admire him greatly. The apex of our teammates' thoughts revolve around Kal and how, in Barry's words, he's so fucking awesome."
Diana smiled, "Then come with me and see your admiration overcome your fear; face Kal with me."
"Okay."
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She walked into the workshop and paused at the expression on Victor's face; it was relief and pure, a relaxing of his human features. She hadn't seen that on her friend's face before; she had known of his struggle with accepting what had happened to him, but no matter her words of consolation, Victor had never been able to look as he did now.
"So the Mother Box... gave birth to you, then?" Kal's perplexed voice entered her ears and she saw her savior sitting across from Victor on a stool, still somehow displaying noble upbringing, something that brought an endless wave of curiosity for Diana.
"It saved my life. When Steppenwolf appeared, he was looking for the Mother Boxes and when he encountered me, he… he said that I was borne of... him, as in the Mother Box, or maybe it should be called the Father Box; he then called me 'uncle'. He said that one day I would understand and accept my glorious burden, that I will side with him and his family."
Kal frowned before it cleared from his face. "I wouldn't listen to Steppenwolf's words, Victor; he said those things to probably invoke a reaction of fear, to provoke you to do something that you would regret. You shouldn't worry," he then turned his head to stare directly at her. "Wouldn't you agree, Wonder Woman?"
"Absolutely," she concurred and stepped closer to them, J'onn following behind her. "Please, Kal, call me Diana."
"As you wish… Diana," her savior inclined his head with a smile and looked back at Victor. "You can do a lot with your gifts by- "
"Gifts?" Victor looked appalled, his features closing off again. "You call… this a gift?"
Diana watched in amazement as Kal didn't even blink. "You're still alive, aren't you, Victor? As you said yourself, it saved your life."
"People look at me like I'm a monster, a freak beyond any other!"
"Then that's their fault, not yours. You're not to blame for their idiocy."
Victor leaned back and shook his head and swallowed. "Yes, but I didn't want it. Look at me! I'm a… cyborg, barely even a man; I'm more machine, now. It's why I wanted Lobo's cells! That creature could heal from anything; the thing in my head said that he was a Czarnian. I thought that if I acquired some samples of his cells, I would be able to fix myself, able to heal from what happened."
"Oh, Victor," she stated softly, sympathetically. "That's an alien's blood and who knows what that could have done to what remains of your human body?"
"I know, but… but I was desperate." Victor leaned forward and bowed his head in dismay. "I'm more machine now than man. I can't even have sex; it's all gone. All I want is to return to who I was before."
"You know, some of the best gifts you ever receive in life are the ones that you don't want or ask for." Kal stared at him evenly, "You have potential but the only one who can reach that potential is you; your outlook influences your actions. What happened to you must be traumatic, but be honest with yourself; no more lies, Victor."
"What… what do you mean? What lies?"
"Look inward, not just of your body, but of your heart and soul." Diana was mesmerized by Kal, watching as his eyes stared at Victor with the intensity of a blazing sun. "Be honest about what you see and then accept it because ultimately, you can't change it; you can only accept it. These gifts - yes, gifts - have potential; you yourself have potential. Only you are something, Victor, and nobody, not even what happened to you can change that."
J'onn stepped forward, "He's correct, Victor."
Victor stared at Kal with his human eye wide. "You're right… I can do things now that I never thought possible."
"Such as?" Kal inquired almost eagerly and Diana was excited to see her friend finally open up with someone beside herself. "What did the Mother Box give you besides the obvious?"
"I'm a lot stronger now; every day, it feels like I evolve more and more - become more modified. I can fly through various thrusters in my… body, I'm very durable, I can regenerate, I can shapeshift various parts of me into weapons like my plasma cannon which even stunned Steppenwolf- " Diana didn't fail to notice that Kal's eyebrows shot upward at Victor's mention of Steppenwolf. "- and my rocket launcher which was, at first but not for long, useful when fighting Black Adam and different things such as technological equipment whenever I want, and I can manipulate technology."
"It's incredible," she cut in, hoping that Victor would explain more, urging him to. "The things that he can do with technology, Kal, I've never seen anything like it."
"None of us have," J'onn intoned calmly beside her and she was relieved to see that he was more relaxed. "Indeed, it is incredible."
Kal's eyebrows rose slightly, "How can you manipulate technology, then?"
Victor sat up a little straighter. "I am able to interface and control any system that I have access to; it allows me to manipulate data seamlessly. I can hack anywhere, even view the Pentagon's records and secrets. The thing in my head keeps me constantly plugged into the internet, processing all of the vast amounts of code and data." Victor's lips twitched upward and Diana smiled at the sight. "Like, right now, the thing in my head keeps telling me how powerful a Kryptonian is; it's sifting through all of the data on the internet about the League's newest member: Superman. The fight with the Injustice League is everywhere, being streamed constantly."
Diana watched as Kal leaned back, a pleased expression on his chiseled, handsome features. "That is incredible, Victor. Is there anything else that you can do?"
"Oh, um, I can create holographic projections of the data that I discover on the internet." Victor slowly unfurled his hands from his lap and before their eyes, the battle with the Injustice League floated in the air in a dull color for several moments before Victor closed his hands. "I know that through my mechanical interfacing, I can bolster the efficiency of any mechanical or cybernetic apparatus that I stumble across. I often do this with Batman's vehicles and for the League's cyber security so people like Lex Luthor couldn't hack into us."
"And the Mother Box… was it destroyed, then?" Kal looked interested and Diana couldn't blame him; she herself had always been fascinated but wary of them. "Do you still have it?"
"After Steppenwolf attempted to combine them into something called the Unity, after we barely managed to stop him thanks to Diana," Kal's eyes glanced at her and she felt the heat of his gaze; it induced pleasure. "We each separated them again; I am in control of one, the Atlanteans are back in control of theirs, and the Amazons are protecting theirs again." Victor pointed at his head, "It constantly tells me that I should combine them, revealing something about something called a Yuga Khan, but I ignore it because of what would happen."
"What would happen, Victor?" Kal questioned with urgency, "What does it do?"
"Diana was raised on the stories. I think that she would know more."
She wet her lips and nodded at Kal. "I am a lot older than I look."
"How much older?"
"Don't you know that it's rude to ask a woman's age, Kal?"
He didn't even blink, "I'm curious."
"I'm a little less than a thousand years old."
Kal smiled, "You look fantastic, then."
Refusing to allow the blush to adorn her cheeks, Diana continued. "Steppenwolf came here before my birth; he tried to conquer Earth. He failed thanks to my family's intervention. I am Zeus' daughter - yes, he was real." For some reason, based on Kal's expression, that didn't surprise him. "My father and brother, Ares, along with my uncles faced Steppenwolf's first invasion; they were why the Earth was liberated from potential darkness. From what my mother shared with me growing up, the gods believed that the Unity would transform the Earth into the place of Steppenwolf's birth, an apocalyptic hellscape."
"And that… Yuga Khan?"
"I've never heard of that before," she frowned and glanced at Victor. "Is that something new? You didn't share it with me."
"It started recently," her friend said slowly, spacing his words. "It's hard to understand because it's in a different language, a primordial one that I can't even fathom. The only words that I can pick out are 'Yuga Khan.' I think that it's a name."
"I think that you're right," J'onn suddenly interrupted. "There were legends amongst my people that were spread that mentioned Yuga Khan."
"What did they say?" Kal demanded and Diana was impressed; the air brimmed with absolute authority. "What about Yuga Khan?"
"The story was mainly of someone named Zonuz, a mighty warrior who was killed by the even stronger Yuga Khan; they said the battle destroyed a planet and a Manhunter witnessed the shockwave of the planet erupting."
"I don't know what the Mother Boxes would have to do with Yuga Khan, then." Victor surmised, "What, would the Mother Boxes release his spirit and that's how the Unity transforms the world into an apocalyptic hellscape if your… gods were right?"
"Who knows?" Kal said lightly, leaning back. "As long as the Mother Boxes are safe, you'll never find out. They are safe, right? Nobody will get them from you, the Atlanteans, or the Amazons?"
Diana nodded her head, "My people protect theirs on my home island, while Atlantis protects theirs under the ocean."
"And mine is secure," Victor added. "I've hidden it with the strongest technology on the planet; no one like Steppenwolf will ever get to form the Unity."
"And even if they do, we'll be there to stop them," she added firmly. "That includes you, now, Kal. We'll be so much stronger because of your presence."
"I'm glad," he smiled. "Thank you for treating me kindly; it feels… nice. I've noticed that several of your- sorry, I mean my teammates don't trust me."
J'onn looked guilty, "Forgive those who don't trust you, Kal. I myself, until recently, was the same; it was my fear of your people and I unfairly judged you based on your kin's actions."
Kal nodded, "I understand why, but it doesn't mean that it's not disappointing."
"They'll come around," she hastily asserted with a concerned smile. "Just give them time."
"Don't worry, I will," his large hands were slack on his legs. "In fact, I think that I'd be worried if all of you trusted me right away."
"What do you mean?" Diana's smile faded, "Why do you say that?"
"I think I understand what he means." Victor inputted, "He's glad that we wouldn't be taken advantage of."
Diana, for whatever reason, felt hurt. "Is that true?"
Kal blinked, "That's not necessarily what I meant."
"What did you mean, then?" J'onn inquired, "I'm curious."
"I meant that there are many people who would manipulate others for their gain; it happens all of the time. I've learned in my life that people aren't always who they say they are."
"You speak from personal experience," she said softly in realization. "It happened to you?"
"No, but when you can do what I do, see and hear what I see and hear, then you realize that truth."
"I'm sorry," she apologized, not knowing why she did. "I can't imagine."
Kal looked shocked before it cleared from his face. "Thank you; it's not fun all of the time."
"I think that I might know what you mean, Kal." J'onn murmured, "My telepathy… it is a burden as much as a gift. I can hear the humans' thoughts; there is so much fear but joy, too."
"You do understand, then," he stared curiously at J'onn. "If I may ask, what race are you hailed from? You're an alien like me."
"I am from Mars, the last of my people."
"So you understand what that's like, too." Kal whispered and seemed to stare at J'onn in a new light. "We may be kindred spirits, J'onn."
Diana glimpsed the sudden hope on J'onn's face and she realized that slowly, Kal was gaining trust through the League; it relieved her. Hopefully, the others like Bruce would begin to trust Kal, as well; their conversation from earlier still angered her.
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After J'onn and Victor left the workshop, Diana was left alone with Kal; she stood near him, not really knowing what to say.
"Your father is Zeus?" Kal suddenly asked and she was thankful that he spoke first. "I don't know what to think of that."
She felt a small laugh escape. "I can't blame you. I was… I was as shocked as you."
His eyebrows rose and he looked even more interested. "What do you mean?"
"I… I only learned of my true parentage less than a century ago. For my whole life prior to the truth, I had believed myself to be a creation of clay."
"What?" Kal blinked, "What do you mean clay?"
Diana smiled at his reaction, "The story that my mother told me growing up was that she had been so desperate for a child of her own flesh and blood, but she was incapable of bearing a child because… because of Heracles' actions. Before my birth, before Steppenwolf's first invasion, Heracles was just a demigod instead of the god he later became; he eventually came to my homeland, Themyscira. All of the Amazons thought that he was amazing and kind, generous beyond any man for he was Zeus' son, but then… the hidden depravity was revealed." Kal didn't really look surprised by her words and it was a relief. Usually, everyone thought that Heracles was an amazing hero when he was anything but; it pleased her that Kal realized already that he wasn't. "He subjugated my people and raped them; my mother was his favorite and as a result of his… actions, she was injured internally and became incapable of bearing a child."
"You said that Heracles became a god later, though," he pointed out slowly, star-like eyes roaming her face in contemplation. "He wasn't… punished for what he did?"
"Not really," she admitted softly. "At least, I don't think so. When he first became a god, he was bound beneath Themyscira for several centuries but that's it."
"That's pretty lenient."
"I've always thought so but Zeus refused to punish his favored son harshly."
"And what happened to your mother? She was incapable of bearing a child."
Diana nodded sadly, "She prayed to the gods, specifically to Zeus and Apollo, to heal her womb, her body so that she could bear a child. Then my mother always told me that she shaped me out of clay and Zeus and the other gods breathed life into it and then it became flesh and I was born."
"But that's not what happened."
"No, it's not," she sighed. "I was always stronger and better than all of my Amazon sisters and it was always thought to be because of my clay origin. But that wasn't the truth, you're correct. I later learned that Zeus had descended down to my mother and to have a beautiful daughter of her own flesh and blood, she willingly gave herself to him. My parentage was hidden for so long because my mother feared Hera's wrath."
"How did you find out?"
"A little less than a century ago, Ares broke free from his prison - how, no one ever discovered - and instigated a war unlike anything ever previously seen on Earth: World War I. The war fueled and fanned his power and he was strengthened greatly, to levels never thought possible; he attacked Olympus and killed everyone who stood in his way, including Heracles. I have no idea how, but he even managed to somehow kill my uncles and father. Because of it, I'm the Last Olympian."
Kal suddenly laughed, startling her. "So in the League, there is the Last Olympian, the Last Martian, and finally, the Last Kryptonian."
"Quite true," she wet her lips and saw Kal's eyes follow the actions. "Ares was bursting with power and he attacked Themyscira and he killed many of my sisters. I fought him and was being beaten badly; he was full of evil. Then my father's spirit appeared when I was near death and said that I was his daughter, his last heir and that the burden fell to no other but me; he fired lightning at me and then something inside me was awakened. I was so much stronger and I felt the sky itself, the lightning dancing in my blood; they were part of me. While the other Amazons barely held him off, I snuck up behind Ares and killed him, slaying the god of war."
"And you knew your parentage."
"Yes, and so did everyone else on Themyscira. They were enraged that my mother had lied for so long and that she had laid with a man, no matter that it was the god, Zeus. They were going to rescind her Queenship and exile her off Themyscira but I refused to let that happen. I took her place and accepted the punishment for myself."
"That was noble."
"I had always been fascinated with man's world, and I had also grown weary of Themyscira. I yearned for freedom and while I can never go back to Themyscira because of the banishment, I'm okay with that - at least for now." Diana closed her eyes and remembered. "My mother was furious but was cowed by my words. Then I left Themyscira, never to return, and immediately, I… I somehow teleported to Olympus."
"Really?" She opened her eyes to see Kal sitting straighter. "You can teleport?"
"No, I can only teleport to Olympus - that's it. It's a beautiful sphere of… majestic tranquility and sometimes, I go there to remember my history, my lineage, my… my divine inheritance."
"Inheritance?"
Diana's lips parted and she revealed something that she had never revealed to anyone else. "When my father's spirit appeared to fire the lightning at me, he bestowed the mantle of the sky god unto me. It was all mine and I had effectively replaced my father as the god of the sky. But I didn't want it after I battled Ares. So when I went to Olympus, I somehow rejected it and where my father sat on his throne, there lays lightning itself, full of power and strength. Ares' essence lays on his throne, too, because nobody has destroyed it, including me. And finally, Aphrodite's lays on her throne. Each of them are there and when I go to Olympus, I see them, reminding me of what I can choose to do, who I can become."
"Where are the others?" Kal stared at her differently, looking very intrigued. "You could inherit all of that power? You could absorb it all?"
"I could if I wanted to," she admitted. "I can only assume that Ares destroyed all of the others, thinking them beneath him when he killed everyone. I don't know how my father's survived and I believe that Ares was fond of Aphrodite in spite of killing her, so he refrained from destroying her essence; it was common knowledge that they were lovers."
"Why don't you?" Kal leaned forward, eyes roving her face. "If you accepted those mantles, you could easily do what I did to the Justice League. You could have defeated Black Adam on your own, I'm certain. You could be a true god."
"Because I saw what all gods were, Kal," she replied softly. "Steppenwolf was evil, Ares was evil, Heracles was evil even before he became a god and was worse after, and even my father and uncles were cruel and sinister oftentimes. Aphrodite herself was notorious for her fickle nature and how grievous she could act. I fear that if I become a god, I will become like them. I don't want to be them, Kal. I'm… I'm content with who I am, now. I don't need the power."
"But you haven't destroyed them," he pointed out, tilting his head. "If you truly believed that, why haven't you destroyed them?"
"In case of an emergency," she whispered. "How else do you think that I beat Steppenwolf?"
Kal's eyes widened, "Wait… you… dawned the mantles to defeat him? That's how you beat him?"
"I only dawned my father's again," she admitted aloud for the first time; not even her teammates knew of how she had defeated Steppenwolf. They only thought that she had stopped holding back and unleashed her true capabilities, not that she had… almost cheated in a way. "It's how I beat Steppenwolf and then immediately after the battle, I teleported back to Olympus and forced the power to leave me."
"Wouldn't it bond with you, though?"
"That's what I'm afraid of," she whispered, her arms wrapping around her stomach in a rare show of vulnerability. "That's why I loathe to use them."
"And you didn't when facing the Injustice League. Why?"
Diana sighed, "I didn't realize how precarious the situation was until it was too late. When Parasite touched me, he stole everything. Because of that, I wouldn't be able to enter Olympus to claim the mantle until my strength and power returned."
Kal inhaled slowly, "Well, Diana, I must admit that you have become much more interesting to me during this conversation. I've… I've never heard of someone who would sacrifice power because that's a weakness."
She smiled at his words, "It is a weakness, yes, but it's one that I can live with - at least for now."
"Then you're either remarkable or stupid, Diana."
"Remarkable will do, Kal," she laughed before she quieted. "I've answered your questions. Now I have one of my own."
"Have your desire," he tilted his head in curiosity. "What is it?"
"Your Royal bearing cannot be denied," she raised a brow and leaned forward slightly. "It's plain to see with one who was raised as a Princess, but how are you… Royal?"
Kal nodded slowly, "The man with the Trident- "
"Arthur," she supplied. "His name is Arthur."
"Thank you. People seem to assume that I know their names when I don't. Anyway, Arthur said the same thing to me; he recognized it, too."
"But you said that you were raised in the American Midwest." Diana touched her Lasso, "Was that… did you lie?"
"I was adopted, obviously," he stated calmly, glancing at the Lasso curiously. "What is that?"
"It's the Lasso of Truth; it tells me whether or not someone is lying when in its grasp."
Kal raised a brow, "Do you not trust me, then?"
"No, no," she hastily assured with wide eyes, dropping the Lasso. "I'm just confused by how you're Royal."
"My father's a… brutal teacher, a broker who holds great power. As a result, I quickly learned to act that way, to act… as you said, Royal." Kal's tone was even; the words were blunt and easily said. "It was ingrained to act that way, especially when I learned that I was adopted. It was…" his star-like, beautiful eyes glazed slightly, surprising her and she listened in awe. "I always knew that I was different from my father and family; they look nothing like me. I was really young when I found out, only a few months old."
Diana's lips parted and her eyes bulged, "What? That's impossible. No one remembers things from that early of their life."
"I do," he commented almost flippantly; his eyes were serious. "I'm Kryptonian and I remember everything in my life. From the moment when I was born - and I even remember Krypton - to the moment when I die, I will hold no disparity in memory. I will remember all of it. My mental acuities even at a few months old were incredible and I could talk by then and walk. I knew by then how different I looked and how I could do things that others couldn't, and while I held memories of Krypton, I didn't understand them. It wasn't until I was told of my adoption when I understood and accepted it." Kal tilted his head and his lips twitched, "Just as you accepted that you were Zeus' daughter instead of creation from clay."
"It did take time," she confessed softly. "At first, after Ares' death, I felt betrayed. For almost nine centuries, my mother lied to me about the fundamental aspect of who I am. I mean, nothing had changed, but yet everything had."
"You didn't know what to believe was truth from your childhood and what wasn't." Kal stated bluntly, yet not unkindly. "Everything that your mother did was then called into question because you had no idea if you could believe her words."
"Yes!" Diana exclaimed, "That's exactly it. That's also why I decided to be exiled in my mother's place. I needed to get away from Themyscira and because I was exiled, I was given the chance to discover who I am without anyone else."
"And whom did you discover yourself to be?"
"A woman who believes in love and using compassion but realism to heal the world. I believe in making not just this world but all worlds better. My goal is for the Justice League to not be of just Earth, but all planets in the universe. I want us to be everywhere and keep the universe from falling to destruction to beings like Ares and Steppenwolf. I was raised by my mother, the Queen of Themyscira, so I know that a good ruler can make everything perfect. I desire for someone of just will and power to rule above and guide the universe into a new era."
"You may just get your wish, Diana."
Diana laughed, "Why is that? Everyone else says that my dream is illogical and unrealistic."
Kal fully smiled and it felt like his first true smile; she was astonished by how beautiful he was. "Because I agree, too, that a mighty ruler is who should be in charge. We can make it happen."
"Potentially, Kal, but we first need to focus on Earth," she smiled. "There's still a lot of work that must be done."
"I'll help you with it," he assured, nodding his head. "The universe will be united under one name."
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Well, that's all for this one, everyone! I hope that you all enjoyed it and it would really help me out if you left a review to tell me what you thought.
**Kal and the League become acquainted! I hope that their meeting seemed realistic and I also think that Batman would definitely demand for Kal to join the League to keep an eye on him. That's definitely something Batman-like to do. Remember, this incarnation of the Green Lantern is John Stewart and to me, he always seemed like a severe, no-nonsense, by-the-book space cop; he would definitely be wary of a Kryptonian. Most of the League, on the other hand, is more than willing to give Kal a chance after he literally saved all of their lives. This does include Diana and while some may disagree with that, let me explain. Diana is a warrior and in this story, has been alive for almost a millennium; she views Kal as a warrior who saved her in battle. As a result, she trusts him almost instinctively and plus, she is a really good person and believes the best in someone. Plus, her admiration for Kal is a strong force, too. She has never encountered someone who seems good and trustworthy who has the level of power that Kal possesses.
**The world quickly learns of Kal's existence because of a helicopter recording his fight with the Injustice League! Then Arthur and Barry Allen talk with him. Arthur may not have been raised a Royal, but in this story, in my estimation, he has been a Royal for quite a while and would begin to adopt their customs for his own and even talk like them. The environment can influence thoughts and actions and that's what happened with him. Also, I think that he and Diana would recognize that Kal is Royalty; they could easily see it. Kal is really good at pretending to be someone who he isn't and lying, but he isn't that good. I also hoped that the overheard conversation between Batman and Diana was realistic. I tried to show their conflicting viewpoints and highlight the differences in their thought processes concerning killing. Remember, Diana was raised in a warrior society. While she abhors the taking of innocent life, she has no qualms with killing a madman or murderer. (The Maxwell Lord incident is well-documented, I'm certain, and that sums up Diana's character perfectly.)
**Diana and J'onn find Kal with Victor Stone! Kal would undoubtedly realize what a useful asset Victor would be, so he befriends him, unconcerned with how Victor looks. In this story, Victor has rightly struggled with what happened to him but Kal sets him straight and Victor slowly begins to realize that just maybe, he should be thankful; he is alive, after all. He can do things that no one else can do and Diana and J'onn agree with Kal.
**Diana reveals a lot about herself to Kal! Okay, Kal is significantly more powerful than Diana in this story right now; that's just a fact and you might not like it, but that's how it is - right now. Kal was raised by Darkseid himself and doesn't hold back; he has the last Yellow Lantern Ring and the Amulet of Anubis. Diana has her weapons from the gods and her strength but that's about it. I always intended for Diana to be a strong character for this story and if she is to get on a level with Kal, she must be a lot more powerful. So that's when I decided for the gods to be killed off and since a god can only kill another god, Diana becomes a full god, the next Zeus, to kill the overpowered, unstoppable Ares, but then she rejects her godhood, forcing it to leave her. So, if she chooses to, she can inherit the godhood and powers of Zeus, Ares, and Aphrodite. She fears who she would become if she accepted her godhood so she hasn't yet. Kal will probably help her see that she has nothing to fear. (After all, Aphrodite's essence would alleviate her concern that she would be lost in the bloodlust of Ares.)
Okay, I know that Diana's final remarks about a ruler ruling everything might seem completely out of character, but I disagree. Her mother was Queen and Diana herself was raised as a Princess. That is the only type of government and ruling that she knows and understands. And more importantly, she saw that IT WORKED on Themyscira with her mother because her mother was a good and just ruler and as a result, Themyscira thrived because of it. Diana would have it in her mind that the only way for the world, for the very universe to be a utopia is to have a worthy ruler ruling over everyone to show them the way - as Hippolyta did on Themyscira. Kal, of course, is intrigued and agrees with her, forging their bond even more.
I think that's everything, everyone. If you have any questions, please feel free to ask. I'd be more than happy to answer them. Also, leave a review so I know what you thought, whether or good or bad, for it would really help me out.
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