PRIVILEGES, PART 1.

21st December. Time, 07:00 Zone C Base.

Commander Wayne woke up very sleepy and tired. Whenever the day he hated the most in his life was near, he had a lot of trouble sleeping, but when the day he hated the most came, he preferred not to sleep at all to avoid the terrible sleep problems. As always, he was determined to continue doing his duty, so he got up, put on his uniform, and his tool belt. Once he was dressed, the commander ate only at his table in his room, one of the privileges of being a commander.

After his meal that he never enjoyed, the commander left his room and went to the conference room, hoping this was another calm day. Upon arrival, he was surprised that J'onn was already waiting for him there. This was odd, J'onn sometimes slept in his lab while working on a new weapon or weaponry upgrades for the Rangers and the league, but him being in the conference room meant something very urgent.

"What is it now, J'onn?" The commander asked bluntly.

"The supreme commander of Earth wants to speak to you. He did not tell me the reason, but whenever he speaks, it is something extremely important," J'onn replied, but this time emphasizing his words, something very different from his calm and monotonous tone.

"Fine, I'll contact you now. Thanks, J'onn," Commander Wayne said somewhat annoyed. He did not like to speak to the supreme commander.

"No problem, commander. But remember not to lose patience or show anger in front of the supreme commander," J'onn said. He already knew that his commander was not the calmest person as long as he was close to the supreme commander.

"I'll keep that in mind, J'onn. Exit the conference room, please. I tell you when you can go back in," ordered the commander. J'onn as always just nodded and left. He felt the urge to listen to the conversation between his commander and the supreme commander, but as his commander always told him the truth sometime later, he decided to stay still while the conversation lasted. In the end, the conversation lasted fifteen minutes, which was quite strange, as the conversations turned into one-hour discussions. The door opened and the commander spoke to J'onn.

Gather the Rangers at 10 am in your lab. I will tell you everything later," the commander ordered. J'onn, as always, obeyed the order and went back to his laboratory. Before leaving, he noticed that the commander was anxious, surely the supreme commander had ordered him to do something totally out of the ordinary.

XXX

10:00

The Rangers were quite happy, Christmas was approaching, and they were hoping that for this, the criminal activity was null during these five days. They did not know what awaited them. Outside of this, his breakfast was quite joyous, Kal said that he would spend Christmas with Lois because his parents lived in zone A and could not come at Christmas; In part, Kal did not want them to come to Zone C because of its horrible aspect opposite to Zone A. Diana, for her part, just wanted to spend a joyous day touring the city appreciating its decorations. John surprisingly said that his wife and son were coming to Zone C, but that he wanted to spend time with them alone. Barry said he hoped to have the fun he always had at Christmas, which consisted of snowball wars. Whereas Shayera wanted to do something very different from the Rangers. Obviously no one questioned what the others wanted to do since they were not a family, and since they had not been Rangers in previous years, they could not celebrate Christmas as they used to before entering the league, so they hoped this would be an emotional gift.

To his bad luck, J'onn contacted them and told them to go to his laboratory, but it was 9:50 in the morning. They wanted to do more. The Rangers went and hoped this was not a mission.

"Rangers called them here because there are two things I want to tell you," J'onn said before giving a pause, waiting for the Rangers to say something, but since they didn't want to end another mission, they kept quiet. "First, Commander Wayne will make an announcement here in less than 10 minutes."

"And second?" Barry asked.

"Second, I inform you that as Christmas approaches, we must make an exchange of gifts between the six, to celebrate a little before you go to your respective commitments," J'onn said.

"How did you know about our plans?" The five asked in unison.

"I assumed that. In fact, many soldiers celebrate Christmas as long as there is no danger in the area. But what about the exchange?" He asked wanting an answer before the commander returned.

"I support J'onn," said Diana. "I haven't been in an exchange in a long time. I want to participate."

"Was that the commander's idea?" John asked.

"It was my idea. The commander would not participate in this, even if you asked him to" J'onn said very seriously.

"I'm in," said Kal. He didn't want to be involved in something with the commander, because of his continued comments that he should stop dating Lois, he wanted to be in something that didn't involve the commander.

"Me too," said Barry.

"I'm in as well," Shayera said.

"And you John?" J'onn asked. John thought a bit, as participating in a gift exchange would involve money, but luckily, J'onn thought about this and said, "Put the gifts on the league's account and I'll pay for it, but don't buy such expensive gifts, or the commander will be very angry." This convinced John.

"Alright, I'm in," said John.

"Well, take out a piece of paper, the name of the person on the paper is the person to whom you have to give a gift. And don't say it out loud, it must be a surprise," he ordered. Everyone obeyed him, took out the papers, J'onn grabbing the last one, and everyone had a reaction of surprise and emotion when they saw the person they had to buy a gift from.

"By the way, J'onn, why aren't there Christmas decorations on the base yet?" Flash asked.

"That's a good question" Diana supported. She was curious, like all Rangers.

"I will tell you once, but don't tell the commander anything. NOTHING. You understand?" J'onn asked. The Rangers, finding this situation very rare, just nodded.

"The commander hates Christmas. He hates that day with all his being. So when he became a commander, he established as a rule that Christmas decorations are not put on until Christmas Eve. Finally, do not say Christmas in front of the commander, or you will see him more enraged than usual," J'onn warned.

"Does he really hate Christmas?" Asked Barry.

"Yes, but don't say Christmas in front of him," J'onn ordered again.

"I get it. The commander is an angry and boring robot who hates Christmas. Look, I'm Commander Wayne, and I hate Christmas because I always throw up raisins every year" said Barry, parodying the commander. This curiously amused the Rangers. He did very well, and the comment was quite funny. "I hate Christmas so much because all the garlands strangle me whenever I walk past them." This made the Rangers laugh again, but their laughter kept them from hearing the door open. "I hate Christmas so much that all the trees hit me... Oh, no, no Commander, I'm sorry," Barry said when the Commander put his hand on his shoulder and sat him in J'onn's chair.

"Now, they will stop behaving like children and listen to what I have to tell them," the commander ordered. All the Rangers nodded. This was a scary thing for them, but not for Diana, but to avoid delaying the day, she decided to let him speak. "I received an order from the supreme commander of Earth, and that order is that we will go to Themyscira" he said expecting a reaction from everyone, but the only one who reacted very nervous was Diana.

"Why are we going to Themyscira?" Diana asked. "The country is not open to visitors. Only the inhabitants of Themyscira can enter or leave the country. It should be just me," she said, hoping to convince the commander.

"You cannot go alone. To avoid complaints I am going to say exactly what the supreme commander ordered me: "At the request of Queen Hippolyta, ruler of the country of Themyscira, the Rangers of Zone C must go to Themyscira on an urgent matter." The supreme commander also told me that at first, the queen asked that it should only be cadet Prince, but after insisting for a while, the queen agreed that the other Rangers, including J'onn and I, can also go, "explained the commander, without being intimidated.

"There is. I can go alone, take care of what the queen wants me to do, and I'll be back," Diana said trying to prevent everyone from going.

"You cannot go alone. The supreme commander ordered that we all go to the island. Even if that was not the order, we would all have to go, because we are a team" said the commander, standing firm.

Wow, this is the first time you have obeyed an order that is not yours. I didn't think you were afraid of someone," Diana said making sure to touch a weak point.

"I am not afraid of the supreme commander, but that is an order, and you are part of the team, and if you try another trick to make me not want to go, then I swear that I will put you to dig ditches for a month," The commander threatened. "I am going to obey the supreme commander, and you cannot disobey me again. But, now that I see that there is a reason why you don't want us to go, so I would like you to tell us what it is," said the very imposing commander in front of his cadet. Diana only thought for a few seconds before answering.

"Themyscira is a country where men are not welcome. We have a tradition of not allowing men to inhabit Themyscira, and even though the Supreme Commander has obtained permission for you, all the inhabitants of Themyscira will treat you like pests," said Diana hoping that this was enough, but it was not.

"It is nothing we cannot handle, cadet Prince. We have already faced criminals who have created twisted plans to destroy or cause chaos in the area. This cannot be a big problem," replied the commander.

"I agree with Diana, Commander," Kal told him. "I don't want to be in such an environment. Also, we are close to celebrating." He said this because he did not want to leave Gotham and miss Christmas.

"We agree, commander," said the other Rangers.

"We don't want an environment..." Barry said, but was interrupted.

"Enough, school kids" The commander replied knowing the reasons for these words. "You can see that they care more about a commercial party than about a mission where there are human lives or something very important in danger. So those who don't want to go, give me your Morpho, go dig ditches for two months, and J'onn and I with the cadet Prince will go to Themyscira, and you will no longer be Rangers," said the commander. This infuriate Kal. He was offended that the commander only considered Christmas as a business party.

"Commander, we are not worth going to Themyscira only on orders. Maybe, if you didn't hate Christmas so much, you would have opposed that." At that moment, J'onn covered his mouth with one of his hands. He was already over.

"You are worse than I thought. You care more about spending time with a journalist who is not part of the team. Well guess what, I'll go, J'onn will go and Diana will go, but if you don't want to, you already know what to do. By the way, if you value Christmas so much, if we leave soon, we will return sooner, so, the true Rangers will go and those who don't will stay. And if you don't go, then Cadet Stewart was right that you prefer something more than completing the mission" said the commander, stopping Kal. This commander was unforgiving.

"Commander, is there no one to protect Zone C while we are gone?" John asked. This pleased the commander a little. Someone who was attentive to the situation.

"Of course. Three Rangers from Zone A come here at noon. Now go get your things ready, and we'll see you in the hangar at 10:50," ordered the commander.

XXX

Kal was packing his uniforms for five days, with much discomfort. He had to go solve a possible political problem in Themyscira, and maybe he wouldn't be back in Zone C for Christmas. He hated the commander so much for this, but now he had to call Lois to tell her he was leaving. So he left the base at 10:25 and called from a public phone.

"Hello?" Lois asked.

"I am Kal, Lois" Kal replied.

"Kal, I thought we weren't going to talk until Christmas," Lois said.

"I'm calling you for that, Lois. The commander has ordered us to go to Themyscira, the isolated country, to resolve a conflict, but I don't know if we can return in time for Christmas" said Kal.

"O, no, Kal. I thought there would be no setbacks these days" Lois said somewhat annoyed.

"Blame my commander, not me," said Kal. "He hates Christmas and that's why he wants to go to Themyscira," He said hoping that she would take his side.

"Did you just say that your commander hates Christmas?" Lois asked, somewhat puzzled by the comment.

"Yes. They told me that he hates it, and that's why he doesn't want to be here for that day" Kal replied.

"But if you said you're going to resolve a political conflict, then why do you say the commander wants to leave so he won't be here at Christmas?" Lois asked somewhat confused.

"As I said, he hates Christmas, but we will satisfy him when the conflict lasts a long time and it is not at Christmas," Kal said still annoyed.

"Well, after listening to this, I tell you that I hope you solve this as soon as possible, because I hope to spend Christmas with you. And if it is an urgent mission, then do your duty. And I promise that if you don't come back for Christmas, we'll spend another day together, or as long as we can" Lois said. This made Kal very happy since she wanted to spend Christmas with him or spend a day with him if he was not here for Christmas.

"Thank you. Thank you very much, Lois. I promise I will do my best to get back in time for Christmas" said Kal.

"I'll be waiting anxiously, Kal" Lois said.

"Me too," Kal said before hanging up.

XXX

10:50

John had also thought of calling Mari to tell her that he might not be home for Christmas, but since the problem was with Diana, he thought this would be resolved quickly. So he relaxed and decided to go to the hangar.

Barry and Shayera were also somewhat upset by this. They had to go to an unknown place, and perhaps they would not be for Christmas. However, they were somewhat confused, because Queen Hippolyta ordered Diana to go to Themyscira alone, but the most surprising thing was that everyone was going to go for her.

In itself, everyone had a reason to go to Themyscira: Diana had to go because Queen Hippolyta ordered her to go, Kal only went because he did not want to stop being a Ranger, John because it was his duty, Barry went because maybe if he was there, he could do something that made Diana so impressed that maybe she would start falling in love with him, Shayera decided to go because she wanted to know Themyscira, but also because she wanted to know what Diana was hiding since she had not believed the excuse Diana; J'onn was for the good of the team and hoped that the commander would not end up challenging the queen, and the commander was going because he was going to discover something, something that he suspected of Diana, that and comply with the orders that the supreme had given him commander.

The Rangers got on the ship and headed towards Themyscira. The trip was quite uncomfortable for Diana, as J'onn and the commander were driving to her home country. And worst of all, once they landed, everything would come to light, her past and her secrets. Diana thought that she must have fled the ship and hidden somewhere in the city, and she tried, but the commander made it clear that he was watching her and that there were guards at each door of the base to prevent her from escaping unnoticed. And that if she fought them, she would have to fight the Rangers. Diana thought about fighting the guards and her team, but she didn't want to hurt them.

The Rangers were confused, since seeing Diana walk in circles from the beginning of the trip was not common. She looked nervous and scared. Fear? That word did not seem to go with it, or well, like the commander, the word fear did not fit them. The words that stayed with her the most were joy, impulsiveness, and bravery.

"Diana, are you alright?" Kal asked. This interrupted Diana's circular walk.

"Yes, Kal. It's just that, I'm close to Themyscira, and as you know this is not going to be easy for you," Diana said before continuing walking.

"Are you sure you're okay Diana?" Shayera asked. She was concerned about her.

"Yes. I'm just looking forward to getting back to Themyscira," said Diana. She's a bad liar, Shayera thought.

At that, the cabin door opened and Commander Wayne came out of the cabin. As always, her intimidating and cold posture was not lost.

"Rangers, we are ten minutes from reaching Themyscira. Get ready. Remember, if we do this quickly and without delay, you can hold your useless party again. So get busy doing your job without complaining," the commander ordered. "Understood?" The commander asked, as this was not clear until the Rangers answered him.

"Yes, sir," the Rangers replied in unison.

"Sir, Themyscira's guard requires you to identify yourself in order to land," J'onn said.

"I'm going," said the commander.

"No, commander," said Diana. "They are not going to give permission to you without me."

"Okay, let's go both of us," said the commander. He saw that Diana was nervous, so to avoid fighting with her and the Rangers, the most logical thing was to do what she said.

"No. I need to say it alone" said Diana.

"Why?" The commander asked.

"It is that in Themyscira they will only accept my word, and I need to say it alone to avoid setbacks" Diana said. The commander thought about it all for a moment. Seeing that she was very nervous, he decided that she would do it alone, but he was determined to find out what it was she was hiding.

"Very good, cadet. J'onn put the ship on autopilot and tell Diana how to communicate with Themyscira security" the commander ordered. Diana went to J'onn, who pointed out how and left the cabin before closing the door. This was strange for all Rangers and for J'onn. The commander was kind to Diana, was she his darling or what?

"Commander, why did you give Diana permission to do that?" John asked.

"Because she asked for it, she has a solid reason, and the mission does not affect anything," said the commander. Before the Rangers could complain about this, Diana left the cabin.

"Everything in order" Diana said with a very big smile.

"Let's go back J'onn," the commander ordered, and he and J'onn returned to the cabin.

"This continues to demonstrate that you are the commander's darling, Di," Shayera said.

"What?" Diana asked. Despite the fact that she had listened, she had her mind occupied with something else.

"It is obvious that the commander gives you privileges," Kal said.

"Hey, those are not privileges," said Barry. "The commander is only doing his duty."

"No, you are not doing your duty, Barry. He is being very preferential with Diana," said John, who also suspected the same.

"Sorry, but I don't find this a privilege," said Diana. "He just gave me permission to do that."

"Say, he hates me, and that's why he brought me here. He wants us to be here until after Christmas" said Kal.

"How do you know that?" Shayera asked. "Wayne said that if we do the mission quickly we could come back."

"That is true, Kal. You're talking about something we don't even know," agreed John.

"Of course we do. He hates Christmas and that's why we are here. The only thing we can hope for is for us to come back before New Year's," Kal said.

"Kal, I don't think the matter we came to solve at Themyscira lasts that long. So I tell you, I will do everything possible so that this does not last long," Diana said. Even though she found Kal's attitude very upsetting, she also hoped that this would not last long. Again, the commander came out of the cabin.

"Attention Rangers, we're going to land," said the commander. "Remain in your seats until we have landed."

The Rangers heeded the commander's orders and sat down and fastened their seat belts. Diana relaxed for a moment, seeing how her fellow Rangers were about to land in a country of which nothing was known. Once the ship landed, Diana pre-encapsulated, believing that she would no longer return to Zone C, either that or that she would lose her companions forever. The commander came out of the cabin with J'onn again, but before he could speak, Diana unbuckled her belt, as did the other rangers, before she spoke.

"Commander, it is safest for everyone to stay here and I will see the queen," she said, still trying to get everyone to stay on the ship.

"Negative, cadet. Let's all go to groups. I will go first, J'onn second, and you behind," said the commander.

"Commander, as I said, men are not welcome here. They could attack you," Diana said. This did make the commander reflect, so he changed the formation a bit.

"We will all go, but you will go to the front along with the cadet Hol. That's all," The latter he said because he was already fed up with the complaints of his Rangers. That and that the tension increased.

Diana and Shayera stood in front of the group, the door opened, but there was no response. The two women in the group left the ship and saw not only a beautiful beach, but also fifteen guards armed with metal spears, and the clothing looked as if it had been made in ancient Greece. They consisted of white dresses with little gold accents and coffees. They all had brown boots that covered them from the feet to the knees, as well as golden helmets that covered the cheekbones of the person wearing them.

"Listen, my sisters," said Diana, wanting to calm the female warriors. "As you can see, I am here, the woman next to me is called Shayera Hol, and inside this ship are five men. And I'm telling you this so that you don't hurt them while they're here," Diana said. At that moment, a woman from the island came towards them, she had slightly tanned skin and red hair, but gathered in a ponytail that was fastened by a gold clasp. She looked like a slightly rougher copy of Shayera.

"Queen Hippolyta is waiting for you, Diana" Said the red-haired woman, ignoring Shayera, who felt a little eclipsed. If being the Pink Ranger already forced her to show her worth on respective occasions, having to deal with someone like her was going to be worse. "And as she promised, those men can accompany you, but if they attack us, we will have to do the same."

"You didn't have to remind me, Artemis, but thanks," Diana said mentioning the name of the very calm redhead. "Commander, you can get out, but slowly."

At that moment, the five men got out of the ship and very slowly got behind Diana.

"Commander Bruce Wayne of Zone C," said the commander in a straight posture, while still intimidating, but Artemis did not flinch.

"Follow me, Queen Hippolyta is waiting for you" said Artemis. The Rangers, Commander, and J'onn followed the redhead through a long stretch. During all this time, the other fourteen female warriors surrounded them, they were like a human cage. Barry thought about running fast because this environment was very uncomfortable, but the commander knew that something like this would happen, so he spoke.

"Don't you dare run or use your powers now, cadets. They are very tense and if we do that, we will complicate everything," said the commander, stopping Barry.

The walk lasted about ten minutes and ended in a large palace made of marble. The Rangers followed to a great door, the warrior women opened the door and continued to advance to a golden throne, in which a blond woman, who looked like she was forty years old, in addition to white skin and a pure white dress that covered her From shoulders to ankles, plus she had a gold necklace and some kind of gold crown, not to mention blue eyes.

Barry found this a good thing, since he was on an island full of pretty women, or at least most of them, since some he had seen didn't consider them as attractive. He hoped that if he left this place, he would win something.

The blonde woman waved her hand and the warrior women around the Rangers took a few steps away from them. Afterward, she rose from the throne, walked forward, and stood before Diana.

"Hello, my daughter," said the blonde woman. Diana thought about saying something else, but this would bring problems, and she was not one to run away from her mother or from conflicts, or at least from most.

"Hello, mother" Diana greeted.

Hey, stop, stop. Did you say mother?" Barry asked, getting ahead of everyone.

"Yes, she said mother, man. She is Diana of Themyscira, princess of the Amazons, my daughter. And I am Hippolyta, queen of the Amazons" said the blonde woman. This did drive the Rangers and J'onn out of their boxes. In just two sentences, the blonde woman, or rather, Queen Hippolyta, had told them that Diana was a princess and that she was her mother. Obviously, at first glance, this would not be easy to believe, since both female women seemed to be the same age, or well, all the women they had seen appeared to be the same age. The queen stood in front of Shayera. "Tell me, who are you, please?" Asked the queen, showing more respect towards her than Barry, teasing him a bit.

"Five. Shayera Hol, Pink Ranger from Zone C," Shayera said having the same upright posture.

"And I suppose these men are the so-called "Power Rangers". I'm surprised you wanted to leave this island, Diana, especially wanting to be a slave to men," said the queen, pointing to the Rangers and J'onn. You tell by her tone how much the thought infuriated her.

"I am not a slave, mother. I am the Blue Ranger from Zone C of the United States of America, and four of them, along with Shayera are Rangers. The green man who is there is our scientist, and they are all kind," Diana said defending herself and the men who were behind her.

"That is what an Amazon would say who left two years ago and was corrupted by men," said the queen.

"They didn't corrupt me, I just decided to learn from a world beyond this island. A world that I always wanted to know and explore. Something you never want to do out of fear," Diana said.

"Don't talk to me like that, I'm your queen and your mother" said the queen. Before this verbal dispute went further, the commander hurried to speak.

"Your Highness," the commander shouted. Making all the Amazon calls point their spears at him.

"Why didn't you say do nothing, Commander?" Kal asked. This was fun and stressful. The commander had made the Amazons nervous, and they were pointing spears at them, the funny thing about this is that Barry would normally have done that.

"I said something, I did not use powers," The commander said, refusing to say he was wrong. However, the commander's words had triggered the queen's interest, so she ordered him to face her.

"You are a strange thing, man," said the queen as she walked around him. "No man had been so bravely foolish as to interrupt an argument between me and my daughter."

"Well, I had to, your majesty. We have come to resolve an urgent matter, and the seven of us have come because we are a team. But if the matter was only a family discussion, then I think we will only be here for the duration of their discussion" said the commander, refusing to back down from the queen.

"What is your name, reckless man?" The queen asked face to face.

"Bruce Wayne, Commander and Dark Ranger for Zone C, and the other three men are three of my Rangers and the green man is called J'onn and he is my scientist. Introduce yourself, Rangers," ordered the commander. This was the strongest, most fearless man the queen had ever known in her life. The Rangers did not know whether to show up or not, as doing so could make matters worse. "I said to introduce yourselves," said the commander. The Rangers obeyed.

"One, Kal-El, Red Ranger from zone C," Kal said without moving a muscle and with some stuttering.

"Three, John Stewart, Green Ranger of Zone C" John said the same without moving.

"Four, Barry Allen, Yellow Ranger from Zone C" Barry said but slower and very nervous.

"Well, now that I know you, you can go to your ship and go. I just wanted Diana to come, but since that man said that none would come to the island if they didn't all come, because I agreed, now that I have Diana, they can leave," said the queen. The Rangers stood still. Technically they would leave Diana on the island and something worse could happen. Although they wanted to return in time for Christmas, something was still forcing them to stay, but the news that Diana was actually the princess of Themyscira was somewhat shocking, except for the commander, who had guessed something about what Diana was hiding. But he wouldn't leave her on the island, she was his Ranger after all.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, but we will not leave here without Diana," said the commander.

"What did you say, man?" The queen asked, angry at this stubborn man.

"I just told her that we won't leave here without Diana. She is part of our team, and without her, the team does not work," said the commander, responding coldly to the queen.

"If you don't leave here, I will force you to leave," said the queen.

"If she brought us just because she wanted Diana, we will have come for nothing. You will have wasted our time, yours and your subjects'," said the commander. "Are you going to force us to leave just because you want your daughter to stay?"

Guards, neutralize the six people, and send them to your ship. My daughter and I will stay here," the queen ordered.

"Mother!" Diana yelled. "I don't want them to fight over me. I don't want anyone to get hurt because of me. Mother, I agree to stay with you" Diana said kneeling before her queen and mother.

"Diana, you can't. The team doesn't work well without you," said the commander, putting his hand on his shoulder.

"Commander, I don't want you to get hurt. Go, for the good of all," Diana said, grasping the commander's hand. "Please, Bruce. Do it for the good of all." Diana said again, but she was shedding tears since she would no longer come back with them, and she would no longer be the blue Ranger. She grabbed her Morpho and held it out to him, but before the commander decided, an alarm was heard in the distance. The queen grabbed her personal communicator and switched it on.

"Queen, we need reinforcements. Ares is attacking the beach and is heading to the palace," said an Amazon.

"Do not worry, I will send the others," Queen Hippolyta said. She used the communicator again but to tell them to send reinforcements to the beach. Then she turned around and spoke to the Rangers and Diana. "Diana, go help your sisters, and you guys leave now," the queen ordered, but she did not see that her daughter would take advantage of this opportunity.

"They could help us, mother," said Diana. The queen turned and looked at her in surprise.

"How is it they could help us?" The queen asked incredulously. Interestingly, Shayera spoke before Barry or the commander.

"Just watch," Shayera said. The queen, believing that her daughter and her companion in black and pink uniforms were legit, decided to give them a chance, for the good of their people, but would not let them go without a warning.

"But if they decide to betray us, Diana will stay here and you will not dare to return," Hippolyta threatened.

"Betraying them is the only thing we don't want to do," said the commander. "Okay Rangers, come on, J'onn, stay tuned in case we need anything."

"Yes sir," said the six people, including Diana. When they left, Queen Hippolyta used her communicator and said the same thing, that they let the men help, but if they betrayed them, they would attack him. J'onn hoped this would lead to something better.

Upon reaching the beach, the Rangers saw people dressed in black armor and helmets, but the strangest thing was that they could not see their faces. The Rangers began to fight, but surprisingly, these warriors, or whatever they were called, were stronger by their armor, and all had the strength of Kal and Diana.

"Suit time," said the commander. "Are we ready?"

"Ready?" The other five Rangers said in unison.

"Justice League, activate," The six Rangers said in unison and transformed.

"Justice League Rangers," The five Rangers said.

"Dark Ranger," said the commander.

Once transformed, the Rangers began to fight each with their own style, Kal hitting and firing his laser, Diana using his sword and hand-to-hand combat, John using two giant hammers, Barry using his speed, Shayera with gunshots and electrocution and the Dark Ranger with his sword and with small explosives. Obviously, the combination of the Rangers and the Amazons was perfect to eliminate the warriors with black armor, but when they were all out of combat, they disappeared and a person appeared with a yellow glow, this one with a horned helmet, metallic armor but with cape, which set him apart from the other warriors.

The Amazons tried to attack him, but he created a shock wave and they all flew a few meters and fell to the ground. The six Rangers stood in front of the warrior.

"Who are you?" Kal asked.

Naive and scared boy. None of you know who I am," said the warrior.

"Of course I know it. Power off" Diana said and returned to normal.

"Oh, Diana, I can't believe you left this island, but you did, you will serve me very well if you join me," said the warrior.

"You know I will never join someone like you, Ares," said Diana. "Justice League, activate," Diana said and she transformed again.

"Did you say, Ares?" John asked.

"Ares, like the god of war?" The commander asked. This was totally strange.

"Yes. I am Ares, the warlord and future ruler of Themyscira. They can't beat me" said the warrior.

"We are the Power Rangers," said the commander. "And we don't back down from anyone."

"Never," added Diana.

"Then they will be the first victims," said Ares. Once he attempted to attack, the Rangers dodged him. Barry attacked first with hard blows to the face and low kicks but was soon knocked down by Ares, who grabbed him by the neck and threw him away. Shayera attacked after Barry, and despite hitting a few shots, Ares disappeared, but then appeared behind her and swung at her with a sword that appeared with him. John also attacked and created a cage, disappeared again, but appeared just above John and brandished a blow with his sword, and even though John created a shield, Ares smashed it to pieces. Kal punched him several times in the chest, but Ares stopped his punches and kicked him hard in the stomach; Kal fell to the ground but shot him with his heat vision, Ares blocked her, but the vision had so much power that it flew off. Diana took advantage and gave him two blows with the sword, then kicked him in the legs, making him float for a second and then hitting him in the chest, sending him away a few meters. Before he could get up, the Dark Ranger kicked him several times in the head. Ares disappeared and then appeared in the middle of the three. Kal shot him, but Ares created an ax and threw it at him, but Kal dodged it. It looked like Ares was going to give a great counterattack, but Barry stunned him with two quick punches to the helmet, John hit him with two hammers hitting Ares, one on each side, Shayera shocked him, Kal shot him with his heat vision, and Diana jumped up and hit him on the top of the helmet. Ares fell, and it looked like he was going to be defeated, but he waved both his hands, and hundreds of arrows crashed to the ground, but John created a great shield on each Ranger. With this distraction, Ares just ran away from them.

"I'll be back," Ares said before finally disappearing, at least for a while.

XXX

Half an hour after the match against Ares, the Rangers and the Amazons are with the queen and J'onn again in the throne room. This time, there were fewer guards, but the tension remained.

"Amazons, we must congratulate the Zone C Power Rangers for helping us with this," said the queen reluctantly. She did not like to congratulate men, but they, along with Shayera and Diana, had helped them fight a powerful enemy. "We thank them for this, but now I think it is time for them to leave in neutral conditions," said the queen. She still wanted Diana to want to stay at Themyscira.

"We cannot go, your highness," said the commander.

"You dare to challenge my authority again?" The queen asked, expecting him to say otherwise, but she knew little of Commander Wayne.

"Yes. But I say that we still cannot leave because it is obvious that Ares will return, and judging by this battle, I think he will return stronger. That means they will need our help with this problem, so we will stay as long as necessary," said the commander. Diana had thought to say this, but she was more nervous about how the commander continued to challenge her mother's authority.

"Wayne, please, she said we should go," said Kal.

"I'm just saying for everyone's safety," said the commander. "And I'm a commander, cadet, not Wayne," she said again hating that he wasn't formal. "But I keep saying that we will continue to help your island in the next attack if you wish so," said the commander, wanting to convince the queen. This was strange for the queen since no man had challenged her and had shown concern for her daughter and for helping her subjects. So she decided to give them permission, but she wouldn't let them go free. Her daughter helped a little though.

"Please, mother, they are not our enemies. They can help us, and Ares will attack again. You know that if he has the power, he will not give up," Diana said, cementing the queen's decision.

"Very well, I will let all of you stay on the island for the necessary time, but I will keep you under surveillance, all the time," said the queen. "And I hope you will stop challenging my authority, Mister Wayne," the queen warned.

"That is enough," said the commander. But now, they had to solve something with Diana. "Now, if you don't mind, we need the princess to clarify some doubts for us," said the commander. The queen was able to speak to her daughter later, so she decided to let them speak.

"Go ahead," said the queen. But obviously, since she had security equipment, she was going to watch them very well. The Rangers and J'onn left, with Diana heading for a great room.

"Obviously, you are going to tell us what you have hidden from us, cadet," said the commander.

"Yes Diana, now that I think about it, this is too much," Barry said. "I can't believe you're a princess. Or well, I can believe it, but what I don't understand is why you hid it. "

"Yes. No wonder you don't accept the opinion of others" said John.

"It's weird that I never noticed," said Kal.

"You were more focused on something else, Kal. Plus I didn't know either," Shayera said.

Stop it, Rangers. Prince, tell us what just happened" the commander ordered. Princess Diana turned around and took a deep breath before continuing.

"Well, as you know, I am the princess of Themyscira," Diana said. "I grew up here with my sisters and my mother, but I never met my father."

"I don't understand, cadet. If men are prohibited here, how is it that they conceived you? " Asked the commander.

"In Themyscira we have the tradition of leaving the island from time to time, meeting men, falling in love with them, and getting pregnant with them. If we conceived a girl, she would stay here, but if we gave birth to a man, they would return it to the father or give it up for adoption," Diana explained.

"Obviously, you didn't come for that," said the commander. With all the actions and his great eagerness to help people, he knew that she had not come for that.

"No, Commander. I lived here until I was twenty-one. Right after, there was a big attack. A group of mercenary men had entered Themyscira with the help of other women. They attacked us, and they had more sophisticated weapons than us, but we managed to stop them, however, they captured and took one of my sisters: Barbara Ann Minerva. She was the Cheetah-shaped girl who attacked the commander, but I was the real target. That is why I wanted to face her alone, she wanted to kill me because she blames me for her kidnapping and for the experiments they had done on her, that is why she had the appearance of a Cheetah," Diana explained, feeling some guilt for what happened to Minerva and the commander.

"Hey, stop, Di. How is it that this island has sophisticated weapons if you are isolated? " Barry asked.

"Themyscira makes a deal, wealth or whatever the president of each country asks for in exchange for defense or genetic technology, that technology is the reason why I have powers, but they did not know about me because my mother always made those deals alone and without giving information about the island. This has been the case since the beginning of the country," Diana replied.

"But why did you hide from us that you are the princess of Themyscira?" Kal asked, annoyed that she hadn't noticed anything and that they were staying longer on the island because of the commander.

"We deserved to know that," Shayera said. John remained silent because he only wanted to know what else Diana was hiding, since this was shocking, but also partially understandable.

"Because rulers and their children are given special treatment. None of them can enter the league. The countries that have the protection of the league can request a change, but since they do not have it here, cadet Prince could not be part of the league", explained the commander walking in front of her Rangers. But Diana wanted to explain her reasons.

"Well, when Minerva was kidnapped, I wanted to leave the island to find her. So I decided to leave when my sisters traveled the world in search of conception, but my mother did not let me go, but I was able to escape without anyone seeing me on one of the boats we have available. I came to the UK, but I couldn't find Minerva, but I saw how many people needed help, so I asked how I could help them, and they told me that the League was the best option, so I signed up changing my name from Diana from Themyscira to Diana Prince, and well that's how I ended up here," concluded Diana.

"If you don't mind, I want to be alone for a while," said Kal leaving.

"I also. I need a break, Your Majesty," Barry said, wanting to just relax.

"See you later," Shayera said.

"It's weird, but I'm going to hang out with them, rookie, I mean princess," John said somewhat teasingly. Diana thought about hitting him, but she knew they were resentful and somewhat offended that she did not want to say this.

With nothing to do, Diana, the commander, and J'onn went to the throne room, but only to wait if there was an attack. While they waited, the other four Rangers strolled with some Amazons following them.

"I can't believe she lied to us all this time," John said.

"John, she didn't lie to us, she just kept it hidden from us," Kal said.

"Yes, but she might have said it sometime before coming," Shayera said.

"Yes, but I understand it a little. I mean, sometimes I wanted to tell you something, but I don't know what time is right, and I end up making everything worse. I think she had that fear," said Barry.

"Yes, but with you, they are smaller things, like you did a little mischief and we ended up serving a light punishment, Barry," Kal said.

"She hid something much more important from us," Shayera said.

"So what do we do?" Barry asked.

"Obviously, waiting to see if the queen decides to let her return or not, but if she returns, trust will be the most difficult thing to repair," John replied. He had long wanted to say that. The good thing about this is that the Rangers agreed.

XXX

Midnight

Diana had trouble sleeping, something very strange about her since she never had these problems, but this time the circumstances were very different. Her Rangers were upset with her, and now they were very suspicious of her, her mother was perhaps going to prevent her from leaving the island again, and she would never be Ranger or help people again.

As it was getting late, the queen allowed the Rangers to sleep outside Diana's room, while she would sleep in her room and in her bed, a privilege to be the princess. This was uncomfortable as they only slept with a few mattresses on the floor and a few blankets. The strangest thing about this was that the commander was not asleep, but was standing watching the night go by.

The commander hated having to be here, in a place from which his blue Ranger might not be able to leave, where the Rangers' trust had been broken, but how he had to obey the orders of the supreme commander, and how his conscience did not he would allow himself to leave knowing that he left his blue Ranger and innocent women to his fate, he had to stay.

As Diana tossed and turned in her bed, she began to think that it was curious that the commander called her "princess" a few days after he chose her as a blue Ranger, he saved her from many threats, like Minerva's, he had given her a new plant when she had to destroy hers, and he was ready to fight her back to Zone C. That was it: he knew her secret from the start, he knew she was the princess of the Amazons, he knew that Queen Hippolyta was her mother, she knew that Minerva's attack had been for that reason, and he gave her the plant as a kind of bribe so that she would not tell the queen that he was bad, and she felt foolish for not having discovered it sooner. She got up and was as quiet as possible when she opened the door and went to look for the commander. Diana found her as she continued to walk.

"I figured you couldn't sleep, princess, but it took longer than you thought to get out of your room," said the commander.

"Save yourself that. We must talk," Diana said annoyed with herself and with this petulant but very intelligent man.

"Let's go somewhere else, princess, we don't want to wake up the others," said the commander and started walking away from the Rangers and J'onn. It took them about three minutes to get to a place where they weren't interrupted. "I suppose you come to tell me that I always knew your secret," said the commander, getting it right again.

"Yes, and I can't believe I didn't notice. You always knew that and you never told others. Why did you wait for me to say it? We could have prevented the Rangers from losing confidence in me," Diana said annoyed, but was not prepared for the commander's response.

"I didn't know exactly," he said in a whisper.

"What do you mean you didn't know?" She asked, confused.

"Well, you said you came from Themyscira, so J'onn and I investigated you, but we found nothing, except that Diana Prince does not exist. The documents you created about yourself with someone's help were full of inconsistencies and errors. Also, I said that I would not interfere in your affairs, you had to resolve it among yourselves. If I said so, there may have been greater discomfort among the Rangers or greater resentment than they now have with you," explained the commander. Diana was surprised. Commander Wayne did not know everything about her, but the question of why the nickname remained.

"Then why the nickname Princess?" She asked.

"Your history with the league indicated the same thing you do on base. You do not agree with many things, and you take many liberties", explained the commander. "That means that someone with that personality must be someone of high rank, and when someone creates a false name, they usually make the mistake of linking it to a characteristic or event of their past life. And when I said Princess the first time and saw your reaction, it was obvious that you were a princess or someone from high society. That and that all the men who see you treat you like a princess, as I had previously said." Diana was angrier since her trick of hiding her identity had worked with most, but not this detective commander. But now she wanted to know the reason behind all the good deeds he had done for her.

"So you wanted to win my sympathy with the plant, gentle punishments, and saving my life?" She asked expecting a smarter answer.

"I wanted you, like all Rangers to feel as comfortable as possible in Zone C. If I did not allow you to have your plant, you would have felt more offended than the other Rangers, since they support my regime more than you. You are someone who does not tolerate more opinions or regimes until after a certain time. And I saved your life because always and forever, you will be more important than me, like all Rangers. No one stays in Zone C if they don't have to. And in your case it is the most obvious," said the commander, giving another solid argument that made Diana impossible to answer, at least for a moment.

Could you tell me the reason why nobody wants to be a Ranger in Zone C? That phrase is enough for me," Diana asked, that question had always remained a great mystery since Dick told them, but she wanted to know the truth, in case she was doomed to stay here to avoid a fight between his companions and his sisters. The commander did not expect her to ask this, but he was not going to answer her.

"I don't have to. I have told you what you wanted to know. I never knew you were a princess, I only knew that you were someone from the high society of the Themyscira, that you were hiding something, but you didn't want to say it. But don't you think of yelling at me or you're going to wake up the others," the commander warned.

"Curious, you told me that you knew that I was hiding something, but now I know that you are hiding something from me, you are hiding it from everyone, and I bet everything has to do with Dick," Diana said knowing that the commander cannot flee now that she knows that.

"It doesn't have to do entirely with him. But since we are now in a situation from which you cannot return, it would be better for you to find a solution to this if you really want to help people again, "said the commander, turning around.

"Don't change the subject, tell me what you are hiding or I will beat you in front of everyone and they will know that I am stronger than you," Diana said. For the first time, she threatened the imposing and cold commander.

"That's because you have powers that I don't have. That is the possible reason why the Amazons are so primitive," said the commander.

"We are not primitive. We are warriors, we do not retreat or run away from anyone," Diana said.

"Then don't risk your life just to prove that you are a warrior, that could cost you your life. In fact, I am surprised that you were not expelled from the league by defying so many orders just to prove it," said the commander, still refusing to lose.

"So you wanted to show that you were brave and that's why you made a big mistake. It is not true?" Diana asked. The commander had given himself away.

"Sleep now, or you won't be able to defeat Ares," said the commander, changing the subject and leaving again.

Diana thought about attacking him but knew that if she did that, all the Amazons would probably see him as her attacking the enemy. Even though she was upset with him, she didn't hate him, she didn't hate any of her peers. She wanted to return to Zone C to continue doing what she wanted: to help people, that and continue to fraternize with her fellow Rangers, J'onn and the commander, if her mother let her go. But for now, she decided to go to sleep, and in the morning, she would talk to her mother to convince her to let her go if Ares didn't attack earlier.

NEXT: PRIVILEGES, PART 2.

Well, here is the chapter. What did you think? I need your opinion, as I don't know if I made this WonderBat moment very good or very bad.