Diana Prince, Secret Identity part five

By Galaxy1001D

A week later some of the most powerful superheroes on Earth were in the communications room of the Watchtower monitoring one of their own.

"We've got only one chance at this," Jon Stewart, the Green Lantern of Earth growled, "so we better get this right the first time."

"One slipup and she's toast," Flash agreed.

"She's up against one of the most dangerous minds on the planet," Superman nodded. "I don't know about you guys, but sometimes you got to cross your fingers and pray."

"Don't sell her short," Hawkgirl insisted. "She can handle this."

"Let us hope so," J'onn J'onzz, the Martian Manhunter murmured.

They all jumped and adjusted their headsets and the controls to the communications gear when their operative called in.

"This is Diana," Wonder Woman's voice crackled through the speakers. "I'm in. Are you certain our comms are secure?"

"Absolutely," Green Lantern assured her. "J'onn and I are using alien technology to broadcast this on a frequency that humans can't even pick up yet. We're good."

"I'm inside," Wonder Woman informed them. "I should be engaging the target any time now."

"Good luck," Superman said.

Meanwhile back on Earth Diana was dressed in her 'shy librarian' outfit and waiting in a spacious lobby that had the Wayne Enterprises logo on it. "Only a few more minutes until my job interview," she told them.

"Is the earwig giving you trouble?" Flash's voice asked.

"No Flash, I'm good," she assured him.

"Miss Prince?" A woman in a business suit walked up to her. "Mister Wayne will see you now."

"Right now?" Diana's beautiful blue eyes widened in fear from under her coke bottle glasses. "Oh uh, okay!" she stammered as she picked up her oversized purse and got to her feet. "Showtime," she muttered under her breath.

When she entered the office of Bruce Wayne, sitting behind a massive oak desk was the man himself. Bruce Wayne was tall burly man. He was built like a football running back. He had black hair and a square jaw. And a deep voice. He was the perfect example of 'tall dark and handsome'.

"Hello there, Miss Prince is it?" he smiled as he walked over to her and extended his hand.

"Why yes!" Diana smiled shakily as she blushed and girlishly waved at him. "That's me! Diana Prince! "You've had other assistants before but none like me! I assure you I'm super!"

"Diana, what are you doing here?" Bruce asked with Batman's commanding voice.

"What am I doing here?" Diana blushed as she scratched at her hair that was trapped in a tight bun. "I'm applying for a job of course!"

"No, I mean what are you doing here?" he repeated. "Diana, I know it's you."

"Oh," Diana whined. "How did you recognize me?" she asked in a childish voice.

"That's easy," Flash said outloud back at the Watchtower. "He's Batman."

Back at Wayne Enterprises, Bruce leaned in and whispered in Diana's ear: "I'm Batman."

"Did I call it or what?" Flash asked the rest of his cronies in the comm room.

Diana blushed and looked away as she undid a button on her blouse and fanned herself. "You sure are," she chirped nervously as she removed her glasses and freed her hair from the tight bun. "So um, do I get the job?" she asked as she fluffed her hair out. "You know you can trust me," she added as she flashed him a dazzling smile.

"You've got to be kidding," Bruce snorted. "With your background I'd be surprised if you had any experience. Besides, it would never work out with me being the boss. It doesn't pay to hire friends. You don't seem to be the type that tolerates being ordered around."

"Go on the attack Diana," Shayera's voice said in her earwig. "Playful. Just like we talked about."

"How do you know?" Diana asked as she smiled devilishly and leaned into his personal space. "I hear some women get a real thrill out of being… commanded," she purred as she played with his tie.

Although Bruce didn't back up his face did flush a little. For a girl who allegedly didn't understand men she seemed to be able to play the seductress as well as Catwoman. "Do they?" he coughed, his voice half an octave between Batman and Bruce Wayne.

"Okay back up a little," Jon Stewart's baritone boomed in her ear. "Don't be desperate. Leave him wanting more. Tease him and make him come to you."

"Use the control angle," Shayera ordered. "Men always got to be in charge."

"Come on Bruce wouldn't it be interesting to have total control of a woman like me?" she smirked as she walked past him to sit on his desk. She kicked off her shoes and exposed a lot of leg, just like the femme fetales in the movies Flash had her watch.

Back at the Watchtower Green Lantern took umbrage at Hawkgirl's remark. "They do not," he snapped.

"They do too," Shayera growled. "You always have to be in charge or you go nuts!"

"I go nuts?" Jon Stewart barked. "I go nuts? You're the one who goes nuts
Shayera! It takes nothing to get you bent out of shape—"

"Please," Hawkgirl sneered. "If everybody doesn't hop to it you go to pieces! If you could just see yourself…"

"Hey guys, Diana can hear you!" Superman warned.

Back at Wayne Enterprises, Diana was having a hard time maintaining her languid confident persona. Bruce had loosened his tie and was purring something charming but Diana couldn't pay attention to it.

"Will you shut up?" she growled.

Bruce's 'Batman scowl' was back. "I thought that as long as you were Diana Prince Bruce Wayne was going to be in charge."

"Huh?" Diana's blue eyes flashed guiltily. "No uh… I meant…"

"Damn woman!" Green Lantern scowled. "Now look what you done!"

"Look what I done?" Hawkgirl screeched. "Look what I done? Look what you done!"

"Keep it down!" Superman admonished through clenched teeth.

"Shut up you guys!" Flash added.

"I think we just file this project under 'fail'," J'onn announced stoically.

"What do I do? What do I do?" Diana stammered in a barely audible whine through her clenched teeth. The feed coming through the earwig was less than helpful.

"For starters make up your mind," Bruce suggested. "Look Diana, what's this all about? Is my life in danger or something?"

"Huh?" Diana jumped guiltily. "No more than usual. I mean yes, you're life's in danger. Deadly deadly danger. I have to be with you twenty four seven."

"Oh really?" Bruce smile skeptically. "Who from?"

"Who from?" Diana gulped. "Who from? Let me see…"

"Captain Cold!" Flash yelped. "No, he's an idiot. Gorilla Grodd! He's smart enough to be a danger!"

"Lex Luthor!" Superman suggested. "It's always Lex Luthor!"

"The Ultrahumanite!" Green Lantern chimed in. "He's no slouch when it comes to brains!"

"Which is more than I can say when it comes to you guys," Hawkgirl sneered in contempt. "Why did Diana want to leave an island with no men on it anyway?"

"Er um, uh, Cheetah… no Catwoman!" Diana yelped.

"Catwoman?" repeated a skeptical Bruce. "Catwoman is out to get Bruce Wayne. What for?"

"No it's not Catwoman, what's the name of that plant girl," Diana snapped her fingers and pointed at Bruce. "Poison Oak!"

"Poison Ivy," Bruce corrected.

"Yeah her!" Diana nodded. "She's out to get you for polluting the environment! Yeah that's it! She's got powder that doesn't affect women so I'm here on protection detail! Yup!"

"Don't ever lie for me," Bruce sneered cruelly.

"Oh," Diana whined childishly.

"Okay Diana, what are you really here?" Bruce asked using his 'Batman' voice again. "It's been fun seeing you squirm but I want the truth this time."

"What am I doing here?" Diana barked. "I'm here because I want to be with you, is that so hard to figure out? I want to be with you! You could never be seen with that gal from the tabloids but I figured that if you took your sexy secretary on a date nobody would bat an eyelash! There, you happy now? Or do you even know how to be happy?"

"I'm sorry Diana, I've already told you." Somehow Bruce managed to make a sigh sound manly and commanding. Maybe Flash was right and he really did have superpowers. "I'm a rich kid with issues and any relationship with me is doomed to failure. I respect you way too much to string you along and it would…"

"Diana!" Flash's voice hissed in her ear. "Diana! You've got to do it! It's now or never! If you want things to work with him you've got no choice!"

"No," Diana whined. "I don't wanna!"

"You've got to!" Flash hissed. "For Hera's sake do it!"

"Diana, are you listening?" Bruce asked her. "I'm sorry but there's nothing you can say that would make me go out with you."

Diana looked down, causing her raven tresses to cover her face before jerking to her feet with a quick motion that tossed her hair behind her. She marched over to Bruce every inch an amazon princess. She glared into his eyes before sticking out her lower lip. "Pwease?" she cooed sweetly while begging with her beautiful blue eyes. "Pwetty Pwease? With sugar on top?"

"Oh all right," Bruce blushed as he turned his head.

"I knew it!" Flash crowed. "Diana's 'pretty please' face is the most powerful weapon known to man!"

"He may be Batman but he's still Batman," Hawkgirl agreed.

"Okay Diana," Bruce smiled in graceful surrender. "Where do you want to go?"

Diana's girlish smile lit up the room.