Lelouch arrived at his house in the suburbs of Metropolis. He was going to open the door with his keys until…

  “You saw me in that alley, didn't you?” He said.

  Diana jumped off the tree she was hiding in.

  "How did you know I was following you?" Diana asked.

  "I noticed you jumping from roof to roof. You may be an Amazon warrior, but you're not a ninja." said Lelouch. “So, mind explaining why you were following me? I thought you stayed with Barbara and the others,” said Lelouch.

  “I did not believe that you didn't have a gift like me and our sisters.” said Diana, “There is something…Unique about you, completely different from the others.”

  “And that is? The fact that my power is more suited to a supervillain?” said Lelouch.

  “No, not that.” Diana shook her head. “Everyone can do good or not with the gifts they receive, even mine could be used to harm others. Just…Why are you hiding it from us?”

  “As if I was gonna tell that I can force people into obeying my orders to a bunch of strangers I just met.” Lelouch unlocked the door. “So? Are you coming in or not?”

  Diana came closer and took a look at Lelouch’s house. “Are you sure I may come in?”

  “Who am I to let the Wonder Woman stay outside of my house like a stray animal?” Lelouch smirked playfully. “Besides, there's someone you'll probably like to meet.”

  The two stepped inside.

  Lelouch’s house was small but cosy, like, with the living room looking rather classy.

  “Nunnally, I’m home!” said Lelouch, his voice sounding softer and gentler compared to the “elegant coldness” he showed before to the Amazon.

  Then, Nunnally, a young girl of average height with hip-length curly brown hair and wearing a simple white-and-green dress, arrived in the living room on her wheelchair and her eyes shut.

  Nunnally greeted her brother with her usual small smile, “Welcome back, big brother!” She turned to Diana as if she could see her. “Oh? You brought someone with you?”

  Diana looked confused. “How did she…”

  “I heard the footsteps, that’s all,” said Nunnally.

  “Nunnally, this is Diana, a…A friend from school.” Lelouch partly lied, he then glanced at the Amazon. “Diana, this is Nunnally, my little sister.”

  “It is a pleasure meeting you,” said Diana.

  “Likewise,” said Nunnally, extending her hand to her.

  “Take her hand.” Lelouch suggested. “She recognises people by touching them.”

  Diana obliged, letting the blind girl take her hand.

  Nunnally looked surprised. “My, you've got calluses on your hand. Do you do any sports?”

  “I train to use my sword, of course.” said Diana, “We Amazons must always be ready for battle, so we often train.”

  “ ‘Amazons’?” Nunnally tilted her head.

  “It's her sports team! You know, stuff from school.” Lelouch lied, winking at Diana.

  “Oh, I see.” said Nunnally, “Maybe my brother could train along with you, Diana, he barely does any physical activities.”

  “That's not true!” Lelouch blushed. “PE is more than enough.”

  “Yet you are always out of breath after running for three minutes,” said Nunnally. “Even I can see it.”

  “If that's the case, I will make sure your brother will have better stamina, Nunnally.” Diana smiled.

  “Please don't,” said Lelouch.

  Nunnally giggled.

  “Are you staying here from lunch, Diana? My brother is a really good cook!”

  “I don’t mind it,” Lelouch added.

  Diana smiled. “It would be an honour for me.”

  “Alright, gonna start cooking.” He went to the kitchen.

  As Lelouch cooked, he kept giving glances at Diana, who was seemingly inspecting the kitchen while she was at the table.

  “Great, now she knows about my Geass, I should have been more careful.” He thought, “Did I leave other witnesses? No, she’s probably the only one. How much did she see? Is she going to tell the girls? Did she find out that I’m-”

  “Brother, is the food ready?” Nunnally interrupted her brother’s stream of consciousness.

  “One minute of patience, Nunnally,” said Lelouch. He then brought to the table three plates of spaghetti. “Bonne appetit!”

  They had lunch, with Lelouch feeding her little sister.

  “My Gods…This is delicious!” said Diana.

  “Told you so!” said Nunnally.

  “Oh, come now, it was just spaghetti, nothing special,” said Lelouch.

  After washing the dishes, Lelouch changed into more casual clothes for the outing: A grey high-collar shirt, brown leather jacket, black trousers and matching shoes.

  “Nunnally, Diana and I are going out now, we have to meet with some friends of ours.” He said. “Sayoko should arrive soon.”

  “Alright, have fun!” said Nunnally. “I hope you'll visit us again, Diana.”

  “I shall, Nunnally.” Diana smiled.

  Lelouch gently kissed his little sister on the forehead and he and the Amazon left.

  “A real sweetheart, isn't she?” said Lelouch.

  “She is.” said Diana, “If I may ask…What happened that left her in such a state?”

  Lelouch stopped in his tracks. “...There was an accident 7 years ago, she could no longer walk due to the injuries and lost her sight out of trauma. I've been taking care of her ever since.”

  “What about your parents? Have they perished in this accident?”

  Lelouch remained silent until he received a text from Barbara.

  “Let's go,” He said to the Amazon, “The girls are waiting for us. “ He smirked, “Time to be heroes.”

  Diana smiled a little. “You’re still willing to join us?”

  “I’ll just observe you, it’s not that I have much to train, considering my power.” said Lelouch, “And by the way, I’d prefer if you don’t tell the others about it, not for now, at least.”

  “My lips are sealed,” said Diana.

  “Very well,” said Lelouch, “Off we go.”

  Lelouch and Diana met with Barbara, Zee, Kara, Jessica and Karen at the local mall.

  Diana looked around the clothing store, completely baffled. “By the white beard of Zeus…What is this place?!”

  “This is a mall, here we’ll find you a proper civilian outfit.” said Lelouch.

  “And here it begins your “Normal Teenager Lessons”!” said Barbara, bringing Diana in the store by her hand. “Lesson #1, never say stuff like “By the white beard of Zeus!” Lesson #2, you’ve gotta look the part. Bright colours, big logos, be bold!” Barbara handed the Amazon several bright-coloured outfits.

  “Wear leather, lots of leather.” Kara handed her several leather jackets.

  “No, no leather.” Jessica objected, “These were all made with organic cotton from Turkey!”

  Karen handed Diana several sweaters. “Dress to not draw attention to yourself. But not too much! Or you risk drawing attention to yourself.”

  “I have the feeling that she will do a mish-mash with all those different clothes…” said Lelouch.

  “Me too,” said Zee.

  “Now, get in there and be normal!” Babs pushed Diana into the dressing room.

  As Lelouch and Zee predicted, Diana made a mish-mash of the several clothes the girls gave her.

  “Have you finished tormenting this poor girl?” Zee sighed, “Allow me. kool stcefrep ni lla rennam detcefreP”

  Diana’s outfit turned into something more decent and fitting for her. Her hair was now kept in a low-loose ponytail, accessorised with a golden headband. As for her outfit, she was now wearing a red mid-quarter-sleeved sweater over a similar-length, white swan-necked shirt, a high-waisted blue denim skirt with a darker waistband, white calf-length socks and a pair of red flats.

  “Oh, she looks great!” said Jessica.

  “Much better,” said Lelouch.

  “Ladies and gentleman, may I present Diana Prince, foreign exchange student from Greece. Geek chic.

  “And these garments give me the appearance of a typical mortal female adolescent?” Diana asked, checking her new outfit.

  “A rather classy one perhaps, but yes,” said Lelouch.

  “Excellent, it is my turn now,” said Diana.

  The group were now on a roof with Diana, donning her hero outfit, walking back and forth like a commander.

  “If we are to be a team, then I must know your skills and abilities.” She said, she then pointed at Jessica. “You! Name, rank, skills.”

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  “Uh... Hi, I'm Jess. I'm a cadet in something called the Green Lantern Corp. And...Oh, boy.” said Jess, “Well, see, I was given this power ring by these weird aliens. They are sort of like space cops and they patrol these different sectors. You know what, the whole thing is really complicated. I can make stuff with this ring.”

  Using her green ring, Jess made a flower pot appear.

  “Interesting…So it works like a hologram?” said Lelouch.

  “Kind of.” said Jessica, “The things I create are fully solid,” She created a pogo stick.

  “That’s so cool!” said Barbara.

  “Hmm, so with this ring of the gods, you may produce any weapon imaginable to beat your enemies into submission?” Diana inspected Jess’ ring.

  “In theory, yes.” said Jessica, “Although I don’t believe in violence.”

  “Admirable,” Diana commented. “How shall you be known?”

  Jessica’s ring started lowing, as her outfit suddenly changed. She was now wearing a black-and-green bodysuit with the Green Lantern Corps emblem being on her chest and on her right eye, other than her whole body and eyes emitting a green aura.

  “Green Lantern, It kinda comes with the ring.” She said

  “Good.” Diana then turned to Barbara, “And you, Batgirl?”

  “I can do aaall sorts of cool stuff!” Barbara started taking out from her backpack several gadgets as she started ranting as her usual as she put on her Batgirl costume, which is similar to the Dark Knight’s albeit with a yellow-and-purple colour scheme. “Even though I don't have any alien rings or anything, but I'm really good at figuring things out. And I make the coolest bat gadgets, like this! Bat barometer and this glow-in-the-dark bat staff. And these bat grappling hooks that I was totally this close to using when Batman was fighting Professor Pyg on the roof of this building. But then Robin showed up, and Batman had to save him. And you know how that goes. And I never actually got to show him how they work. And I never even got to meet him, but that's a whole different story, so I-”

  “You lack focus,” Diana interjected. She then went to Zee. “And what about you?”

  “You may call me The Mysterious, Fabolous, and Awe-Inspiring….Zatanna!” With a swing of her wand, Zee’s outfit changed, making her wear a typical stage magician outfit.

  “Impressive, have you got other skills?” Diana asked.

  Zee then proceeded to show the Amazon several magic tricks, making the latter both very impressed and horrified.

  “What kind of sorcery is this?!” She said.

  “So…That’s it? She’s just a stage magician?” Lelouch thought, slightly disappointed. “No, there must be something else. Let’s try to push her buttons a bit.” As he smirked, he quickly changed into his “Lelouch Lamperouge” persona. “Oh, that’s it? I thought you could do something more than just cheap tricks.”

  Those last two words seemed to have irked Zee. “Cheap tricks…Cheap tricks?!” Zee started flying. “You call this a cheap trick?”

  Lelouch smirked, and then he played dumb. “Oh, nevermind, you’re an excellent magician, Zee! It looks so real!”

  Zee smirked, satisfied with the boy’s answer as she stopped flying.

  “Enough.” said Diana, “Though you possess great quantities of style, you must learn to channel your magic into a cause - our cause. And I am afraid this uniform will not suffice, think of another.”

  “Try a cape!” said Barbara.

  Then, it was Karen’s turn to show off her ability. She was putting some sort of yellow armour with bee-like wings. “I’m…I’m still working out the kinks.” She pressed a button and she suddenly miniaturized herself. She flew into Diana’s hand, embarrassed., with her wings buzzing.

  “Oh, the wings aren't supposed to buzz like that…” said Karen, “I'm working on rocket launchers, but they malfunction. The whole thing is all messed up. I wanted to be big and strong, so people would notice me, but... my growth tech backfired, and now I'm even smaller and more invisible than before. Oh, I should just go home...”

  “You possess far more strength than you know.” Diana gave her a reassuring smile. “You simply lack confidence, little Bumblebee.”

  “Hmm, ‘Bumblebee’, sounds fitting,” said Lelouch.

  “Yeah, it does!” said Barbara.

  “Huh, I-I was thinking of another name…But Bumblebee it is.” Karen returned to normal.

  Last, it was Kara’s turn.

  “You’re the last one. We've seen your incredible strength. Is there anything more you have to offer?” said Diana.

  Kara scoffed. “Not to you. I’m no hero, ‘Princess’, that racket’s for chumps.” She glanced at Lelouch, and smirked. “Besides, why don’t you ask Ashford over here instead? Maybe he got some superpowers he didn’t tell us, like ‘super snobbery’!”

  “Excuse me?” said Lelouch, trying to keep his “normal student” facade.

  “Lelouch, isn’t it?” said Kara, “You’ve been looking at us like you’re trying to see our weaknesses or something, and all with that look of superiority.”

  Lelouch’s expression turned cold. He spoke with an RP accent, “You got expelled from your previous school, didn’t you?”

  Kara was stunned. “How did you…?”

  “Considering how you barely control your strength, I presume that you probably shoved a fellow much smaller than you into a locker a little too hard,” said Lelouch.

  Kara elaborated on what the boy said. “Are you-Are you calling me a bully?!?!”

  “You insulted me despite having done nothing to you, so yes,” said Lelouch, "It's definitely the typical behaviour of a bully who acts mighty with those weaker than him and cowers in fear when he finds someone stronger."

  “Why, you-”

  “Enough!” Diana interjected. “We are not supposed to fight between one another.” She turned to Kara. “You could be the greatest hero the World of Man has ever seen. You simply lack some motivation!”

  Diana grabbed Lelouch…And threw him off the roof.

  The girls gasped in horror. “LELOUCH!”

  Kara acted almost out of instinct, she immediately flew down there to save him.

  “Shit, shit! I have to think of a way to survive this.” Lelouch’s train of thought was very fast as he desperately tried to escape his death.

  That was until Kara grabbed him and brought him back to the roof. She was now wearing a tightly-fitted, mid-quarter-sleeved blue-grey shirt with the Superman emblem on the chest area, a tailbone-length maroon cape attached at the back, a V-shaped yellow belt, a short maroon skirt and marron knee-high boots with white stripes on the top.

  Kara let Lelouch go. “Okay, fine. I am a superhero, all right.” She scoffed.

  “Well, thanks for saving me…” said Lelouch, he then turned to the Amazon. “And as for you, for the love of God, don’t do anything like that ever again.”

  “My apologies if it frightened you, Lelouch,” said Diana, “Now then, it’s for you to train!”

  The group arrived in a junkyard. As requested, Zee changed her outfit into something more fitting for a superhero: A long-sleeved black and white leotard with grey-ish purple tights underneath, a black cape with a dark magenta lining held by a magenta jewel and thigh-high stiletto boots. Other than that, her hair was now sparkling with different shades of purple.

  “Ugh, I conjured a new outfit to hang out in a junkyard?” She said, disgusted.

  “This place is pretty isolated from the rest of the city, nobody should see you all using your powers here,” said Lelouch.

  “Soldiers!” Diana began, “Our mission is to save the World of Man, and in order to do that…We need to learn how to save Man himself!”

  The Amazon showed her comrades a few mannequins near a tower of junk.

  Then, she threw a bin lid towards the tower and kicked every single piece of it away from the “civilians”. As the tower fell completely, Diana emerged from it, with the mannequins completely intact.

  Needless to say, Lelouch and the others were stunned.

  “Now, it is your turn,” said Diana.

  The girls (minus Barbara, who was still in awe) glanced at each other with uncertainty.

  “Good luck, you’ll need it.” Lelouch sat on a deck chair.

  “Wait, is he not gonna do anything?” Kara complained.

  “Lelouch does not have powers like us, therefore he will limit himself to observe our training,” said Diana.

  “Yeah, sure...” Kara glanced at the Britannian, not believing him in the slightest.

  “Let's see how the girls will perform in the training, they have the potential to be excellent allies.” He thought, “I have to be careful though, Kara is suspecting that I'm lying about my powers…”

  As the training began, Lelouch carefully observed and wrote in his notebook the abilities, strengths and weaknesses of the girls.

  For ‘Batgirl’, he wrote:

  “Batgirl does not have any superpowers, but compensates with an extreme agility and gadgeteer genius worthy of the Dark Knight she worships so much. However, her energy is a double-edged sword, as Batgirl can easily lose focus.”

  For ‘Wonder Woman’, he wrote:

  “A goddess among mortals, her fighting skills exceed everyone here, I made the right choice by looking for her, I can't find a single weakness in her.”

  For ‘Supergirl’, he wrote:

  “Faster than a speeding bullet and more powerful than a locomotive, the ‘Woman of Steel’ has the same powers as Superman, pity that she's an impulsive brute who can easily be angered, making her a threat to her teammates. It's better if I start preparing a contingency plan to neutralise her in case she goes rogue, but if she manages to keep her temper in check, she could be much, much better than Superman.”

  For ‘Green Lantern’, he wrote:

  “Green Lantern is probably one of the most powerful members of this “team”, as long as she's very creative, nothing can virtually stop her…Except for herself being so adamant of not wanting to fight anyone. If only I could find a way to “bypass” this block…”

  For ‘Zatanna’, he wrote:

  “A powerful magician and a showgirl, Zatanna can do whatever she wishes thanks to her magic. However, excluding her magic she's just a normal human, and she has to speak to make her spells.”

  Last, he wrote for ‘Bumblebee’:

  “A genius who created something like her armour out of scraps. However, her crippling weakness is her shyness and her low self-esteem. By her looks, she seems to be of Nunnally’s age, perhaps if I try to be some sort of “big brother figure” to her, it could help her gain some confidence…”

  The training was getting alternated with Diana’s “training” into being a normal teen. First stop: The comic book store.

  “Alright, today’s Normal Teenage Lesson: Pop Culture!” Barbara announced.

  Zee looked around the store, seemingly disgusted. “Culture? Are you joking?”

  “Did you bring us here to help Diana integrate into the World of Man or because you just wanted to buy a comic book?” Lelouch asked.

  “Yes!” Barbara replied, she then saw a Batman comic book and gasped. “ No way! It's the super-rare Batman giant super-special with a limited edition pull-out Batman poster! I would kill for this!”

  “Have you learned nothing?” Diana scolded Babs, “We must protect the innocents, not engage in needless slaughter over material goods!”

  “Diana…That’s a figure of speech, she doesn’t actually want to kill anyone,” said Lelouch.

  Karen nodded, “Yeah! For instance, if you are hungry, you might say, "I'd kill for a burrito.".” She then pointed at a burrito stand “Go on, you try.”

  Diana approached the vendor and shouted, “I WILL KILL YOU FOR A BURRITO!”

  Of course, this scared the living daylights out of the poor fellow, making him run away in terror. “ACCEPT MY PAYMENT OR DIE!”

  The others looked at the scene in embarrassment, with Lelocuh even facepalming.

  “Let’s…Let’s not use figures of speech till Diana learns their mean, alright?”

  “Yeah…” the girls said in unison.

  “S-Sorry…” Karen whispered.

  For another “Teenage Lesson”, the group went to the cinema to watch a movie called “Just Before Dusk”. As expected from a sappy teenage romance movie, most of the team was completely invested in the movie…Except for Lelouch and Kara, who both were on the verge of falling asleep from boredom (with the latter already succumbed to it)

  “I never wanted to love her, Alexandra. But she's the most important thing to me now. The most important thing to me, ever. So, why hasn't Caitlyn texted me?” said Aiden, one of the characters in the movie.

  She just needs time, Aiden. It's only been two days. If she texts after three days, that's irrevocable love.” said Aiden’s friend, Alexandra.

  Diana observed the movie with mild confusion, not exactly understanding what she was watching.

  “Huh…What is happening?” She asked.

  “Aiden just realised he can't live without Caitlyn. But Alexandra is telling him that Caitlyn won't text until tomorrow, because that's exactly what Michael didn't do to her when they broke up.” Barbara explained, “Isn't it all just so sad and beautiful?”

  “Teenage males are…Very confusing,” said Diana.

  “Tell me about it…” Barbara, Jessica, Zee and Karen said in unison, sighing dreamily.

  “You do realise there’s a boy with you, yes?” said Lelouch, “And I think this stuff will do nothing but confuse Diana.”

  “What do you mean?” Jessica asked.

  “You will be mine, Caitlyn. Forever.” Aiden was going to kiss Caitlyn.

  …But unfortunately, Diana misunderstood completely and, as an “attempt” to help Caitlyn, she started slashing the screen with her sword, waking up Kara too.

  “This is what I mean.” said Lelouch, “Now let’s get out of here before we get arrested.”

  The group left the cinema, all of them looking rather disappointed that their plan wasn't working, with Diana looking away, embarrassed.

  “So, what's the plan then?” Kara asked, “This is definitely not working.”

  “There must be a place to loosen up an uptight warrior princess here…” said Barbara

  “Oh, I know!” said Karen. “We could go to that amusement park near the pier.”

  "Good idea!" said Barbara, "Diana's gonna love it!"

  “...I think I won’t join you this time,” said Lelouch. “I promised my sister to spend some time with her. See you tomorrow!” He ran off.

  “I guess we’ll do it without him, come on, girls!” said Barbara.

  So, the girls went to the pier, trying several attractions, making Diana try pizza for the first time, and generally having a good time.

  But on the other side of the city, a mysterious hooded figure activated hordes of small green robots, heading towards several points of interest across the town. However, someone was carefully observing the robots from a rooftop, ready to engage in battle.

  The figure was wearing a tight dark purple suit with golden stripes, long-wrapped sleeves, and a frilled white cravat, all worn under a large black-and-gold cloak with crimson lining that completely covered his torso and an equally enormous black cape that encircles his head.His face wasn’t visible, due to it being hidden by an opaque (from the outside, at least) spiky black-and-indigo mask.

  Silently, the masked figure jumped from the building into the street and started slashing one robot after another with his sword.

  However, only a few of them seemed to attack the masked fighter, as most of them were heading towards other buildings. As he finished destroying every robot trying to destroy the movie theatre, he picked up a piece of one of the robots, where the letters “Lx” were painted on it.

  “Lx…LexCorp?” The figure thought. “Why would Luthor send robots to destroy several hotspots of the city?” He looked to the hordes heading towards a frozen dairy cafe. “The robots are heading to that cafe…And it’s still open! I have to evacuate those people before it’s too late!”

  The figure took his grappling hook and after reaching a roof, he started jumping from one building to another to get to the cafe as soon as possible.

  Meanwhile, the girls, after having fun at the pier, were heading towards the same cafe.

  <------To Be Continued----------