within the silver mirror

(for the DC Flashfiction challenge.)

Her first time is painful, but Bruce is tender and the second time is far more enjoyable. The third time also. The pleasure is not the same as with her sisters but she is sated and happy.

Before the fourth time, an alert sounds. Reluctantly they join the others.

She has been in fiercer battles so she has no idea why her punches land so softly, why the blows she takes send her spinning to the ground, why it hurts to rise. Kalibak brandishes a weapon and she moves to deflect the blast.

And now Diana knows her armor’s weakness.