#diana1

More baffling then that was people who were more than willing to sleep out in the forest with nothing more then the bare essentials. Granted that is how her group found the ghost in the first place…minus the whole "being dead" thing.

"Hey I'm not one to judge but I just…I dunno sleeping out in the woods ALONE seems like a bad idea that's all."

Thankfully the person seemed nice enough that they weren't too mad at Asuna almost tripping over them and their slumber. The less coming up with an explanation the better.

"But it's all water under the bridge." The ghost said sitting down and closing her novel she brought with her. "Besides I've met worse people out in the woods than you."

…Wait a minute.

"N-Not that you're bad or scary or anything!" Maybe the expression she gave the ghost was a bit intimidating. "I well, you know what I mean right?"

The riot in DC had changed everything, that much was clear to Steve. Maybe it hadn’t so much changed everything as pushed events off the cliff they’d been dangling on since the ISATF had been getting more and more militant. Something like this had been bound to happen at some point and Steve just regretted that he hadn’t been there to help. Others had been, though, including Clark Kent and Tony Stark. Steve had sat uselessly on the sidelines, watching the newscast of the event, but he’d been proud of both of them and everyone else who’d stepped up to protect the people that day. Once he’d gotten back to base, he’d run into Diana who’d essentially be on her way out to go help Clark. Steve could understand that. If he’d seen Bucky struck down like that, or even Tony in spite of all that had happened between them, he’d have been on the first available mode of transportation out.  Things had been chaotic since then, with the world in an uproar and the ISA clearly cracking down so much harder on superheroes and metahumans and anyone else they wanted to control. They would have to get ready, batten down the hatches, so to speak, and be prepared that powered individuals from all over might be coming here to seek shelter and safe haven. Steve had just heard the news about Tony’s company, too, and wondered if that meant he’d be showing up here. There were too many things to think about and he was glad when he heard Diana was back so they could talk about them. He trusted her judgement and they worked well together so it made sense to talk all of this over with her. Steve also wanted to see how it had gone with Clark and if he was actually okay. He’d never known Superman to stay down that long no matter what he’d been hit with.  He gave her a little time to settle in, about an hour or so, before he approached her room and knocked on the door. “Diana? Can I come in?” It would be better to talk between the two of them first and then let the rest of the team know how they were going to handle this, though Steve had been making decisions on the fly for a couple of days now. It would be better to have a concrete plan, though. 

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