Testing

"So is taking my blood necessary?" Selene asked as Howard stored the blood he just took in to a capsule sealing it away in a safe protective place.

"Of course it is. You see, if your powers were supernatural then there's nothing much I can do about it but it's not, so I can research on it." Howard said, "Maybe I can even help you with your sun problem, after all, that's a major weakness and you're missing out too much not being able to live in the day."

"I prefer to be a night owl, but that doesn't sound too bad." Selene smiled when they both gathered their attention towards the door as one by one all of them came walking in.

"We're leaving." Diana said, "So you'll be there on time, won't you?"

"Of course." Howard nodded, "Is there anything else you want?"

"Is she coming with us?" Artemis asked staring at Selene.

"No, she's just here to visit me." Howard cleared things up as Diana and his brothers relaxed, Howard didn't know what their thoughts were but he didn't bother asking.

"Then I'll stay here." Artemis said, "You said someone was onto you, so unless you like getting shot at or attacked, it's better if someone stays with you. It's part of my job, right?"

"Never thought you would take it seriously." Howard nodded, "But I guess that'll be fine, with Diana and my brothers by their side they already have enough fighting power and there's Arthur to work as a lookout too.

"Then it's decided." James nodded, "We'll be taking our leave but have you figured out a way to leave? The women have only increased and even the back door is no good."

"Thinking about that, Selene how exactly did you get here?" Howard asked.

"I'll get you out, don't worry," Selene said.

"You heard her, now don't worry about me and go."

"Trust me we aren't worried, we just don't want you to waste time." Victor who still wasn't quite happy about being shot yesterday said leaving and soon the crowd followed out. Taking the only remaining car left in the compound they pushed through the crowd with just force.

"Geez, talk about being petty," Howard rolled his eyes, "It's not like he hasn't shot me before."

"He has shot you?" Selene asked still not quite understanding their sibling's relation.

"I once crossed the line a little and went astray if you may," Howard said as Artemis and Selene listened carefully, "I don't really want to talk much about it but in short the whole being immortal and dealing with mortal things got me kind of confused. You know other than my brothers, everyone around me was mortal so I had to watch many good people die, while I lived on. Friends, lovers, and so on."

"You know when I started this, I thought I would be good. Living forever seemed like an enviable thing but it got hard real quick as I realized I didn't have any purpose." Howard said reminiscing things, "Anyway, my brothers helped me out and from then on I realized I finally had a purpose."

"What is it?"

"Now that's a secret." Howard chuckled as the two women made bitter faces at him.

"I still don't understand why we have to move separately though." Artemis asked, "We could have pushed through the crowd regardless, it's not like those women could do anything to you."

"Yeah, but don't you feel something is wrong?" Howard asked as Artemis raised her brows, "Who are we currently fighting right now?"

"Well Ares, but technically we're going to fight Ludendorff."

"Exactly but with us capturing his spies Ludendorff has no way of knowing that I am involved with Steve or any part of this." Howard said, "So that means there should be another guy who wants something from me."

"You mean Ares?" Artemis widened her eyes, "Then why didn't you explain this to Diana?"

"And then what? Do I let Diana and Ares rage battle in London where thousands of normal civilians live? How many innocent do you think will die, just being caught in their fight?" Howard said as Artemis stayed quiet, "I understand the urgency of the matter but I can't let people die because of this and even more, I can't let the world know about a God trying to kill them. I promise you, a paranoid crowd is the last thing you want."

"So what are you going to do?" Selene asked,

"I want to understand his intentions." Howard said, "I am sure he hasn't figured about Diana and you yet, so I want to understand what's his reason for picking a fight with me. After all, a pretty boy billionaire shouldn't really be that interesting to the god of war, unless..."

"You mean, he might know about your powers?" The realization hit them as they looked tensed. Selene for his safety and Artemis for how far the powers of Ares had become. A thought crossed her mind wondering what will happen if both Ares and Howard were to join hands but she quickly shook it off, after all, a seed of doubt was the last thing they wanted right now.

"Who knows, but this is a good thing." Howard said pouring himself a drink, "Playing games with the god of war, sounds interesting doesn't it?"

"Do you need to be shot again? Because I am sure you've gone insane."

"Relax, if Ares wanted to attack he would have by now." Howard said, "So before I leave I want to leave him a little bit of surprise, so he can keep focusing on me."

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A/N:- In the movie, Diana meets Ares before she realizes who she even is, so Ares figures out her identity but in my version, they haven't met yet. And with all the attention being on Howard, they were out of the spotlight as well. So I went with the whole he doesn't know about them yet.