Clueless Part 3

Cleanliness by Ronnie K.

After stripping out of her oily and greasy uniform, Diana balled it up and shoved it down the laundry chute. The stains may never come out of it, she thought, but that was up to the laundry staff. All Diana had to worry about was getting the stains off her hair and the rest of her body. She strode to the bathroom and turned on the hot water as hot as it would go. An irritating problem with being a metahuman resistant to hot and cold temps was that you had to get the water very hot before you could even feel it. Fortunately, the wing that she lived in was made for metahumans like her and had a separate hot water source that was heated well enough so that she could enjoy the shower. As she stepped into the already steaming stall she wondered whether Kal could feel a hot shower at all. She would have to remember to ask him sometime. It would be nice to have someone to wash her back for her, though. As pictures began to take shape in her mind Diana firmly pushed them away. She had work to do if she was going to get clean within the next two hours. An hour later and Diana found herself sitting at table in a fresh uniform brushing out her slightly damp hair. She felt like a new woman compared to the one that first stepped into that shower. Her table mirror reflected a woman whose perfect complexion glowed, and raven black hair got more of its old body back with each brush stroke. It felt good to be herself again. Now it was time to get back to Kal until he was himself again. Stepping out into the hall, the first thing that Diana noticed was the silence. The corridors were empty at this late hour and it was just as well because the amazon princess wasn't really in the mood to exchange pleasantries with anyone just now. She just wanted to enjoy feeling good. The only person she wanted to exchange dialogue with right now was still unconscious in the Medi-Lab. "Maybe he's already wakened" she thought. She quickened her pace. Soon enough she was walking through the doors to the Lab, noticing first that Kal still hadn't moved and next that Kara was browsing through a People magazine. This irked Diana for some reason she didn't understand until she remembered the article they'd done about Superman a few months back. It was titled "What would you do on a date with Superman?" She didn't normally read garbage like that, but she had read that particular article. Most of the interviewees had been actresses and many of the responses had been quite graphic. It was disgusting. The Flash, of course, thought it was funny. He read it as if he was memorizing it, he was that engrossed. Power Girl, over Supergirl's objections, had to show it to Kal. He blushed quite brightly at some of the suggestions, which amused PG quite a bit. Diana happened to walk up to them as he was reading it and immediately threw it in the trash after he was done. The whole episode had left her in a foul mood for the rest of the day. It took an effort, but she put those thoughts out of her mind and walked up to PG and the still prone Man of Steel. "No change?" "Nope. Still sleeping like a baby." PG smiled as she casually tucked the magazine into the back of her belt. "Thank you for watching over him while I was gone. How do you say it? Oh yes, `I owe you one'." "No problem, Diana. I was glad to do it." Seeing something in her eyes as Diana looked at Superman, she added earnestly "He'll be fine. Really. He's been through worse." "Yes, he will be fine, I'm sure and yes again, he's been through worse." "Well, I guess I'll be going then." She reached towards the back of her belt. "Need something to read?" "No. No, I'm fine thanks." "Oh, okay then. I'll see you around then." "Yes, I'll see you around." With a swish of her cape, PG was soon out of the room.