Steve pulls Diana out again as she tells him that she believes Ludendorff is Ares in disguise.
Diana: You mean you were lying?
Steve: I'm a spy, it's what I do!
Diana: How do I know you're not lying to me now?
Steve puts the Lasso on himself.
Steve: We're headed to the front. We're probably going to die. This is a terrible idea.
Realizing he needs reinforcements to get Diana to the Front,
Steve brings Diana to meet his teammates. They first stop at a pub and find Sameer (Said Taghmaoui), a spy who is instantly attracted to Diana.
Next is Charlie (Ewen Bremner), whom Steve says is a skilled marksman, but they find him getting beaten up by another man for accidentally taking his glass. The man attempts to shoot Charlie, but Diana intervenes and throws the large man across the pub.
Sameer: I am both frightened and aroused.
The four then head out to meet The Chief (Eugene Brave Rock), a smuggler. Diana is eating ice cream for the first time, and loving it.
Diana: [to the vendor] It's wonderful. You should be very proud.
Ludendorff meets with some of his comrades to discuss what he has planned. After they express some doubts and lack of confidence in his work, Ludendorff and Maru demonstrate their work by throwing the gas bomb in the room along with one gas mask, killing all the men.
Dr. Maru: That mask won't help them!
Ludendorff: They don't know that.
They laugh, and flee.
Steve's team arrives at a campfire where the Chief is waiting.
Charlie: May we get what we want . . .
Steve: . . . and may we get what we need.
Sameer: But may we never get what we deserve.
The team makes it to the Front. They walk through the trenches, and Diana speaks to a local woman who is distraught over what has been taken from them by the German army.
Steve: This is no man's land, Diana! It means no man can cross it, all right? This battalion has been here for nearly a year and they've barely gained an inch. All right? Because on the other side there are a bunch of Germans pointing machine guns at every square inch of this place. This is not something you can cross. It's not possible.
Diana: So . . . what? So we do nothing?
Steve: No, we are doing something! We are! We just can't save everyone in this war. This is not what we came here to do.
Diana: No. But it's what I'm going to do.
Not wanting to wait any longer, Diana dons her tiara and steps out into the battlefield with her armor. The German soldiers begin to fire upon her, but she easily deflects their bullets with her gauntlets. Diana proceeds to beat down the enemy soldiers while Steve and his team follow.
Once she takes out most of the soldiers on the ground, the men help Diana leap to a sniper tower, which she instantly demolishes. The townspeople celebrate and cheer for Diana. Steve later learns that Ludendorff will be attending a gala the next day. He has Etta locate the area for him, but Sir Patrick urges Steve not to go ahead and do it. Steve naturally ignores him. He then tells Diana about the gala and how she would be unprepared for it, so he shows her how to dance. Diana experiences snow for the first time.
Steve: It's just snowfall. Touch it.
Diana: [laughs] It's magical!
Steve: It is, isn't it?
Diana: [dancing with Steve] Is this what people do when there are no wars to fight?
Steve: Yeah . . . this, and other things.
Diana: What things?
Steve: Um, they have breakfast. They love their breakfast. And, um, they love to wake up and read the paper and go to work, they get married, make some babies, grow old together. I guess.
Diana: What is that like?
Steve: I have no idea.
They go up to a room to be alone, and they share a kiss. The next day, the team gather to plan their next move.
Charlie: Maybe you're better off without me, yeah?
Diana: [smiles] No, Charlie. Who will sing for us?
The team heads over to the gala in disguise. Steve pretends to be a German officer with Sameer being his driver as they improvise entering without an invitation. Diana finds Fausta Grables, a snooty woman in a blue dress
Fausta Grables: Who are you supposed to be?
Diana silently sizes up Fausta.
Fausta Grables: What are you doing?
Diana steals her dress. Steve attempts to sweet-talk Maru to get more information, but he becomes distracted when he sees Diana enter in the blue dress. Diana sees Ludendorff, who grabs her to dance.
Ludendorff: [waltzing with Diana] You know your ancient Greeks? They understood that war is a god. A god that requires human sacrifice. And in exchange, war gives man purpose. Meaning. A chance to rise above his petty mortal little self. And be courageous. Noble. Better.
Diana: Only one of the many gods believed in that. And he was wrong.
Ludendorff: You know nothing of the gods.
Diana is about to kill Ludendorff, but Steve stops her from messing up the plan.
Steve: I can't let you do this.
Diana: What I do is not up to you.
However, Ludendorff proceeds to launch gas bombs into the nearby town. Diana runs ahead but is too late.
She sees the townspeople dead in the streets and can only look on with despair. Steve runs by and Diana is angry with him for not letting her kill Ludendorff before this happened. It is learned that Ludendorff plans to use a plane to drop a number of gas bombs down on London. Diana rushes to an airbase where the German soldiers are gearing up for their attack. Diana beats down some soldiers before making her way to Ludendorff. He inhales Maru's strength gas and fights Diana.
Ludendorff: What are you?
Diana: You will soon find out.
Ludendorff puts up a good fight until he runs to the roof.
Diana bursts through and impales Ludendorff with the God Killer. He dies but Diana sees that the soldiers are still pushing the gas bombs into the plane. Steve shows up and Diana is confused.
Diana: I killed him, why are they doing this? Why are they still fighting?
Steve: Because maybe it's them! Maybe people aren't always good, Ares or no Ares. Maybe it's just who they are.
Diana: She was right, my mother was right. She said the world of men do not deserve you, they don't deserve our help.
Steve: It's not about deserve. Maybe, maybe we don't. But it's not about that, it's about what you believe. You don't think I get it, after what I've seen out there? You don't think I wish I could tell you that it was one bad guy to blame? It's not! We're all to blame!
Diana: I am not.
Steve: But maybe I am.
He leaves, and Diana looks back inside Ludendorff's office to see Sir Patrick. Diana realizes it is him that is really Ares.
He tells Diana how he only provided secret influence to people like Ludendorff and Maru to get their work going, but it was their own evil, as well as the darkness of other men, that led to the war. Diana tries to kill Ares with the sword, only for him to destroy it. He tells Diana that it is she who is the real weapon forged by Zeus. She is the real God Killer.
Ares: I am not the god of war, Diana. I am the god of truth.
Using the Lasso, Ares shows Diana what can happen if she joins him and if they rid the world of mankind. She refuses, and they begin to fight.
Steve and his team get past the Germans. They consider shooting the plane down, but the explosion would kill anyone within 50 yards. As Diana and Ares' fight extends onto the tarmac, Steve runs by Diana, says something quick, and he gives her his father's watch. He hijacks the bomber plane and flies it away. As he gets high enough, Steve aims his gun at the bombs. He takes a moment to consider what he's doing, but he knows what he has to do. He shoots the bombs, sacrificing himself as the plane blows up. Diana sees this and yells in agony.
Ares only uses this to try and sway her even more to join him as he dons his armor. Ares brings Maru before Diana and removes Maru's mask to reveal her disfigured face. He tries to convince Diana to kill her. Diana lifts up a tank, but she recalls what Steve just told her . . . .
Steve: I can save today. You can save the world. I wish we had more time. I love you.
Diana drops the tank and lets Maru get away.
Ares: They don't deserve your protection!
Diana: It's not about deserve, it's about what you believe. And I believe in love.
Ares: I shall destroy you!
Ares fires a blast of energy at Diana, but she absorbs it with her gauntlets.
Diana: Goodbye, brother.
Diana directs the blast of energy back toward Ares, destroying him for good. The soldiers are then broken free of their corruption. Everyone celebrates the end of the war. Diana sees a wall of the fallen heroes, including Steve.
Back in the present, Diana sends a message to Bruce Wayne, thanking him for the photograph and letting her keep a piece of Steve.
Diana: I used to want to save the world. To end war and bring peace to mankind. But then, I glimpsed the darkness that lives within their light. I learned that inside every one of them, there will always be both. The choice each must make for themselves - something no hero will ever defeat. I've touched the darkness that lives in between the light. Seen the worst of this world, and the best. Seen the terrible things men do to each other in the name of hatred, and the lengths they'll go to for love. Now I know. Only love can save this world. So I stay. I fight, and I give for the world I know can be. This is my mission, now. Forever.
With that, Diana leaps across the sky to continue her work as Wonder Woman.
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