Disclaimer: I do not own the rights to the Justice League, Hades, or Mnemosyne. The rights to Justice League belongs to DC and the rights to Hades and Mnemosyne belongs to the Greek Mythology people.

Painful Memories

By: DC Watchergirl

Chapter 1: Where Are We?

In the prison cells of Tartarus

The 7 heroes, still in uniform, awoke with a startle and found themselves in blood red place with clouds of black all around them. They were in black spotted bone cage and all of them had magical enchanted shackles on their hands and wrists, so ordinary lock picks would not work on them, no matter how hard Batman tried. Finally after the fourth time of trying to pick the lock on his shackles Wonder Woman tiredly said,

"Batman, stop wasting your energy, those shackles are magical enchanted so ordinary lock picks won't work on them. Whoever did this, obviously, wanted to make sure that we did not escape."

"I was wondering why my powers aren't working," Superman brought up. "Magic is one of few things that can actually bind me."

"Maybe this is just a bad dream we're having because we ate too many burritos before we went to bed," Flash suggested. Batman, Wonder Woman, Jonn' Jonzz', Superman, and Hawkgirl all look at Flash with a look that said Really.

"Hey, that totally could have happened!" Flash said in defense.

"Well that just leaves one question," Hawkgirl said. "Where are we?"

"You're in Tartarus," said two women from the shadows. Now everyone, except Batman, was startled by the voice and all of the startled ones took a step back.

"Show yourselves!" Wonder Woman said trying to mask her stock of being snuck up on. Then two women stepped out of the shadowy part of the cage and both of them too had enchanted shackles bound by magic and the League instantly recognized the two women and shock spread across all of the leaguers faces, even Batman's.

"Mother!" exclaimed Wonder Woman and she went over to Hippolyta, her mother, and gave her a hug, well as of a hug as you can give when you have shackles on your wrists.

"Diana?" Hippolyta replied it a surprised voice.

"Yes, mother. It's Diana," Wonder Woman told her. As she stopped hugging her mother so she could see her mother. And that's when she saw,

"Aresia," Diana said in a low, angry growl.

"Hello Diana," Aresia replied. What's the phrase 'long time no see'?"

"What are you doing here?" Diana asked still angry. "You should be in the Field of Punishment unless the gods decided that that wasn't enough."

"I have no idea," Aresia replied. "And for your information I didn't die in the plane crash."

"Wait a minute," Shayera said. "You mean to tell me that in the real world you're alive?"

"Yes, I am," Aresia told her.

"But how?" Shayera asked. "I saw the plane explode there's no way you could have survived the explosion."

"I was taken out of the plane by Star Sapphire," Aresia told her. "I've been hiding in Man's World since. Now Diana would you care to introduce me to these men? I never did get to learn their names."

"Can't we introduce ourselves?" Flash asked.

"If you want to," Diana told him.

"Ok, well, I'm Flash," Flash braggingly told Aresia. "The fastest man alive."

"More like the most obnoxious man alive," Aresia muttered under her breath. After Flash introduced himself there was at least a one minute pause before Aresia then said, "So do you just not remember your names or do you just don't want to share them?"

"I think it's the second one Aresia," Shayera told her.

"Fine," Green Lantern grumbled. "My name is Green Lantern. And I'm one of many Green Lanterns that patrols the galaxy."

"I am Jonn' Jonzz," the Martian told Aresia. "From the planet Mars."

"My hero name is Superman," Superman said. "And for your information the public named me that. I didn't give myself the name Superman."

"And the one in black?" Aresia asked.

"Oh, that's Batman," Superman told her. "Or the Dark Knight as he is occasionally called."

"Now that just leaves one question," Flash announced to the group. "Why are we here?"

"To learn," said a deep, serious, and grave voice.

"Who…" Flash started to say.

"Hades," Hippolyta told them in a grave voice.

"Correct my dear," Hades said as he stepped out of the shadows in his black armor with shoulder spikes on it, a torn red cape, and black boots and he was ten feet tall. He was eight feet tall, had a black hair, mustache, and beard to match.

"We're here to learn…" Flash started.

"About one another," Hades told them. "To learn about your childhoods, your transformation into who you are now and everything in between."

"Um are you sure that's a good idea," Flash asked. "Because I don't know if I want to go into Bats' head." After he said that Batman turned his head and gave him the Bat Glare.

"Well you're going to learn whether you want to or not!" Hades said in a loud dictator voice and then he lower his voice and said, "Now who should go first? How about you?" Pointing to Hippolyta. "Yes, let's start with you. Mnemosyne!"

The goddess of memories came in a cloud of black smoke and he said, "Yes Hades."

"Could you create a memory screen of Queen Hippolyta's memories to show Arestia and the Justice League?"

"Yes, of course I can," said Mnemosyne. And then he waved his hand and shackles on Queen Hippolyta's wrists began to glow and she began to scream in pain as memories began to pour into her mind.

"MOTHER!" Diana screamed and raced to her mother's side to help. Then a screen, like the screens in a cinamax theater, appeared and spread all the way around the cage so they all could see.

"Enjoy the movie," Hades told them and then the movie of memories began.