Title: Loss of Control

By: Koniko-chan

Disclaimer: I don't own the characters or the original storyline that I am spinning off of. They are property of DC comics and probably a lot of other people I'm not aware of to credit.

Author's note: This story takes place after the Justice League Unlimited Episode: Grudge Match. I was rather disappointed that we never got to see the guys reactions to what occurred to the female league members, so we open up with that idea in mind. And we'll let the characters take the story from here. Feedback welcome.

Chapter 1 Opps….

It was busy on the watch tower, heroes and human assistants rushed about going to meetings, handling the various emergencies that were occurring on Earth and just trying to go about the regular daily needs of food, training, relaxing and sleep….

Bruce let out a mental sigh, this was his equipment yes, but he still wasn't a big people person. When the original 7 leaguers expanded to the huge group they were now it was seen in his eyes as necessary- a way to keep an eye on all of those meta humans and overly agile "heroes" that had the potential to go rouge. A flicker of a smirk danced across his face for a heartbeat, that's why it was rather hilarious that while he was still a part timer, Batman was also a founding member.

The whole reason he was up here at 9 o'clock in the morning was to attend one of these founder meetings. He frowned thinking about it. Clark had contacted him early this morning telling him that the founding members were having an emergency meeting. To have a meeting so last minute, well it must be big. Bruce was mentally running his mind over anything he could possibly guess the meeting to be about. Honestly everything to his knowledge was moving rather smoothly… Bruce scowled as he quicken his pace to the meeting room. He had a sinking feeling that he wasn't going to like what awaited him in that room, he hated surprises…

As the dark caped hero weaved through several second generation members of the league a red blurr zipped in front of him and stopped. "Morn'in' Batman." Flash greeted with a carefree smile.

Bruce gave Wally one of his stern looks, not in the mood for Flash's cheery demeanor first thing in the morning.

Flash seemed to be studying Batman carefully, his head cocked in thought, as Batman went to step around the bright red spandex clad hero, Wally figured it out, "Oh, I get it! No worries I got you covered Bats!" he called before zipping off down the corridor.

Bruce's reprieve was short lived however as before he could take three steps more, the Flash was back with a cup of coffee in his hands. "I know you are a night person, so the early hour must be getting to you…" He stated with a friendly smile, holding the cup out in offering.

Bruce looked at the proffered cup and was about to walk past to tell Wally with his actions that he wasn't in need of coffee, nor was he in the mood, but then his eyes landed on two of his other teammates.

Diana and Shayera came walking side by side down the hallway in deep conversation. The girls had mostly mended their old friendship but there were still cracks in it from the betrayal that occurred a couple years ago. Batman certainly hadn't completely let it go, and Diana well she was getting there…. Bruce worried about the level of trust that the league put in Shayera… she betrayed them once already, what was to stop her from doing it again? His eyes narrowed further as he noted the numerous healing bruises on the Thanagarian's face and arms. What had happened last night?

Not realizing he had frozen in surprise and reflection he was brought back to the present by Flash grinning and wiggling the cup side to side in front of his face. "Huh, huh?" he grunted enthusiastically.

Annoyed at being caught, Batman snatched the cup out of Flash's hand, "I'll take it, if only to save you from the extra caffeine. You don't need anymore." He bit taking a drink of the dark bitter liquid.

Flash sighed as he watched Batman pass by, "You're welcome!" he called to Batman's retreating form, before slumping a bit and blowing some air out in frustration, Batman was always harsh and in a mood, but still Wally had wanted to try and help the billionaire to get up on the right side of the cave this morning…. Mission failed.

"I can't believe that our comlinks were hacked." Diana sighed looking at Shayera taking a drink of her mocha iced coffee.

Shayera nodded, "It's a scary thought, I mean they could have made us do anything without our knowledge."

Diana nodded, "Yes, well at least it was caught soon enough that the damage was minimal…"

Shayera nodded as well thinking of how close she had come to getting her and Vixen's heads slammed together by the amazon warrior last night.

Suddenly each girl felt an arm on their shoulders. Blue and green eyes turned and locked in on the Flash that had inserted himself between the two feminine founding members. "Morning ladies!" He greeted already over his failed attempt to turn Batman into a morning person. "So what ya' talking about?" He inquired with a joyous grin.

Diana looked at Wally grateful for his enthusiasm. "We were just talking about last night's events." She answered carefully, "You'll hear more about it when we get into the meeting room."

Shayera nodded, "Yeah, it was a fun night…" she grumbled sarcastically under her breath.

Flash frowned looking the two girls over, Wonder Woman looked perfect, while Shayera had several small bruises…including one on her left cheek, "I see…" he said now really wanting to know what happened to the girls the previous evening.

Arriving at the founding member meeting room, Shayera ducked her head a bit to hide the pain in her gaze. John stood looking out the window regally with his hands behind his back. John seemed to have been talking with Superman who had been standing next to him.

Wally while he may seem naive, was more perceptive than many of his teammates gave him credit for, caught the slight movement Hawkgirl made and quickly re-slid his arm around her shoulders, "Come on Shayera!" He chirped energetically as he steered her to her chair. Flash was quick to pull it out for her and push the seat back into the table.

John had turned around to catch Flash's little show and his fist clenched fractionally in irritation. Flash KNEW that Shayera and he shared a history…. And John knew they were supposed to have a son together, and yet…. He was honestly in a bad place, he loved Shayera but after her betrayal and her quick departure he had been hurt and heartbroken… When they opened the league up to new members, well Vixen had come on board and had gone out of her way to catch his eye- and oh had she succeeded! Problem being now he was stuck, he didn't want to hurt Vixen – he loved her, but yet he knew Shayera was supposed to be his too… and there were still feelings there - Honestly he didn't know what he wanted! However, that lack of awareness was not an invitation for one of his friends – despite being an irritant sometimes – to move in on his ex…

Batman had already taken his seat at the table. Batman was looking at the other occupants out of the corners of his eyes wondering if he'd need to say something to get this meeting going….

Bruce's thoughts were cut short when he felt a familiar presence take the seat beside him. Batman was careful to not get caught as his eye discreetly slid to the side to look at Diana in his peripheral vision, the lenses in the Batman mask hiding the movement from onlookers. Bruce knew that Diana liked him, she had made it obvious. He had blatantly discouraged it and as of late, it seemed she had gotten the message as she was preferring to partner herself with J'onn more often- well, that is, until he had left the league. It didn't bother him…. I mean there was nothing romantic going on between the amazon and martian…. Not that he cared… He caught himself staring at her long exposed creamy legs, being grateful that there were no sign of bruising there that Shayera had exhibited. Catching himself Batman mentally shook himself out of his thoughts as he picked up the cup of coffee to distract himself. Still wanting to know what had happened to Shayera last night to inflict the damage that was apparent today.

Diana sat looking at Batman, she knew that he had pushed her away repeatedly and as much as she wanted to go after him, she was respecting his wishes for the time and not pushing the matter, yet. However, she had seen how he had dug for her in Gorilla City, and how he stood beside her in Kaznia, or even what she had heard from Zatanna about Batman singing to get her back…. There was something there. Part of her wondered how he would react to the news she and Shayera were bringing to the table.

Finally, Superman, and Green Lantern took their seats and completed the group. Diana stood placing her hands shoulder's width apart on the table. "Shayera and I called this meeting because our security has been compromised." She stated smoothly. Her voice commanding attention and respect.

Batman cocked an eyebrow, he wasn't liking where this was starting…. His security was tight, it should be near impossible to hack into… How was it compromised?

Superman frowned at the news looking at the amazon princess attentively. John was quick to give Shayera an assessing look and noted the fading bruises on her cheek and arms… He had been so focused on Flash how could he have failed to notice that?

Diana continued looking at them all seriously, "It was Roulette, she hacked into the comlink signal and-"

Diana was suddenly unable to finish because at that moment, Flash had flipped the table and was rushing at Diana.

Wonder Woman looked at the red blur wide eyed and managed to let out a gasp of surprise before he rammed into her slamming her into the window hard enough to crack the sturdy glass giving it the image that Diana was trapped in the center of a spider web and Flash as the spider had a hold of her.

Shayera may have been sore but quickly stood up, "Flash-" she tried to call out to her friend, what had gotten into him… But her assistance was quickly halted when a dark hand roughly grabbed hers in his own. "Ow!" Shayera moved her head to look up at the Green Lantern's eyes. "John what's the-"

A hard hit struck Shayera in the back of the head, making her see stars before slipping into the awaiting arms of darkness.

Diana was stunned for a heartbeat, her spine aching from the fast impact. However, she did manage to slam a hit into Flash causing the speedster to sail through the air backward and crash into the opposing wall hard enough to dent it and stun the speedster. Not having any time to breathe, Superman's laser vision burned her arm. With a cry, Diana quickly raised her bracelet to block the beam. Superman's laser beams still shooting, he started to stalk towards Wonder Woman.

Diana was in a good deal of pain, and even with fast healing abilities it was going to slow her down… Facing the guys, it occurred to Diana that this was just like what had been described to her last night at the Mega brawl. That members like herself had been controlled by their earpieces to fight….

Blocking a hit from Clark with her right hand and reflecting the laser beams with her left she defended herself, mind racing. They destroyed the machine… that's why it was thought to be ok to get a couple hours of sleep before calling the meeting and dealing with the problem. All of the girls had been exhausted and some really hurt… It had been 7 am by the time they had left the arena and thus the 9 am meeting time….Apparently that had been a poor choice on her part…. And now it was going to cost them all.

Diana was stepping backward carefully preparing herself to pull back quickly and try to get close enough to get a hit into Superman that maybe she could get his comlink…. She wasn't sure how long Flash would be out. Trying to keep her eye on what Clark was doing, she chanced a glace towards the rest of the room. Shayera was in Green Lantern's arms and didn't seem conscious… Shayera had really taken a beating from her last night… She skidded backward in a hurry as she noticed Batman with a blow dart gun trained on her. The dart sailed through the air and bounced off of Superman harmlessly as the man of Steel was closing in on her. She was at a bit of a disadvantage with the surprise attack and having to watch so many opponents. Though her back was slowly starting to repair itself, it wasn't doing it fast enough.

Her mind rapidly trying to plan, who should she try and free from the mind control first? Superman would be impossible for her at the moment. There were too many wild cards for her to focus.

She dodged another blow dart and noted with displeasure that Green Lantern was laying Shayera down to engage her as well. Another movement from the wall told Diana Flash would soon be a problem too.

"Hera, give me strength." She breathed as she started to fly around the room in no particular pattern, dodging strikes from Superman, bright green restraints that grabbed at her from Green Lantern and two exploding batarangs, and Bruce's fist. Her back was pounding at each strong movement she made to dodge or switch directions, this slowed her down a bit but she forced herself to ignore the pain and keep going.

Luck seemed to have favored her even a little as the batarangs missed her but ended up exploding by Superman and slowed him down for a few heartbeats.

Taking a risk, Diana tackled Bruce to the ground and tried to grab his ear piece. She was rewarded with a swift kick to her side and was flung off of him across the room.

Green Lantern had taken aim and was trying to catch Wonder Woman but had not anticipated her abrupt flight. The ring had trapped Batman inside of a bubble.

Diana winced as she stubbornly pushed herself to her feet and was about to rush over to try and get to Bruce's comlink once more, but was tackled by Superman. He slammed Diana to the floor, shaking the room. Diana let out a cry of pain as her back took the brunt of the hit. Flash zipped over to stand by Superman ready to act if the princess got up. Green Lantern and Batman soon joined Flash standing and watching.

Wincing, Diana was getting tired of this, and if she didn't do something soon she'd be out too and then who knows what would happen to them… Wrestling one hand free she raised it and slammed it against Superman's ear hard. Knocking Clark's head to the side.

Using her feet to push Superman off of her, the Man of Steel slammed into the ceiling before thudding to the floor. Trying to climb to his feet he was a bit disorientated from the hit to the ear he took.

Frantic to make some headway, Diana letting out a cry of pain as she moved, pushed herself off the ground and tried to slam herself into Batman. Green Lantern used the ring to block off part of the room so she couldn't get too far. She was almost to Batman, but she slammed into the Flash instead when he zipped into her path.

In an instant, he had his arms wrapped around her waist to try to hold her still so Batman or John could apprehend her, but her arms were free and quick as she could the amazon grabbed the earpiece from the Scarlet Speedster and crushed it.

John shot a green boxing glove at Diana, who pushed with all her might against Flash causing the pair of them to tumble to the floor and for her immediate release from the rapidly recovering Flash. The boxing glove catching a recovering Superman in the jaw. Letting out another cry of pain Wonder Woman hit the floor and tumbled head over heels before coming to rest on her back once more.

Flash had also rolled twice before getting to his feet and looking around the room in surprise. "What happened to the room?" He asked trying to make sense of the destruction that lay around him.

The others not yet recognizing Flash as a threat continued to attack Wonder Woman.

Diana shakily was trying to force herself up but her back protested harshly. A whimper escaped from her as she failed to raise. Green Lantern's ring got to her first forming a giant hand that picked her up and started to squeeze her.

Diana bit her lip to try and hold back another cry as fire shot up her back injury. Her eyes tearing up as she struggled to stay conscious.

Flash looked on in shocked horror for a couple heartbeats not understanding why the others were attacking Diana and why Shayera was down for the count.

"Hey guys?" Flash asked narrowing his eyes, "Is there something wrong with Diana?" He had seen where his impatience had cost the team before and as his memory had some holes in it, maybe Diana was a fake or out of control or evil? If he rushed to help her as he wanted to maybe he would be hurting Diana more than helping her.

"We need to take care of the girls," Superman said simply with no real emotion in his words.

"They aren't with us yet." Green Lantern finished.

Flash was about to reply when Diana caught his undivided attention.

Diana opened her mouth letting out another whimper as she struggled to hold on, pushing with all her might she wasn't able to escape. This four to one surprise attack had taken a toll on her. "Flash, get the comlinks and – Ah-hahhhh, destroy them." She called out to him, glad that she now had a conscious ally.

Flash frowned, outside of Batman being upset he destroyed some of the tech, what did it hurt to try what Diana was saying to see if she was right. Observing her struggle and try not to show her pain was hard to watch. Every fiber of him wanted to save her - it was a not so big secret that Batman deeply cared for the amazon, surely he wouldn't be standing idly by if this was real Diana… He'd take Batman's comlink first.

Flash zipped over to where Batman stood passively watching the capture of Diana and quickly grabbed the comlink from the Dark Knight's ear. Before his hand could fully get out of range to destroy the tiny gadget, Flash was socked in the stomach and Batman was rapidly racing after him. Flash let out a grunt of pain as he skidded back a few feet and was quick to dodge the punch that was aimed for his head by leaning way back. Flash went to dash to the right away from his aggressive teammate but Bruce shot a leg out tripping Wally and sending him crashing into Green Lantern. Losing his focus, Diana dropped to the ground unconscious. The comlink flew out of Wally's hand and landed on the floor several feet away.

Batman was rapidly approaching Flash, as Green Lantern was starting to collet himself as well in order to confront the new threat. Superman not recognizing Wally as being a problem himself yet, just walked over to where Diana had fallen and scooped up the amazon and carelessly slung her over one shoulder like a sack of potatoes. He then headed towards where Shayera was slowly coming to on one of the meeting room chairs.

Flash rapidly got up and snatched Green Lantern's comlink out of his ear too. Rushing over to where Batman's had flew earlier Wally went to scoop it up when a batarang flew by baring his target from his fingers for a moment. Giving time for John to start rapidly firing green streaks of light at Wally trying to catch the speedster.

Shayera sat up feeling a wave of vertigo spiral through her. Placing a hand to her throbbing head she blinked a few times to see what looked like Flash fighting Batman and Lantern. Still trying to get her bearings, she suddenly felt herself being lifted. Letting out a surprised gasp and wincing from the movement her eyes landed on Superman who had a very familiar pair of feminine legs incased in red boots hanging over his shoulder. "Diana!"

"Wow, this all over coffee?" Wally stated trying to crack a joke as he dodged out of the way. "I'll be sure to get you a cup too next time!" He called out to John, as he then recalled that at least John's comlink was in his hand still. Flash squeezed his hand as hard as he could and crushed the tiny electronic.

Instantly the light show stopped hunting him and John clutched his head shaking it a bit to regain his composure. Flash skidded to a stop and looked at John. It seemed like Diana was right, the comlinks were causing the other men to attack, so that ment… uh oh… Wally turned to look at where Shayera had been and saw the Thanagarian warrior was struggling with Superman who had Diana crashed on one shoulder and was trying to incapacitate Shayera who was missing one mace currently. So distracted with this scene, Flash missed Batman's movements and took a direct hit to stomach and a kick to the jaw. Flash landed a few feet back on the ground. Batman rapidly closing the gap.

John looked around him, "Shayera!" He called out seeing her plight.

Flash stopped John mid run as he called out, "Crush the comlink by the South wall first!"

John turned his head to see Flash on the ground with Batman on top of him the two locked hands struggling for dominance in the fight.

Everything screamed for him to help Shayera first, but Flash needed him to crush the comlink for some reason. The entire situation seemed odd. What was Superman doing anyway?

Making the choice to help Shayera, John imagined a large boot as it kicked Superman in the upper chest.

The Man of Steel stumbled back a few steps, giving Shayera the chance to get free from this arms and put some distance between the two. Diana slipping off of Clark's shoulder and dropping to the floor.

Superman was in front of John in the blink of an eye as he was about to punch the former marine, John quickly used the ring to make a shield. Superman was slamming his fists against the shield repeatedly trying to get to the one that attacked him, the traitor that was not with them.

Shayera had heard what Flash had told John, and while she was grateful that John had helped her, if this was the same mind control from last night crushing that comlink meant another ally. Flying over to the South wall, Shayera saw the forgotten gadget and landed hard on it. The comlink fizzled and crunched under her boot.

Superman had almost gotten through to John, the green shield cracking from the pressure, when Clark suddenly stopped. Before John could fully process what was going on, the Man of Steel had promptly moved over to where Diana's fallen form was and scooped her into his arms before rocketing out the conference room door.

John catching up to the situation was already flying towards the door hoping to catch up to his friends before he lost them.

Flash was still struggling with Batman when Bruce stopped pushing and looked down at Flash in confusion for a moment before glaring at him and standing up. "What's going on?" He demanded. His temper flaring as he did not like having holes in his memory.

Flash sighed as he stood up, "Tell you later, right now we need to get to Superman's comlink and crush it."

Looking around the room it was swiftly becoming apparent that Superman had left the room.

To be continued….