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Limits of Love

Chapter One

Artifact

"Wally, are you playing Rock 'em Sock 'em robots again?" Diana, aka Wonder Woman, asked as she walked into the common room at the Watchtower. Wally West, aka the Flash, was nothing but a red and gold blur as he played both offensive and defensive robots. The robots themselves were moving so fast that it was hard to tell who was winning.

"Yeah, is there something wrong with that?" Wally countered as he attempted to stop long enough to answer. Suddenly the Speeder stopped completely as the green robot's head popped up. Wonder Woman now had Wally's full attention, even though there was still a grin plastered on his face.

"I guess not, it just seems a little childish, is all." Diana replied as she reached out and popped the robot's head back into place. "I do wish you would act a little more mature though."

"Oh and what if I don't want to act 'more mature'?" Wally argued. "What if I like how I act right now?"

"Fine," Wonder Women snapped. "I just wonder how you'll act when you're forced to be mature." With that the Greek Princess turned on her heel and walked out. Wally huffed, crossed his arms, and pouted, Diane's words lingering in his mind.


"Everyone needs to assemble in the auditorium immediately." Superman called out over the intercom to everybody on board the Watchtower. "I repeat everyone needs to assemble in the auditorium immediately."

"What's the big emergency?" Wally asked John, aka Green Lantern, as they raced down the hall towards the aforementioned area.

"I don't know, but it probably has something to do with that device they found out in the Kalerian system." Green Lantern replied as they came to a walk as they caught up with the crowd around the main stage. The two superheroes quickly made their way to the front.

Superman and Batman stood in the middle of the large stage. A metal box with markings forming an X stood between them. "Hello, we've called the meeting to ask if there is anyone here who can read the inscriptions on this device." Superman explained.

"Even with all of our resources, we've only managed to read a small portion." Batman added, not sounding too happy that his technology didn't have the answer.

"The portion we have unencrypted speaks of a truth to end all truths, to right one wrong." Superman explained. "We're not even sure if that is the correct translation."

"You're having trouble because it is a script that has not been used in over two millennia, and not on this planet." Dr. Fate called out as he floated over the crowd and towards the device. "A race called the Ginong, who were very powerful magi's, had a temple somewhere in the Kalerian system, though no one knew where." The gold and blue superhero explained as he reached the stage and kneeled down next to the box already examining the markings. "It seems to be some kind of spell, but for what it does, I'm afraid I do not know. My knowledge of this language is basic at best."

"But can you read it enough to cast the spell?" Batman asked, as skepticism laced his voice. "Whatever this truth is, we need it." Most of the heroes in the crowd, seeing as they wouldn't be needed anymore, left the stage area and went back to whatever they were doing.

Dr. Fate examined the script for another moment before answering yes. Superman nodded at the response and both he and Batman stepped back away from the device and the hero. Dr. Fate placed his hand on the surface on the box, in the middle of the X, and began to speak.

"Forces from another space, another time, another reality, we call thee to we. Show us the answers we seek for the questions we have, including those we never say aloud." As Dr. Fate read each word, the matching inscription began to glow. When he was finished, the light radiated out forming a large, singular sphere in the air above. From within the sphere, three figures could be seen, one tall and the others shorter. The sphere slowly descended onto the stage. As the light died down, it left behind a woman, and two children. Flash was the first to speak.

"Linda?" The red hero asked disbelievingly as he took a step forward. The black-haired woman jumped slightly at his voice, at the same time turning to face him. Upon seeing the red superhero, tears sprang to her eyes and she launched herself into Wally's arms. For his part, Wally held the woman close, burying his face into her hair. The remaining heroes in the crowd, mostly the Original Seven, all looked on in rapt curiosity.

The now-named Linda quietly took a step back and wordlessly tugged off Wally's mask. Seeing his face, Linda smiled sadly. "I don't understand, I thought you were dead." Linda admitted, making Wally look down at her in confusion.

"Why would you ever think that, Linda?" Wally asked softly, caressing the side of her face with his thumb. They didn't seem to notice the audience of superheroes around them. All that mattered now was the two of them, and nothing else.

"Superman told me himself that President Luther had killed you." Linda told him forcefully, stepping away and pushing Wally away as reality began to set in, and her memories began to cross her mind. "I was at your funeral, I saw them bury you." She insisted confusion crossing her features quickly as more and more of the truth came out.

"Linda, I don't know what you're talking about." Wally insisted, grabbing Linda's shoulders, holding her in place. "Luther isn't President. And he's not going to be if the Justice League has anything to do with it." Wally explained. Linda only shook her head.

"Wally, things have changed. The League doesn't have a say anymore, they don't even exist." Linda replied softly but insistently. "The Justice Lords are in control, and they have been since the day Superman killed President Luther."

"I think there's been some mixing of universes here. " Batman stated as he stepped in front of the couple and addressed Linda. "In this universe, Luther isn't president, and the Justice Lords aren't an option." Linda studied him for a moment deciding whether or not to trust him. Finally she sighed.

"Then why am I here? How did we get here?" Linda stepped out of Wally's grasp and stood next to the children, who were obviously hers due to their brown hair.

"You were brought here, by a spell, and a device." Dr. Fate explained. "We asked for an answer to our questions, and you're what we received."

"What kind of answers could we possibly give you? We're from a different universe." Linda said to heroes.

"You can tell us what happened in that universe, so we can try not to do the same mistakes here." Superman explained coming closer. Superman and Batman glanced at one other before turning their attention to the already crowded auditorium, filled with heroes who had come to inspect the newcomers.

"Let's continue this conversation in the meeting room." Superman offered, and Linda agreed, leading the two children away as they followed the man of steel away from prying eyes.

"I take it you two have a history?" John asked as he came up behind his friend, who stared at the retreating back of a woman he never thought he'd see again.

"You could say that." Flash replied. "Linda was the one who helped me become the Flash in the first place." Wally sighed as she finally disappeared from sight. He gently pulled his mask back on right. "Without her, I probably would have died a long time ago." And with that, Wally walked after the group.