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The Justice leaguers looked at each other wide eyed as thy slowly processed what Blackout just said. Blackout actually wanted their help? Bruce quickly scanned the room and saw that Diana was indeed missing. Before he could react, Flash spoke up.
"You need our help?" he asked, crossing his arms over his chest.
"I admit I'm not proud of it, but I need to save my sister from Hades." Daniel explained, placing his mask on a nearby counter.
"Who's Hades?" Ollie asked.
Blackout's eyes drifted to the ground and he slowly walked over to Batman. The hero eyed him carefully as he removed the IV from his hand. Daniel placed the IV bag on the ground and stepped away from him. Bruce held onto the bed frame as he stood up because he was slightly dizzy. The villain stepped out of the door and watched the heroes from the doorway.
"Follow me."
The Leaguers all looked at each other before heading out of the room with their guard on high alert. They walked down the dark hallway, watching Blackout's every moment. None of them would trust him with their lives, but if he did all this in order to save his sister, then he must've had somewhat of a heart. Soon they arrived at a metal door with a key pad in it. The villain typed in the code and the door swished open. They all stepped into the room and all their jaws dropped.
The room was completely different from the rest of the building. This room was covered in shining, silver metal with a very large computer. The walls were covered with pictures of Diana. They literally covered the wall to the point where you could barely see the color of it. They were pictures of her both as Wonder woman and Diana Prince. On a table in front of it was a large spy camera and binoculars. It looked like a scene out of a spy movie.
"Justice Leaguers. Welcome to my home."
Meawhile
Wonder woman groaned as she slowly opened her crystal blue eyes. As her vision cleared, she immediately knew that she wasn't in the building any more. The room she was in looked like a dungeon. She was surrounded by gray bricked walls that were covered in red stains. She tried to sit up, but her wrists and ankles were chained to a cold, metal table.
"Where in Hera's name am I?" she asked, looking around the room.
"Why you're home my daughter." Hades said, walking into the room.
Wonder woman glared at him intensely as he walked over to her and brushed her cheek softly.
"You may have created me, but you are not my father." she hissed.
"Oh Diana, I'm hurt. Looks like you'll need to be taught a lesson. Oh Joker."
The twisted clown walked in with a doctor's coat on and a black bag in his hands. Wonder woman felt her breath hitch in her throat, but she refused to show her fear. Joker looked at her with a huge grin on his face and opened up his black bag.
"Hmmm. Which of my toys should I use on Wondy?" the villain pondered. After a few minutes of searching through it, the clown smiled even wider as he found the item he was looking for. Joker pulled out a two jumper cables connected to a yellow box and attached them to Diana's metal chains. The princess watched him carefully as he pulled out a sponge and waved it in front of her face.
"Is that supposed to scare me?" she asked, in a mocking tone.
The clown frowned deeply and looked at Hades. The God of the Underworld nodded and crossed his arms over his chest. The villain placed the sponge on her stomach and Diana screamed as electricity flowed through her veins. Joker chuckled at the warrior's misery and pressed it harder onto her stomach. She gritted her teeth as she looked up at her father's smug expression.
"Are you going to apologize to me little girl?" he whispered, in her ear.
"Never."
This made Hades angrier and he turned to Joker quickly.
"Turn it up."
The villain obeyed and turned up the dial on the yellow box. Wonder woman screamed to the top of her lungs as the electricity felt like fire flowing through her. Hades stooped down to her level and grabbed her chin so that she could look him in the eye.
"One. Last. Chance. Say it!"
Diana glared at him intensely before hissing, "I'm….sorry." through gritted teeth. Hades smiled and gave Joker a signal. The villain sighed and stopped his attack on the heroine. This gave her time to catch her breath. She hated herself for giving in, but she knew she if she didn't then Joker would've killed her.
"Oh Diana. You have grown into such a beautiful woman." he complimented.
"What do you want?"
"I wanted to rebuild the family that your mother tore apart 27 years ago. Since Daniel wasn't too thrilled to see me, I figured you wouldn't be either. So I took you."
The princess's eyes widened at her brother's name and looked up at him.
"Wait. You talked to Daniel?"
"Talked? Please, who do you think brought him back to life using that mystic gem?"
So Hades was behind all of this. The question was, how did he get two gems of life and what was he going to do to her?
"I'm guessing you're the person behind our visions too right?" Diana asked.
Hades grinned at her and chuckled deeply.
"Beauty and brains. That'll take you far in life." Hades said, still smiling.
"You'll get away with killing the team. The League will stop you."
"Oh Diana. Who said anything about me killing the team?"
Back with the League
Blackout walked over to the large computer and started typing on the keyboard. After a few minutes of his fingers flying across the keyboard, pictures of Diana, Queen Hippolyta and a man with long black hair and blue eyes. He turned to the other leaguers with his arms crossed over his chest.
"27 years ago, my mother, Queen Hippolyta was very lonely in her palace, so she went out and found herself a mate. His name was Hades. He is the God of the Underworld and the overseer of the undead. The two of them fell madly in love and they were intimate. Soon my mother found herself pregnant and 9 months later, she gave birth to two child. Me and my little sister Diana. Of course she adored Diana, but she despised me. She couldn't get over the fact that I was born a male and she blamed my father for it. So she threw both of us off of the island. Hades knew he couldn't take care of a child, so he abandoned me in man's world. Thus my journey to villainy began. I never thought I would see my father, until today. He is the one who planted the bomb which was created by Joker." Daniel explained.
Everyone in the room paled slightly and looked at very confused.
"Joker? But Joker's dead." Superman said, in complete disbelief.
"So you all thought, or hoped. My father gave Joker a gem of life as payment for helping him kidnap Diana. By trying to track the gem's magic, you all fell right into their trap."
"That is impossible! There is only one Efil fo Meg, not two!" Zatara exclaimed, stepping closer to Blackout.
"So you were told."
The magician raised an eyebrow at his response and watched as Blackout tapped his fingers on the keyboard once more. After a few seconds, a picture of a double sided gem of life.
"Most of what you were told was true. The sorcerers did use a spell to send the gem to unknown location, but before they did that, they broke the gem in half causing it's magic to be split equally between both pieces. They then sent both pieces to different corners of the world, hoping that they would never be found. And even if one was found, then the other would be safe. Sadly, that hope was crushed."
Zatara sighed heavily and rubbed the bridge of his nose. How could the story that had been passed down for decades be so inaccurate? Batman gave his signature Batglare as he looked at the villain. There was still one question that needed to be answered.
"If the gem of life was supposed to be hidden, how did you get it?' he asked.
Blackout sighed heavily and clenched his fists together. The Dark Knight saw what looked like emotion in Daniel's eyes. He rubbed the back of his neck as he began to talk.
"My father gave it to me. I don't know why."
"Maybe it was an early reward for killing the team." Green Arrow hissed, not trying to hide his anger.
Daniel's eyes widened and he held his hands up as if he was surrendering.
"You think I did that to your sidekicks?" he asked.
He got his answer when everyone in the room glared at him.
"Before you all jump at any more conclusions, you all need to see this."
Blackout held his hands and his eyes started to glow. Before anyone could question what he was doing, they were all thrust into another vision.
Zatanna was running as fast as her legs could take her. Her white shirt was ripped and her hair was matted with sweat. The young magician ran into a room and locked the door behind her.
"I should be safe. For now."
The teen started walking further into the room, looking over her shoulder every few seconds. As Zatanna walked from behind a large crate, she saw fresh droplets of blood on the ground. The young magician walked from behind the crate with shaky hands and immediately paled at what she saw. Artemis was pinned against the wall on the other side of the room by the metal arrow in her chest. The blood that dripped from her lips was leaving a small puddle at her feet.
Zatanna had to cover her mouth to keep herself from screaming. She ran over to Artemis and pressed two fingers to her neck. The teen whimpered and slammed her fist against the wall. She let the tears roll down her face and closed Artemis's open eyes.
"I'm so sorry. I should've went with you." she whimpered.
Zatanna so busy crying for her best friend that she didn't see the shadow walk up behind her. It placed each hand on either side of her head. Before she could even react, the figure twisted her head, breaking the girl's neck. She was dead before she hit the room. Zee laid on the ground, staring up the figure with pale, blue eyes.
"Goodbye Zatanna." the figure said, coldly.
Everyone was thrust back to reality as the vision ended. Zatara was shaking with tears rolling down his face. He just watched his little dove die. Icon's eyes immediately widened as he realized who the voice belonged to.
"Oh no."
With the Team
The members of the Team had decided to do some bonding by watching Monster Inc on tv. Black Canary watched them from the kitchen, hoping that it would ease their minds. She smiled as they laughed at Sully spraying cleaning solution in his own eye. The road to recovery was going to be hard, but they were starting to make progress. The heroine was about to walk out of the room when she felt some hit her in the back of her neck.
Dinah immediately felt dizzy and fell to the ground. She weakly plucked the object from her neck before giving into unconsciousness. Before any of the team members could react, the figure threw a knock out pellet at them and surrounded the teens with a force field. They pounded on the light blue field as the gas quickly filled the air around them. After a few seconds, the members of the team drifted into unconsciousness. The force field disappeared and the young heroes fell to the ground with a soft thud. The figure observed the seven teens and their teacher as they laid sleeping on the ground. It immediately walked over to the zeta beam and started typing on the virtual computer. After a few seconds, the beam glowed a bright yellow and Hades slowly walked through the beam. The figure kneeled down in front of Hades and watched as the villain examined the unconscious heroes. He chuckled and patted the figure's head.
"You have done good work here, Rocket."
Dun, dun, dunnnn! Please review! P.S Pm me with an idea for why she betrayed the team. =)
