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Selene left Wally's apartment feeling strangely guilty. She had gone there behind Jason's back, which was sure to cause some sort of fight between them, and she had dragged someone she used to care deeply for into her problems. Selene sighed and rubbed her arms feeling cold. If only Jason had been more understanding…she looked down. Wally seemed to be the only person in the world who understood how much it meant to her to get her friend back. As she turned at the corner of the street and headed towards the shopping district of Central City, Selene felt her phone vibrating in her pocket. She was surprised to find five missed calls…all of them from Jason.

She hit the redial button wondering why she hadn't noticed her phone ringing. Maybe, a small part of her whispered because Wally had all your focus… she shook the thought from her mind as Jason answered the phone. She brightened and sat down on a bus bench. "Hey Jason, you were trying to call me?"

Instead of the warm response she had been expecting Selene blinked in surprise as Jason ground out on the other end, "Where the hell have you been? Why would you have Kory drop you off in Central City?"

"I….I had to take care of a few errands," Selene replied with a mental wince. It wasn't a lie really, talking to someone in their apartment could constitute as an errand.

"I see." Jason said coolly. "Did these errands have anything to do with your exboyfriend who happens to live in that area?"

Immediately Selene felt anger rising up inside of her. "What exactly are you implying Jason?"

"I think you know exactly what I'm implying."

"Well, I did come to see a man." Selene said hotly. "But not for the reasons you're implying! I…I came to speak to the Flash." She admitted. "He was willing to listen to my concerns! And since he's part of the league he can help me stop Wildfire!"

There was an angry hiss on the other end and Selene could almost see Jason's jaw clenched. "I thought we had discussed this," he bit out. "The league can handle Wildfire. We have our own business to take care of!"

"No, you discussed it!" Selene cried out. "You didn't even give me a chance to give my opinion on the matter. Wildfi…Tegan is my friend and I have to do whatever I can to set things right and make everything go back to as close to normal as possible."

Jason let out a bitter chuckle, "You can be so naïve. Do you really think that just because you want something you can have it? Grow up Selene before the world takes your dreams and smashes them into pieces." There was a long moment of silence as Selene stood there gaping at what Jason had just said. Before she could form a response he continued, his tone rushed. " I'm getting another call. Send me your location so that Roy can retrieve you; he's in the area."

"I don't need you or your…your…POSSE to come help me!" Selene snapped. "I can get myself back to your base!" It was several moments before she realized that he had already hung up. Angrily she thrust her cell phone into her pocket and stomped off towards the stores. She had been heading that way to catch a taxi but maybe she would stay awhile longer to blow off some steam. Screw Jason. Who needed a man when there was retail therapy?

In a suburb just outside of Central City, Roy Harper walked through the aisles of an antique shop. He had been passing through hurrying to get back to the Outlaws when he had spotted the store and decided to stop. Starfire didn't ask for much out of their relationship but Roy knew she enjoyed the older and more delicate items she had seen on earth. As he browsed a shelf containing vases, his phone rang. Absently he answered the phone. "Yo."

"You really have to work on your greeting," an irritated Jason replied.

Roy rolled his eyes and looked at the price on a vase. "Yeah, whatever. Do you need something? I should be back in about two hours."

Without hesitation Jason said, "I need you to pick up Selene. She's in Central City."

"Uh, sure I guess I could. Where is she?"

This time, Jason hesitated. "I'm not sure…I just know she's there."

Roy scowled at the price of the vase and continued on his way. Shifting the phone to his other ear he said warily, " Is this a domestic issue? I'm not getting involved in something like that."

"Just do it!" Jason snapped.

"Look dude," Roy started as he eyed some figurines. "I'm busy at the moment. Besides it's my night off; why don't you go and pick her up if you're so concerned?"

"If you don't do this I'm going to tell Starfire what really happened between you and Jade two months ago."

Roy cursed. "Fine! I'll do it, jeez…" He hung up and dialed Selene's number. When the call went to voicemail he shrugged. "Whatever, at least I tried."

Two hours later, Selene was walking down the street in the Central City shopping district with a small bag hanging from her wrist. She had been too preoccupied with the thoughts of Jason and Wally swirling through her mind. On one had she had Jason; a man who, generally, treated her well and helped her a time when all seemed hopeless. He had taught her how to defend herself and had opened up a world of possibilities for her. He was skilled with his body in other ways too. Selene's face heated up. Not that that was at the top of her list but it was important…especially considering how Wally made her feel.

She hadn't thought about Jason once while she had been in the redhead's company. And even as she had talked with him about Tegan a small part of her had remained aware of every movement he made. The quirk of Wally's lips as he smiled, the way his lean muscles had looked beneath his shirt, the long tapered fingers that had brushed against her hand…

Selene shook her head and tried to force the handsome redhead out of her head. She sighed heavily and started to cross the street when she heard screaming. Pausing at the cross walk she turned in the direction she had come and saw people running frantically in her direction. She didn't have to wait long to find out why. In his customary purple and blue battle suit came Lex Luthor. Destroying store fronts and tossing cars. At his side was someone who looked familiar, but at a distance Selene couldn't tell who it was.

Not wishing to meet an early death Selene began to run in the opposite direction but Luthor moved quickly. Realizing she would never make it if she continued on a straight path, Selene cut back across the street and dove into an alley way. Safe for the time being, she peered around the corner and her heart sped up as Luthor was suddenly thrown backwards by a well aimed punch from non other than Superman.

The man of steel floated majestically in the air, his arms crossed and looking angry. "Luthor! I'm only going to warn you once; if you don't stop this madness I'll be forced to take you in…possibly by force!"

Luthor chuckled insolently. "I've learned some new tricks since we last met Superman. This time you're going to be the one experiencing pain!"

"What makes you think you can beat me this time?" Superman asked, his tone curious and the smile on his face mocking. "Don't you get tired of losing?"

The look on Luthor's face was ugly and the force of hatred and anger it conveyed caused Selene to touch a hand to her mouth. When he spoke his words sounded ominous. "Every loss has led me to this moment. The moment where I and the rest of those like me put an end to the Justice League!"

Selene watched in horror as several figures emerged from behind Luthor. Although she did not recognize all of them, she could see that Giganta, the woman who had been living in the same place as Tegan, and the sinister Electro Master were there. The only relief Selene felt was when she realized that Tegan was not there. As the villains stepped forward she noted that all of them sported metal collars around their neck similar to the one she had seen Tegan wearing. But unlike the slim one her friend wore these were thicker and seemed to have a design on them.

Superman smiled in amusement at the villains gathering around Luthor. "Seems like this party is unevenly matched. Good thing I brought my friends too." He finished the statement by jerking his thumb over his shoulder at the rest of the Justice League who appeared behind him.

As the two teams went against each other Selene moved deeper down into the alley and pulled out her cell phone. As much as she hated to, she would have to call Jason and ask him to send Roy to pick her up. There was no way she could get herself out of this mess.

Jason heard the phone ring but was oblivious to the sound. He stared blankly at the wall in front of him; his face deathly pale. The phone went silent but several minutes later began to ring again. The man barely blinked as Starfire stormed into the room. Planting her hands on her shapely hips she demanded, "Will you not be answering that? It is disturbing my peace!"

When he didn't reply Starfire narrowed her eyes and walked up to him. "What is the matter? This is most unlike you."

The words fell from Jason's lips making him feel sicker. "Damian…he's dead."

Starfire recoiled at his statement. "No! You mustn't say such things about the Tiny Robin. That is a cruel joke."

"Do you really think I would joke about something like that?" Jason shouted. Without realizing it he was on his feet and his fist was in the wall. "Damn it!" He leaned his forehead against the wall and ignored the aching in his head. God…he was such a failure. Sure Damian didn't like him and he hadn't been too fond of the younger boy but Jason hadn't wanted him to die. Not like this. He flinched as slim arms wrapped around him from behind.

Leaning her forehead against his back, Starfire said gently, "It is alright if you wish to weep. I shall keep it a secret."

Jason relaxed and as the tears began to drip down his face he reasoned that he was due for at least one cry in his adulthood.

Shit shit shit shit! The curse echoed throughout Roy's head as he watched the news helicopters circling over Central City. Several large booms were heard and smoke began to drift upwards. Currently the young man was standing outside of the store, his arms filled with packages. He hadn't been able to decide on just one thing to get Kory. Quickly he moved to his arm and popped the trunk, dumping the packages inside unceremoniously.

"Damn it all!" Roy cursed again. Jason was going to rip him a new one when he realized that Roy had never gone to get Selene. Feeling worried about the newest member of the group, Roy reached into trunk, past the bags and grabbed his quiver. Getting killed in the city while searching for Selene was preferable to Jason finding out he goofed up.

When Jason didn't answer, Selene calmly put her phone back in her pocket. She took a deep breath…alright she could do this. Hadn't she escaped with Tegan and Aaron a few months ago from that crazy battle outside of the benefit? A pang of sadness hit her as she thought of her friends. So much had changed. A chunk of concrete landing beside her knocked Selene out of her funk. Without hesitating she ran out of the alleyway and raced down the street away from where the battle was taking place. Around her, running in the same direction, were stragglers who had been too engrossed in the Justice League's arrival to think about escaping.

A man who looked around her age raced wildly ahead but came to a sudden stop as he hit what seemed to be an invisible barrier. His scream echoed down the street as electricity coursed through his body. Several others who were going too fast to stop experienced a similar fate. Selene and the others stopped in horror and stared at the blackened and still bodies of the people who had just been with them.

Grabbing a fist sized stone from the ground; Selene threw it forward and felt herself tremble slightly as it exploded in a shower of sparks. The others near her began a panicked murmur that quieted at the bone chilling laugh echoing from behind them. They all turned and watched the scene unfolding before them.

Superman aimed another punch at his arch nemesis and yelled, "Give it up Lex! There's no point when you're just going to lose again!"

Lex straightened and powered up a special gun attached to the end of the robot arm. "You're wrong Superman; This ti…" his voice ended in a strangled cry as the collar around his throat began to glow. Abruptly he dropped to his knees and clawed at his throat. It was no use; the collar would not budge.

Superman watched as it began to spark and being the person he was, he reached out to grab the collar. The moment his hand connected with the metal he was thrown backwards. He hit the side of the building as he righted himself he realized that all the villains were experiencing similar moments of distress. "Diana; what's going on?"

Wonder Woman, who had been fighting Cheetah, flew over to him and replied, "I'm not sure. The only one not experiencing anything seems to be him. She pointed down to where one of the villains; a man in metal, stood. An evil smirk covered his face and barely controlled laughter spilled from his lips.

As the affected villains collapsed the man let out a bone chilling laugh. He raised his arms up and cried out, "Let the world see now how useless their heroes really are! Rise my army and gather to you the new recruits!"

Slowly and in unison the villains stood and Hawkgirl exchanged glances with Green Lantern. The villains' eyes were all a deep red colour, their faces blank from any expression. Around their necks the collars glowed dimly. It was only then that Green lantern noticed that around each of the villains' waists hung a pouch. In unison they reached for the bags and each of them pulled out metal collar.

"Damn it!" He swore. "They're going to try to turn us into one of them!"

Hawkgirl growled and raised her morning star high above her head. "I'm not afraid of them!" she cried out.

Green Lantern tried to grab her arm but it was too late. Hawkgirl swooped down with a battle cry and aimed her weapon at the head of Giganta. Instead of connecting, the same force that had sent Superman flying caused the morning star to bounce harmlessly away from giganta. Hawkgirl tried again to attack but she found herself immobilized by Sinestro's ring. Green Lantern flew downward, shouting, but it was too late. Ginganta slid one of the collars around Hawkgirl's throat.

Immediately, Hawkgirl cried out in pain as the collar glowed brightly and did to her what it did to the others. Green Lantern reached her and tried to remove the collar but he was sent flying. Helplessly he watched as the glow of the collar dimmed and Hawkgirl turned to face him with red eyes.

Electro Master cackled, "It's no use Green Lantern, Hawkgirl is now ours but don't worry…you'll join her soon enough!" He pointed at the rest of the Justice League and the ones under his control turned their faces slowly I their direction. "Initiate the rest!"

Roy entered the city easily and made his way towards the center of the city where all the ruckus seemed to be come from. Along the way he shouted Selene's name which earned him nothing but a few irritated and curious looks from bystanders who were too curious about the battle to leave the city. He pulled out his cell phone and tired calling Selene's cell phone again. Just as he was giving up there was a click and then a whispered, "Roy?"

Relief made Roy's legs weak and he sagged against a parked car. "Selene! Where are you? Did you leave Central City?"

The relief was short lived as Selene replied in a trembling voice, "No…I'm stuck in the shopping district. The Justice League is here Roy but…" her words were lost in the sounds of an explosion and screams. Roy braced himself against the car as the ground beneath his feet moved. People screamed and he covered his ear with his hand.

"Selene! Are you still there?" He shouted the words into the phone desperately.

There was a moment of silence. "I'm here…Roy there's some sort of electrical barrier surrounding this area." Selene said. "Some people tried to get through but it just electrocuted them to death."

Roy pressed his mouth into a thin line. "Can you give me your coordinates?"

"I'm on…" her voice trailed off and it was a moment before Selene was able to give him the street name. "I'm hidden behind some burned out cars…There's some crazy man who calls himself Electro Master…he's made some sort of army out of villains and he's doing something to make the Justice League members join him." There was the sound of breaking glass and Selene continued in a low voice. "He's already gotten Hawkgirl, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman."

Roy neared her location and saw through the glow of flames and smoke the fight that was going on. He could just barely make out the zooming figure of Flash kicking someone in the face and what appeared to be Superman being flung into a building. "Holy shit. I just reached where you're at; give me a moment." He set the cell phone aside and pulled out his bow and an arrow. Carefully he lined up the arrow and aimed it before him. It shot out from the bow and flew several feet before stopping in mid air and exploding in a shower of sparks. He swore again and picked up the cell phone. "I've just reached your area…I don't think I'll be able to make it in."

Selene said faintly. "Oh God…they got Superman…they've got them all. Roy you need to get help! I-I didn't see Batman or the Martian Manhunter here."

Roy opened his mouth to reply but froze when Selene let out a scream. Before him, through the barrier, he could see the members of the Justice League and others, presumably the villains, snatching people from where they were hidden behind cars and in alley ways. Some were being thrown to the ground like helpless dolls while others were being carried off. "SELENE!"

There was no answer on the other end.

Jason sat on the couch his head resting against Kory's shoulder. The Tamaranian woman had her arm curled around his shoulder and was gently brushing the hair back from his forehead.

"Are you feeling better?" Kory asked softly.

Jason nodded. "Yeah…thanks." He had spent the last two hours on the phone with Alfred and Bruce. Tomorrow he would go down to Wayne Manor to see them and discuss the important things; mainly how to bring down Damian's killer. He yawned and his eyes landed on the clock on the wall opposite of them. A slight frown pulled his lips downwards. "Is that the time?"

Kory stretched languidly beside him and Jason was rewarded with a mouthful of red hair. He groaned in disgust and pulled away from her. She smiled at him. "Yes. It is the time."

"Well your boyfriend is late." Jason said shortly. "He should have been back with Selene by now."

"You worry too much." Kory replied as she slid her body down to rest her head against his leg. "Roy is more than capable of retrieving Selene. They are probably partaking in a meal together."

Absently Jason brushed his fingers through Kory's hair. "That doesn't make you jealous?" he asked slightly amused. "The thought of your boyfriend with another woman?"

Kory shrugged. "It does not matter; he will be in my bed at the end of the day. And I can easily eliminate any real threats."

The conversation faded as they both began to fall asleep but Jason found himself being jerked awake by the loud buzzing noise his cell phone was making on the coffee table. He shifted Kory off of his lap and his lips quirked upwards at her sleepy protest. He answered the phone without looking at the screen. "What? Oh, Roy. Where the hell are you man? Did you get Selene?"

Jason's back stiffened and he leapt to his feet. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S TRAPPED?"

Selene screamed and fought against the person who grabbed her but it was no use. She glanced down and saw a lot of bare, muscular legs, ending in dark boots. She cursed under her breath. It was Wonder Woman who held her. No way was she escaping. The Amazonian woman dragged Selene over to where Electro Master stood on a chunk of broken concrete. Selene was thrown forward and she fell besides some of the other people who had been hiding around her. The ones who hadn't been killed. One by one, Electro Master's "army" brought forth civilians who had been hiding within the area. Soon there was a sizeable group of them.

When the last had been brought forth, Electro Master's arms rose upwards and he declared, "Today, you have witnessed your so called precious heroes defeat. But that is not enough! I shall now expose them as the monsters they truly are! Consider this a preview of things to come." He moved his hand slightly and a blank faced Superman floated forward. "You think the Man of Steel really cares about you? Think again!"

The words had barely left his mouth before Superman's eyes blazed and his heat vision took out three people standing near him. Others in the crowd screamed and Electro Master laughed. "Oh this is too rich. Why don't we make this more interesting. I'll let you cowards live if you make it three blocks away." He rubbed his chin. "I'll even give you a ten second head start just to be 'fair'. Now go!"

Selene didn't hesitate as she turned and ran as fast as she could. Tripping over some cables, she scrambled back up with a broken sob. Was this really how she was going to die?

Will Selene finally meet her end or will she be saved by a man who wears a condom mask? Where are Batman, Martian Manhunter and Wildfire? Will Electro Master be defeated and the Justice League taken out of his grasp or is too late? The answers to all this and more in the conclusion of Fates Intertwined!