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The members of the Justice League materialized through the zeta beam and were immediately shocked by what they saw. Pieces of furniture had been broken and thrown around, the glass on the tv was shattered from Black Canary's scream. There were large dents in the walls from when someone's head impacted with it and there were droplets of blood on the floor. Green Arrow and Red Arrow felt grief and concern wash over them when they saw Dinah's jacket with blood on it.
"Dinah! Where are you?" he called.
Ollie got his answer when he heard a loud whistle from the beams above him. They all looked up and saw Diana holding an unconscious Dinah by her hair. Wonder woman's clothes were all black except for the gold that trimmed her boots and hem of her outfit. The princess smirked at the people below and released the hero from her grip. GA ran over and caught his girlfriend just in time before she impacted with the ground. Diana chuckled evilly and gave her teammates a smile that would scare Joker.
"Pathetic little thing. I took her down with breaking a sweat." she said, jumping down from the beams and landing gracefully on the ground.
The entire League stared at Wonder woman speechlessly as walked towards them. Zatara groaned as he sensed the powerful dark magic coming off of her in waves.
"Diana, why are you doing this?" Oliver asked, still holding Black Canary in his arms.
"It's not her. Her heart has been tainted by dark magic. Probably by Klarion." Zatara stated, rubbing his temples. Diana smirked before walking over to him.
"Aren't you always the clever one? Zatanna's lucky to someone like you in her life. Too bad I have to get rid of you."
Before he could even open his mouth, Wonder woman punched the magician so hard that it sent him flying through the air and he landed against the metal door. The force of the impact created a large crater and he fell to the ground with a loud thud. Flash reacted first and immediately started running circles around Wonder woman. The princess planted her feet firmly on the ground so that she wouldn't float above the ground and watched the speedster as he ran around her. Then she pulled out her lasso and threw it at Barry. The rope wrapped around Flash's neck, causing him to stop suddenly. Diana flew up and spun the speedster around quickly. She let go suddenly, causing Flash to crash into both Green Lanterns and Aquaman.
Red Arrow snuck up behind her and fired an exploding arrow at her. The princess yelled in pain as it exploded against her back and she fell to the ground with a loud thud. Shayera slowly walked over to Diana with her mace in her hand. Just as she was about to check her pulse, Wonder woman's eyes shot open and she swept the legs out from under Hawkwoman. Before she even hit the ground, Diana elbowed her in the ribs and punched her in the face. She recovered from her shock just before she was about to hit the wall. The soldier started hitting her with her mace, but she blocked all the blows with her silver bracelets. Shayera was about to plant another blow when Wonder woman grabbed her mace and held it in an iron tight grip. As Hawkwoman tried to break free of her grip, she kicked her so hard in the stomach that it sent her flying into her husband and straight through the back wall.
Diana smirked and threw the mace into the wall. She was too busy basking that she didn't see Captain Marvel fly up behind. He wrapped arms around hers held her in a bone crushing grip. She groaned loudly as she was unable to get free of his grip. Martain Manhunter flew up to them and glanced at Billy who was having trouble keeping her in his grip.
"I don't know if I can hold her much longer. Do it now." he groaned, through gritted teeth.
J'onn nodded and his eyes started to glow. He grabbed Diana by her chin and made her look at him. The martain went into the princess's mind and tried to free her from Hades's grip. As soon as he tried to reach out to Wonder woman, he was thrown out of her mind without seeing a thing. He groaned loudly and rubbed his throbbing temples. This hesitation gave Diana the opportunity to swing her legs up and hit J'onn in the face and sent him flying to the ground. The princess then removed her arms from Captain Marvel's grip. She elbowed him under him under the chin until he released her waist and grabbed him by the arm. Diana then flung him to the ground and into Green Arrow and Icon.
"Pathetic. Come on heroes, give me a real challenge!" she yelled, floating down to the ground.
Suddenly, Diana was grabbed from behind and spun around quickly. When she was released, she flew into the flat screen tv, causing it to break. She looked up and saw Superman walked towards her.
"Finally. A real challenge." she hissed, smiling.
Wonder woman got up and went to punch him in the face, but he caught her fist and twisted her arm behind her back.
"Diana, snap out of it. We're your friends." he said, holding her arm in an iron tight grip.
The amazon warrior laughed deeply before wriggling her arm out of his grip and slamming him into a nearby wall by his neck.
"Friends? Oh please. They're just worthless meat bags, waiting to be destroyed. But you're different Clark. You're special. I consider you a worthy warrior. Join me Kal-El and together, we will rule over these world. With my father by our side, we will be unstoppable. What do you say, Clark? Will you join me?"
"No way."
The princess frowned slightly and exhaled deeply.
"Fine Clark, I gave you your chance. Now you die with the others."
With that, Diana a piece of kryptonite out of her pocket and shoved it in the hero's face. Clark immediately paled and fell to his knees. Beads of sweat began to form on his brow as she moved to closer to his face. The man's heart rate was accelerating and his head was starting to spin. Wonder woman smirked at his misery and patted his head. She suddenly heard a loud beeping sound and turned to see a batarang lying on the ground next to her. Before she could even react, the weapon exploded and sent her flying a couple feet away.
Diana slowly pushed herself up on her elbows and watched as Batman placed the piece of kryptonite in his utility belt and helped Superman to his feet. The man immediately collapsed to the ground again and feel into unconsciousness. Bruce looked up and saw Diana smirking at him.
"Diana, you have to fight it." he said, slowly walking towards her.
"The only thing I need to fight is you."
With that, Wonder woman came at him as fast as she could. Bruce dodged her blows with ease and kneed her in stomach. She momentarily stopped her attack on him as all the air left her lungs. This hesitation gave the Dark Knight time to pull out his tazer and electrocute her. Wonder woman screamed in pain as electricity filled her veins. It made Bruce's heart ache to see his princess in pain, but he knew he didn't have any other choice. Diana forced her eyes open and grabbed the black wire that was attached to her clothes. She pulled it roughly, causing Bruce to be thrown forward. She then grabbed him by his Kevlar vest and threw him to the ground before he could crash into her.
Diana straddled the Dark Knight's waist and wrapped her slender fingers around his neck. His air supply was instantly cut off and he struggled to breathe. It felt as his air pump was being crushed. He tried to loosen her grip, but it was no use.
"D-diana, p-please." he choked out, as black dots started to dance across his vision.
She chuckled deeply before leaning close to his face.
"Sorry, Bruce. The world needs to know that Hades is here and only way I can do that is by killing the almighty Batman."
Bruce started to fell extremely light headed and the edges of his vision were starting to go white. He could feel his strength fading and he slowly let go of her hands. Batman looked up at her with half lidded eyes and took what he thought to be his last breath. Suddenly Wonder woman screamed to the top of her lungs and grabbed her head in pain. Bruce took in as air as he could as soon as she let go of his neck. He watched as she screwed her eyes shut before passing out next to him.
Batman looked up and saw Blackout walking towards him with a large purple bruise on his face. He eyed the hero for a second before giving him his hand. Bruce slowly grabbed it and stood up from the ground. He felt slightly dizzy, but he refused to show it.
"What did you do to her?" Bruce asked, checking her pulse.
"I brain blasted her. J'onn's not the only physic in the room." he said, smirking.
Blackout bent down and picked up his little sister. He smiled at her before brushing a stray piece of hair behind her ear. He walked over to the green couch and placed her gently on the ground. Daniel pulled out two pairs of hand cuffs and attached them to her wrists and ankles. Just as he was doing this, the members of the Justice League were starting to wake up. Flash limped over to him and watched what the villain was doing.
"I don't think those things will hold her." Barry stated, in a raspy voice.
"They will."
"How do you know that?"
"Because they're the same ones I used on her the first time we encountered each other." Blackout stated, looking at the injured heroes.
Superman walked over to Diana's unconscious body and noticed something sticking out of the princess's pocket. He reached inside of it and pulled out a flash drive.
"Could it be from Hades?" Captain Marvel asked, rubbing his chin.
"Let's find out." Batman said, taking the device from Clark and placing it in his wrist computer. A video feed appeared and the screen and who was on the screen shocked everybody. It was Rocket. She was wearing a black halter top with red, yellow and orange flames on the hem with black leather pants and silver and black combat boots.
"Rocket." Batman hissed.
"It's Shadow, Mr. Wayne. Rocket is the old me." she said, with a smirk on her face.
"Raquel, what happened to your brother was a tragedy, but getting revenge is not the answer." Icon said, as calmly as he could.
"You don't get it Augustus. My brother could've been saved if Green Arrow had kept his big mouth shut!"
Ollie bit his lip and looked down at him feet. Dinah instantly put a hand on her boyfriend's shoulder.
"Now since he took something from me, I took something from you all."
The camera turned away from Shadow and focused on the dark figures behind her. A light flashed on and revealed the figures to be the team. They were all chained to a wall with varies injuries covering their bodies. Artemis was the worst of the bunch. Her costume was ripped and crimson blood slowly dripped from her lips. A large purple bruise surrounded her right eye and there was a large smiley face brand on her side. Shadow walked over to the archer and attached electric wires to her chains. The teen whimpered when her former teammate pulled out a wet sponge.
"P-please. Don't." she begged, shaking her head.
Shadow smiled widely before placing the wet sponge on her stomach. Artemis screamed as the electricity filled her body. She started to spasm as the sponge as pressed harder against her stomach.
"Artemis!" Wally yelled, trying to break free of his chains.
Shadow glared at him before reaching his hand out towards him. Wally's mouth and nostrils disappeared and he struggled to breathe.
"Stop it! Leave him alone!" Flash yelled, at the screen.
She just turned to the camera and shook her head with a huge smile on her face. Kid Flash's eyes began to roll in the back of his head and he started struggling less and less. Green Arrow walked over to Batman's screen and glared at Shadow.
"Ro-Shadow, please stop! I'll do anything." Ollie begged.
The villain rolled her eyes and dropped her hand and the sponge. Artemis gave a huge sigh of relief and Wally's mouth and nostrils reappeared. He coughed loudly and took in as much air as he could. Shadow then turned back to the camera.
"You caused this mess Green Arrow and you're going to fix it."
"How?"
"Simple. Find the punk who killed my brother and bring him to me. If you do this in time, I'll let the team go. But if you don't, I'll kill them all, one by one, starting with the little archer girl." Shadow said, punching Artemis in her stomach.
"Ok, ok! I'll do it. Just leave Artemis alone."
Shadow walked away from the severely injured girl and blocked the League's view of the team.
"You have until midnight tomorrow. Go!"
With that final instruction, the screen went blank.
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