Chapter 103: Cat
"How are you feeling?" Selina asked as she sat next to Bruce. He was lying in bed covered in bandages and looked worse for wear, but knowing him, he would probably say something pithy.
"About as good as I can be, considering the circumstances." Bruce answered.
That surprised her, usually Bruce did not admit when he was in pain. "What happened?" She asked. Clark had told her what had happened or the bare bones of it, but she wanted to know the full scale of the issue from Bruce.
"We got called to Titans Tower because Cassie couldn't get a hold of Conner. When we got there, we found Clark fighting Constantine and Zatanna. Other members of the Resistance where there as well. Then things went sideways." Bruce said.
"Sideways? How?" Selina asked.
"Zeus appeared." Bruce said.
Selina blinked. "Who?"
"Zeus." Bruce replied.
"Zeus as in the Greek King of the Gods?" Selina asked. "Zeus, he who had defeated the Titans and sired Hercules?"
Bruce looked at her in surprise and Selina blushed, she may not have been the best student in school but she had paid attention. "Yes, that Zeus."
"What was he doing there?" Selina asked.
"He and Constantine had struck an agreement." Bruce replied sighing. "And he took control of Shazam."
"Took control of him how?" Selina asked.
"He used the fact that Shazam draws most of his powers from Zeus' will to turn Shazam against us. He started fighting us. He immobilised Diana and myself." Bruce said. "He then fought Clark."
Selina had heard the rest of this story from Diana. Clark and Shazam had fought a brutal battle which had ended with Zeus giving Clark a choice, either he killed Shazam and allowed his friends to live or he didn't and Zeus would kill them all. Clark had reluctantly chosen the former. "And then what?"
Bruce sighed. "Everything's gone to shit. Clark's not left the Fortress of Solitude in a week, and Diana's under pressure. The others don't trust her because of her father."
"They can't honestly think she knew anything about what her father was planning on doing." Selina said. "We both know she didn't have a relationship with Zeus." Diana had made that quite clear to Selina when they'd spoken to one another.
"She doesn't, but still, it does seem a bit odd." Bruce replied.
"How so?" Selina asked.
"Her old flame reappeared after supposedly being dead for sixty years. There's only a few people who could've brought him back. Fate doesn't do such things, Zatanna doesn't know anything about him or Diana, and so that leaves the Greek Gods." Bruce said.
"So, you think that they did this to try and tempt Diana?" Selina asked.
"Yes." Bruce said.
Selina could see it, if Diana loved this man as much as Selina loved Bruce she could see how she would be tempted. "So, what happens now?" Selina asked.
Bruce sighed. "Now we're going to have to rebuild and regroup. The Greek Gods are going to try something again, I can feel it in my bones, so we're going to need to be prepared for that. We also need to hunt down the resistance."
"Right." Selina said. "So, you want me to use my contacts to find out where they're hiding?"
"No." Bruce replied. "I want you to get in touch with Kate."
"Kane?!" Selina exclaimed. "She's working for them."
"On my orders." Bruce said. "I need you to contact her and get her to pass the information she gets to you. You're to then sow discord amongst the rats of the street. Can you do that?"
Selina nodded. "I can."
"Good." Bruce said, he fell silent then and Selina took his hand and sat with him in silence.
