It was like talking with a whale. I didn't think I'd ever meet anyone who would out Bat the Bat, and she didn't, but Amanda Waller was damn close. Yes, she was supposed to be dead, killed by Ellie in Hamilton's secret lab. It would seem we weren't the only one's being cloned, though whether she occured before or after the death, I couldn't be certain.
"Of course you realize, that once you're in, you're in for the long haul, until we take down the Justice League." Waller spoke, leaning forwards on her desk, hands folded, entire weight resting on her elbows.
"Of course. I'm not stupid." I answered. "I don't need the attitude. I already agreed to help you."
"Yes, well... you were a member in good standing for a quite a while. We must be certain of you." Waller replied. "And I know just how."
Ten minutes later, I was standing in front of a mirror, in which was contained a rather odd looking woman. She stared at me intently, and Waller leaned against the wall off to one side.
"He is fighting me." The woman, who I was introduced to as Tala pronounced after a moment.
"Why?" Waller asked.
"My defenses are very powerful, and very old. It's hard to bring them all down at one time." I fought to bring down my defenses, and found some I could not take down. "I can't reach some areas, their simply to powerful to control."
"Enough is open to me. He is true and sincere." Tala announced a few minutes later. She withdrew, and my defenses snapped back into place. They reacted over zealously, and cracked the mirror. "Take care, if this mirror is destroyed, so too am I."
"I apologize, allow me." The mirror vibrated slightly, as I passed a hand along the crack, and repaired it.
"Alright, that's good enough." Waller snorted. "I expect you'll turn over everything you know about your former colleagues."
"I parted the League on less than perfect terms. Understand one thing. I am working with you, because the league is too powerful for it's own good. They begin to think themselves as gods, and I cannot stand for that. I am going against my own master in this, and he is not someone to cross lightly. I will give you information as the situation requires, but I will not just confess everything." I replied instantly, and in the tone of voice for which there was no mistake.
"Oh, I think you will." Waller replied.
"Really, and what makes you think you can control me, when the league failed?" I asked quietly.
"Simple, remember that drink I offered you?" I nodded. "I laced it with explosive nanites. Unless you'd like your head blown from your body, I think we should discuss your former colleagues."
"So blow it." I shrugged. "I know it's an empty threat, because if I die, it all goes up with me. And besides, you need me. Tala is still powerful and knowledgeable, but without a physical form, she's useless. And most guards haven't the belief or consumate ability to perform needed incantations." I smiled. I knew she wouldn't do it, but I had disarmed the nanites internally anyway. I wasn't in the mood to test my own theory.
"I hate you." Was all Waller said. She turned, and stalked away.
"You were bluffing, weren't you?" Tala asked. I nodded. "Like me, you disarmed the nanites." I nodded again. "Then maybe, you're a worthy pupil after all."
"So I've been told." I replied. "So I've been told."