A transition chapter for what happens next.

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Artemis, in civilian clothes, was having a coffee in a restaurant, when she sensed something dreadful had occurred as she felt a bond she hadn't felt in a while. It was impossible…

Later, Middle East

Artemis, in Amazon clothes, travelled throughout the desert as she approached a fellow Amazon from Bana-Mighdall.

"Eliana. What has happened?" Artemis asked.

"Someone… a witch… she has stolen your sister's ashes. And I can feel it… she…" Eliana was lost for words as Artemis paled, her worst nightmare coming true.

"No… that's not possible…"

"It is. And our scouts confirmed that she led an army of the dead to lay waste to Nanda Parbat." Eliana explained.

"Where is she now?" Artemis asked.

"Our scouts have spotted her two days from here in southern peninsula."

Artemis travelled to a nearby city, which had been turned into flaming ruins as she was reliving the horror, when her sister had lost her sanity the last time.

"Dear Goddess, not again…"

"Look who we have here." One of the mercenaries said as she grabbed some women from a nearby ruined house.

"Let me go. Please."

"We should have some fun. What say you?" Another mercenary said.

"Yeah. There wasn't much we could scavenge, so I'll settle for—"

"Cease your mischief this instant!" Artemis shouted as she neared them as the mercenaries turned to her, confused.

"Oh, looks like another one wants to join us." One of the mercenaries said, smiling.

"What's the matter, lady? Wanna play?"

"I think you won't like my rules." Artemis said, summoning her bow as she shot one of them in the head as the flaming arrow incinerated him into ashes.

"Oh, crap, it's that Amazon bitch!" The mercenaries realized as they opened fire at her. Artemis dodged with her godlike speed before she threw the mercenaries away like ragdolls. One of the mercenaries fired an RPG and Artemis grabbed the missile and threw it away.

The mercenaries started to run before a man in black and orange mask and blue-plated body armor with a belt of grenades and holstered guns, holding a sword showed up on a bike, shooting them down before Deathstroke neared one of the mercenaries, who was lying on the ground before Deathstroke grabbed him by his jacket, lifting him in the air. "I'm looking for Kane Wolfman. Where is he?"

"I don't know who are you talking about." The mercenary denied and in response, Deathstroke jammed his sword into the mercenary's shoulder as the he screamed in pain.

"The Jackals. Ring any bells?" Deathstroke snarled, clearly running out of patience.

"Alright! Alright! There was a Kane Wolfman here!" The mercenary cried out in pain. "He paid us for salvaging some artifacts from nearby ruins! That's all I know!"

"Thank you." Slade said before slamming the mercenary to the ground, knocking him out before he turned to Artemis, eying her. "Amazon. Never thought I'd see one."

"Slade Wilson." Artemis bowed.

"Artemis. I've heard about you. What brings you here?" Slade inquired.

"My sister. She has returned and is causing trouble again." Artemis explained.

Slade drove with Artemis in a car as they rode down the desert..

"Akila and I have been best friends since childhood. We grew up together, fought together, trained together, to become the chief warrior of our tribe. She had been chosen and she foolishly attempted to use the bow of Ra. An ancient artifact, a powerful weapon chosen for the strongest of Bana-Mighdall. But Akila had been driven mad by its power." Artemis explained, with a sad look in her eyes.

Slade sighed, recognizing the look, suspecting what happened next, seeing the similarity to his and Oliver's history. "I'm going to guess. She killed countless of innocents and you had to kill her." He said, not ungently but more in sympathy.

Artemis nodded. "Diana of Themyscira and I had to put her down. Twice. And the bow has chosen me. I thought I could help Akila, when I found out the first time that she had survived but… I couldn't. And now she's back."

"Seems to be a recurring theme with you. You and your sister. You and I are not dissimilar. We are both haunted by our pasts. There was a time I had been injected with the serum, which stripped me of my sanity and I wanted to hurt my friend."

"I am familiar with your past with the Mirakuru. But I'm not sure it's the same thing."

"Isn't it? You feel responsible for what your best friend, your sister-in-arms, is doing because she had lost her mind. Just like how the kid felt responsible for what I had done."

"Perhaps." Artemis noted, knowing Slade had a point. "Roy has asked me where did I go but this is my burden, not anyone else's."

"Just because it's your responsibility, it does not mean you need to do this alone." Slade pointed out. "And I understand why you're feeling the way you do but you shouldn't feel like you are responsible for what she is doing. You need to forgive yourself for failing her and your people."

"I…" Artemis sighed. "That's what Roy, Dick and Oliver keep telling me but I'm not sure if I can."

"It's the hardest thing in the whole world." Slade explained and Artemis turned to him, acknowledging he had a point and seeing that he was referring to himself as well as she considered.

In a nearby valley, one of the mercenaries saw Slade and Artemis in a car as he pulled out his radio.

"We have a situation."

"Deathstroke and Artemis? Here?" Lawton demanded as he paled.

"She may be an Amazon but let's see her beat Atlantean tech." A black man said as he patched up his suit and turned to the helmet with a size of a manta with red lenses. "Kane. Move the artifacts ASAP. We have uninvited guests. We are going to deal with them."

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