Fight Club - Part 1

Roulette stared down at the arena from her office, disgust written across her face. At one time, the Meta Brawl tournament had been the most talked about event in the criminal underworld. Now she was lucky if she even had fighters! Ever since the Justice Society had shut down her previous club, it had all gone downhill.

She turned away from the pathetic scene, feeling another headache coming on. She sat down and sighed. There had to be a way to restore the Meta Brawl's former glory.

The door to her office burst open. Two guards tumbled through the doorway, now unconscious. Roulette stood and prepared to defend herself.

"So. I heard you've been having some financial trouble lately."

Roulette scowled when she saw the source of the voice. "What do you want, Ivy?"

Poison Ivy stepped inside and office and smiled, "I have a proposition I think you'll like."

Batman frowned. He wasn't usually one to get frustrated, but this was testing his patience. He was perched on the building across from an abandoned warehouse. Or it was supposed to be abandoned, at least. Two-Face and a few thugs had been using the building as a base, but Batman had discovered them.

Nightwing was allegedly meeting up with him, but the former Robin still hadn't shown up. This was the third time in two weeks that Nightwing hadn't shown when Batman needed him. And Batman didn't often need anyone.

After waiting for half an hour, Batman descended to the street below, hoping Nightwing had a very good reason for not showing.

Kara Kent sat in the small coffee shop and put her drink down with a sigh. Jamie was supposed to meet her here almost and hour ago, and still no sign of him.

One of the female workers who was sweeping near her gave her a sympathetic look. "Men," the worker muttered.

A small smile tugged at Kara's lips. "I know." Just as she was getting up to leave, Jamie burst into the shop.

"I'm so sorry! Please don't go," he pleaded, grabbing her hand. "I took a quick nap, but forgot to set my alarm."

Kara smiled. "It's okay, I'm just glad you're here."

As Jamie got up to order a coffee, Kara couldn't help notice he looked exhausted, even though he claimed to have been sleeping. Something about his story didn't sit well with her, but she decided to let it go.

Jamie sat down and took a sip of his coffee. "So how's the farm?"

They talked for about forty minutes when suddenly Jamie stood up.

"I have to go, I'll call you!" He rushed out the door before she could even respond.

Okay, something's wrong, Kara thought.

She stood and left, determined to get to the bottom of the situation.

J'onn J'onzz stared at the monitor in front of him, transfixed. The data displayed an inarguable truth. Heroes were disappearing. Granted, it was only for short amounts of time, but still.

Reports from the Justice League, Titans, Justice Society, and even large organizations such as Checkmate all indicated certain heroes were disappearing, and then reappearing after days.

Batman had brought the matter to J'onn's attention after Nightwing had failed to meet Batman on several occasions. The Titans had also reported Nightwing had not been showing up for missions or at the Tower at all. J'onn had even visited Nightwing's apartment himself, and had discovered nothing had been touched in days.

Some of the League's members had disappeared as well. Lois Lane had contacted J'onn and asked if Superman was on a mission she didn't know about since he hadn't shown up at the apartment for days.

J'onn knew there was a pattern between all these disappearances. What he didn't know was what it all meant.

The crowd roared as the two combatants rose from the arena floor. Fire and Ice pumped up the crowd as they prepared for battle.

Fire's body erupted into green flame as she took flight. Seeing an opportunity, Ice formed blasts of pure cold in her hands. She shot them into the air, aiming for Fire. The Brazilian hero managed to avoid most of the blasts, but Ice finally hit her.

Fire's body began to grow a cover of ice as she plummeted to the ground, unable to keep herself aloft. Her landing was less than graceful, allowing Ice to coat her in a thick layer of ice. Inside her frozen prison, Fire's eyes blazed.

With a cry of rage, Fire shattered her restraints. She rose and directed two streams of fire at Ice. Ice countered with twin blasts of cold.

As the heat and cold met, a cloud of steam began to rise, obscuring the audience's view of the fight. Vents opened in the floor of the arena, sucking in all the steam. The fight was revealed, with Fire winning. Her body surged with fire, traveling up to her hands. The resulting force blew Ice against the cage that kept the fighters in the arena.

The audience kept taking off their coats and putting them on again, as Fire and Ice battled. They were on the edge of their seats now, waiting to see if Ice would get up. When she did, the audience cheered. Fire frowned, sending more flames at her opponent. Ice created a shield, blocking out the attack.

Putting her hands against the shield, Ice formed spikes facing Fire. With a grunt, she sent the spikes flying. Fire crossed her arms in front of her and used her powers to create a large ball of fire that consumed her. The projectiles melted as they drew near.

Fire then caused the ball to erupt, sending waves of fire across the arena.

Caught in the wave of heat, Ice fell to her knees. Her body needed cold to survive. Usually her body generated the cold, but with the heat radiating across the arena, Ice was unable to generate the cold she desperately needed. Seeing her chance to end the fight, Fire unleashed heat upon her helpless opponent. Unable to defend herself, Ice fell under the onslaught.

Fire raised her arms in the air in triumph. The crowd roared with excitement.

Roulette's voice sounded throughout the underground club. "And the winner is Fire! I guess we know which element is the strongest now, ladies and gentlemen!"

The crowd continued to cheer as Fire and Ice disappeared underneath the arena floor.

Fire mindlessly walked back to her cell as Ice was taken by a medical team. Roulette and Poison Ivy watched.

"I must say, Ivy, you have been rather helpful."

Ivy smirked. "Just remember our deal, Roulette. You can use him, but I get to keep him."

Roulette nodded. "Of course." She looked around. "Where is he, anyways?"

"On his way back now. He just finished his break." Ivy flipped her hair over her shoulder.

"As long as he's back within ten minutes."

Siphon ducked down a back alley. Kara waited a moment before following, using her x-ray vision the entire time. Kara had been following him for the last ten minutes. They were nowhere near anyplace Kara knew. And she knew Metropolis pretty well, yet she'd never been down this neighbourhood before. It kept getting weirder and weirder.

Finally getting fed up, Kara decided to confront her mysterious boyfriend.

The alley was a dead end, and Kara landed a few feet behind Jamie.

"Okay, Jamie, this stops here. What are you doing?"

Jamie whirled around. It wasn't the Jamie Kara knew, though. His usually warm brown eyes were cold as ice. His body language also suggested he wasn't feeling very friendly. His hands clenched into fists.

Kara raised her hands, ready to defend herself. Jamie didn't attack. No, the attack came in a feeling. A feeling Kara felt was very familiar. Her strength started to fade, and her lunch wanted to come back up.

Kara collapsed to her hands and knees, moaning. "Kryptonite…"

"Not exactly, dear. More of a simulated kryptonite."

Recognizing the venom dripping from those words, Kara forced herself to look back. Green Lantern was bathing Kara in green light. Poison Ivy had her hand on his shoulder.

"But now that you're so weak…"

A small plant popped up out of the ground in front of Kara. Kara could only watch as the plant released some sort of gas.

The last thing she saw was Siphon's cold expression before she passed out.

The Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Batman, Aquaman and Flash gathered in the Monitor Room.

"As all of you know, many heroes have been disappearing for long amounts of time, including our own members." J'onn brought up the I.D.'s of the missing heroes on the main screen.

"After some deep digging, I believe I've found the source of the problem." Batman pressed a key, causing a hologram of Roulette to appear in the middle of the heroes.

"Roulette? But the JSA closed her and her club down months ago," Flash pointed out.

"Well she's back on her feet. She has a partner now, but whoever it was has avoided me so far," Batman said with irritation.

"Do we know the location of the club?" Aquaman folded his arms across his chest.

"Yes," Batman and J'onn said at the same time.

"Then I guess you boys better put on your best clothes," Wonder Woman said with a smirk.

Kara's eyes flew open. She sat up and got off the uncomfortable bed. She looked down and discovered she was dressed in her Supergirl uniform.

"You're awake. Just on time."

Supergirl looked up to see a woman in a revealing red dress standing outside what she could only describe as her cell. The woman's brunette hair was up in a bun and a snake tattoo ran across her body.

"Roulette."

"I'm glad you remember me," Roulette smirked. "Originally you weren't going to be one of my combatants, but since you showed such interest, how could I refuse?"

Supergirl's cell glowed green, forcing the Girl of Steel to her knees. While weakened, Supergirl was handcuffed. The restraints glowed green as well, ensuring she wouldn't be able to break them.

Supergirl was led into a small tube. The tube rose, and Supergirl emerged in a caged arena. Her handcuffs fell off and stopped glowing.

Supergirl could hear the roars of the crowd as they anxiously waited for her opponent.

Roulette's voice sounded throughout the stadium. "Ladies and Gentlemen, there's been a slight change in our scheduled fight. So, without further adieu, I present one of the best match ups yet! The Kryptonian superteen Supergirl -"

The crowd cheered even louder. Supergirl noticed movement and her heart sank when she saw her opponent.

"-against the power-copier known as Siphon!"