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Zatanna stands beside me, hands hanging loosely at her sides as we both study the gray stone walls of the Ampitheater. It is dark and musty but Zatanna insists that this is the right area.

"You have to admit Medusa does good work." Zatanna comments, due to the sight of statues clustered around the main entrance.

"Too good." I reply grimly before heading straight into the unknown, knowing that she is not far behind by the sound of her feet pounding the ground.

A chorus of clapping greets us as we finally make it to the dining area where all the guests sit at randomly placed tables. All their eyes are glued to the front where they watch a woman with lustrous purple hair talking on stage.

"Thank you, thank you, you've all been so kind to me tonight. You know my cousins the sirens never thought I could sing. Really!" She cries out humorously. "They thought they were all that with their- charm there sailors routine. But I'm showing them aren't I?" She says with a coy smile.

I smirk to myself as all she is met with is silence from the crowd in reaction to her statement.

She then begins to scowl fiercely in anger before a sudden spurt of light clapping starts up and she smiles once more in pleasure.

"Oh thank you! I love you all!"

She spreads her arms out wide as if to hug the entire crowd.

"Are there any requests?" She asks leaning in closer to the microphone.

"stcejbo kcatta ecriC!" Zatanna shouts out from beside me.

"I'm not sure I know that one?" Circe replies confusingly.

She soon lets out a surprised gasp as a table, two plates and a champagne bottle fly right into her unexpectedly. People scatter everywhere in panic at the sudden turn of events.

I ignore them all and watch as Zatanna imitates the movements of throwing an object at Circe before another table flies through the air.

That very same table rams into Circe's back as she hunches slightly over, covering her head with both her hands in a desperate attempt to protect herself.

"Insolent trickster you dare to strike-" She lets out a loud cry as a chair smacks into her from behind and cuts her off.

"You dare to strike-" Once again she is cut off as another table flies at her from her left.

"Ow! You dare to strike-" She lets out a muffled strangled protest as a blue table cloth is thrown at her head and wraps around her face, blinding her momentarily.

Angrily she rips it off. "Quite it!" She hisses out. Suddenly her eyes widen in apparent fear at what she sees coming at her. "Oh no!" She gasps out breathily.

Out of nowhere a giant piano crashes directly at her, flattening her underneath its extreme weight.

Her feet are the only visible part of her body as it is not covered in wooden debris.

Astonishingly they both flatten as thin as paper and slide free from its bonds and seemingly disappear from view.

The Piano begins to glow with white electricity before it explodes in a cloud of thick green gas.

Once the smoke clears Circe herself becomes fully visible once again, while hovering in the air wearing her usual green/purple garb.

She then turns to face the group of male back-up singers' as they huddle together on the stage a bit fearfully.

"Well? Defend you mistress." She barks out harshly, eyes narrowed in frusturation.

A light violet glow surrounds them all and they grunt in agony before transforming into various forms of animals.

All the wild beasts let out pitiful screeches before launching themselves off stage and attacking me.

I brace my arms against a Siberian tiger as its white teeth gnash in close proximity with my face.

I easily overcome him and force him off of me by planting my feet securely on his stomach and throwing him to the ground.

Looking around I notice the mass amount of animals appearing out of nowhere as they close in on me from all sides.

Quickly I reach for the coil of rope at my hip and lasso the rhino before twirling gracefully in the air.

In one swift motion I ram the rhino into the other animals and knock them all down like pins.

Satisfied with my work I fly away from the pile of knocked out creatures.


On the other side of the room:

A Black Panther lunges for Zatanna, claws extended dangerously as the animal prepares to sink them deep into her flesh. At the last moment she manages to duck in time causing him to miss his target and instead land on a table located behind her.

He repeats the move and she yet again dodges his attack with a swift elegance.

He hisses at her angrily, boldly showing his pearl white fangs as he hunches low to the table top preparing to attack once more.

"elbat eb egac!" She commands while simultaneously pointing her wand forward. The table suddenly shifts under the paws of the large cat before enveloping the Black Panther within its steel gray bars.

Zatanna breathes out a sigh in relief, ignoring the Panthers agitated hisses before running back to Diana's side.


Diana's POV

I remain silent but don't hold back from glaring mercilessly at Circe.

She watches us both while hovering in the air on her side as if she actually were lying on a big pink fluffy sofa.

"You're both beginning to remind me of Sisyphus after a hard day of pushing his boulder up the mountain, but me? I could keep this up ALL night." She remarks.

Circe raises her hands high above her head as they crackle with purplish energy and frowns angrily at me.

"Why did you come here Amazon? You ruined my big night!"

I step forward and cross my arms before answering her question.

"I came here so that you can return my friends back into their original forms."

She lowers her hands slowly as an amused expression crosses her face.

"So you thought that you could just waltz in here and demand that I do such a thing without you doing something in turn?" She shakes her head. "Magic always comes at a price."

"What is it that you want?"

She abruptly throws her head and lets out a throaty laugh, full of harsh mirth.

I clench my teeth and hands in frustration.

"Oh it isn't that easy my darling. This is not something you can pay just by dancing and singing." Her eyes narrow. "Besides I already know that you most likely can do those things." She says somewhat bitterly before shaking her head. "But that's not the point. The point is that I have found myself to be very entertained by your current dilemma. You just make it so fun to observe from afar. Almost like T.V."

She smiles at me widely, enjoying my growing agitation.

I breathe in through my nose to try and calm down.

"Name it and I'll do it." I reply coolly, raising my chin in the air.

She floats close to me and leans in closer.

"Dearest Diana, you should know me better by now." She whispers to me before backing away once more.

"You're right, I should know better and now I realize that this is all just a game to you and it won't end until you win." I reply, glaring at her.

She chuckles at me lightly, her teeth gleaming in the light.

"That and much more darling. So why not let the games continue when it's so much fun. Instead of you just doing one task I'm going to have you complete a series of challenges before you can get what you want." She says, dangling her hands in the air.

This is not what I was expecting, perhaps a journey through the depths of Tarturas, or even having to fight a monster of the unknown. But Circe has other plans. She enjoys playing with me.

"When do these tasks begin?" I ask grimly.

"Oh you'll know when the time comes. Believe me, you won't miss it."

She drags a manicured nail under my chin before whirling in a tornado of smoke and vanishing.

I rub my fingers on my forehead and sigh in exasperation.

"So much for that, now we are basically back where we started." Zatanna huffs out.

I turn my head to face her and frown.

"Not exactly where we started, I promised to help both Bruce and Kal and that's what I'm going to do."

She looks at me closely and nods her head.

"You know that she is up to no good. She's going to play with you."

"I know, but I have no other choice."

I walk up to her and grasp her shoulder.

"I want to thank you Zatanna for helping me with all this."

She smiles at me good naturally. "I'm always up for an adventure." Her expression turns serious once more. "Promise me that if you need any more help, you'll call me."

I nod. "Yeah, but can you do me one more favor before you go?"

She tilts her head at me."Sure. What is it?"

"Can you drop me off at the mansion?" She laughs at my request and I grin at her. It may have not been the way I wanted to end the day, but Zatanna's humor is infectious.

"Sure." She responds and in no time I find myself back in the dark shadows of the Batcave.

I can only hope that whatever Circe is throwing my way, that it come fast so that this can all be over with.


So what do you all think? I knew that I couldn't end this chapter with the traditional singing, and by Wonder Woman no less. I figured that part was all Batman and should stay that way. I have more in store for this story and I hope you guys keep on reading.

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