"So, exactly how long will it be until Sportsmaster gets here?" Greta asked hesitantly.
"Not sure. It has been way to long though." Klarion answered. "Why?" He asked after a moment.
"I was just curious." Greta answered casually.
Because I really need to know how long I have. Because you don't know what will happen when he gets here, but I do. Because I'm trying to protect you. Greta thought.
Klarion narrowed his eyes suspiciously, but then shrugged. He had come to trust Greta way to much to let it go to waste.
Greta gave a small sigh in relief, so small that Klarion didn't even notice it.
"Listen, I need to talk to Artemis and Zatanna again." Greta said after a moment.
"Why?" Klarion asked, arching an eyebrow.
"I just though it would be good to say thank you, since they told me what I wanted to know even though I did this to them."Greta lied.
"Really, because last time I checked you were pretty pissed off at them." Klarion responded.
"Well, I guess I've cooled down since then. Or revenge just isn't as fun once its done." Greta answered with a giggle.
God, Klarion hated that laugh. It was so innocent, so childlike. It made it so tempting to give in to her...
"Peeeeaaasssseeee!" Greta begged.
"No." Klarion said firmly, intending to turn around so that he didn't have to see her adorable face any more.
"Come on!" Greta snapped, making a pouty face before Klarion could turn his back.
Crap. I'm dead. I can't stand up to that. Klarion thought, and then he sighed.
"Fine, but this is the last time." He consented.
GReta smiled and gave him a kiss on the cheek and the turned and walked through the door leading to the cells.
As she walked, Greta smirked to herself. Tempting Klarion was getting easier and easier.
"Zatanna!" Greta hissed when she got to the cell.
"Now what is it Greta?" She snapped back.
"Did Klarion lock you guys in with magic?" Greta asked.
"Yes. If he had just used a key I would have been able to undo it a long time ago." Zatanna answered, clearly confused.
"Oh." Greta said, her face falling.
"What?" Zatanna asked.
"Nothing. I was hoping that I might be able to find the key to this door, but if you can't undo the spell..." Greta sort of shrugged.
"You wanted to let us go?" Zatanna asked.
"Look, a week ago, I was pretty pissed, as you noticed. And you know what, I still think I had every right to be. But if I don't find a way to get you three out of here, I can't protect Klarion." GReta snapped. She didn't want Zatanna to think thta she was doing this for her.
"Why would you want to? You seem smart enough to know that he's only using you, and yet you are still here." Zatanna replied.
"Maybe he is, maybe he isn't. And if he is then fine. I'm bound to him until I pay off my debt to him anyway, so there isn't much of a point in thinking about it now." Greta knew she was babbling, but she was assuring herdelf about it as much as anyone else.
"What debt?" Artemis, who had just come to the door of the cell, asked.
"Klarion brought me back to life. I have to do three favors for him now. THe first was capturing you three." Greta explained.
"Is that why you did this?" Kaldur joined in now too.
"Mainly, but I still wanted revenge on the two of you so don't get the wrong idea." Greta said.
"No, of course not." Zatanna muttered sarcastically.
"Look, why are you trying to let us go anyway, after you ent to so much effort to get us here?" Artemis asked. Overall, she had been the most tolerant of Greta's schemes and manipulation towards them, but she still didn't trust the girl.
"I can't explain, but its really important. Please just-" she stopped herself. She had been about to say trust me, but that probably would not have been the best thing to say.
"There is something seriously messed up with your head." Zatanna declared after a moment of silence.
Greta just looked thoughtful. Her hand gave a small, almost imperceptible movement. Then she sighed.
"Fine. I guess I was wrong. Goodbye." And then she abruptly turned away and walked back through the door that she came in from.
As she walked out, Greta couldn't help but to smirk to herself. Things may not have gone exactly as planned, but she had done her job.
Back in the cell, Kaldur frowned.
"What was that about?" He asked.
"She confuses me a lot." Artemis said beside him.
"hmmmmm." Zatanna said.
"What?" Kaldur and Artemis asked at the same time, and glanced at each other with a slight smile.
"It's just odd..." Zatanna answered thoughtfully.
"Do you have any clue what she was doing?" Artemis asked.
"No, but she had a purpose other than what she said." Zatanna answered.
"How could you tell?" Kaldur asked, surprised.
"She came down here, she asked a question that had a completely obvious answer, and then mad a little hand motion and walked out. How could you not tell?" Zatanna snapped. Artemis though she had been a little too snippy at Kaldur lately. A small smile played on her lips. Could this be jealousy?
"True." Kaldur responded, ignoring her rudeness like usual.
"I don't exactly trust her, after everything that she has done, but I don't think she's planning anything to maniacal." Artemis said.
"Why do you say that, after everything she's done?" Zatanna asked curiously.
"Whatever happened when she went to talk to her brother, it changed her, whatever Harm said." Artemis replied.
"Alright then. All thats left is to find out-" Kladur stopped there as he saw a small white square of paper in the edge of the cell.
Carefully he picked it up and read it.
"I think this is yours Zatanna." He said with a slight smile.
She took it from it, read it carefully, adn then very slowly, a wide grin spread on her face.
On the paper, Greta had left the exact spell that Klarion had used, along with copied instructions for the unlocking spell.