Justice League Unlimited, Season 2

[Ace is on a swing set in the middle of her fantasy castle]

Ace:
Batman.

Batman:
Ace.

Ace:
Did you like playing with my new Royal Flush Gang?

Batman:
Can't say that I did.

Ace:
Yeah. They aren't any fun at all. I gave them their powers and they still hardly ever play with me.

Batman:
Can't imagine why.

Ace:
When I was little, Cadmus used to make me play all kinds of games, but they weren't any fun either. They'd strap me into their machines and poke wires into my brain - "Ace, can you move this object with your mind?" [Telekinetically uproots a tree] Yeah, I can move it. They weren't really games, you know. [stops swinging] They were training me, turning me into a weapon. "For justice," they said. They got their weapon - I got cheated out of my childhood.

Batman:
I know what that's like.

Ace:
You do, don't you?

Batman:
...

Ace:
You don't have to answer; I've read your mind. That's how I knew you weren't going to use Mrs. Waller's weapon on me.

[Batman takes the weapon out of his belt]

Batman:
No. I wasn't. [tosses it away]

Ace:
You were going to try and talk me into fixing what I've changed...before I die.

Batman:
Yes.

Ace:
I'm dying very soon.

Batman:
[softly] Yes...I'm sorry.

Ace:
[tears in her eyes] Could you stay with me? I'm scared.

[Batman walks over and sits on the swing next to her. He offers Ace his hand and she takes it. Outside the castle, the Justice League have rounded up and tied up the Royal Flush Gang, when they and everything else Ace altered suddenly return to normal. As the castle vanishes, Batman returns with Ace's body in his arms]

Amanda Waller:
[continuing narration] He sat with her, until her time came.