Justice League, Season Four

[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? 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:
Yes...I'm sorry.

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

[Batman sits on the swing next to her. He offers Ace his hand and she takes it.]

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