The Balance - Recap

Tala is working in her mystic workshop to remove the Annihilator's vulnerability. Felix Faust, trapped in a mirror, watches and taunts her. Her efforts fail and Faust notes that she rescued his soul from Hades only to capture it, and he offers a solution. She recites the incantation but nothing happens with the Annihilator. However, it does free Faust, who banishes her to the mirror. He then merges his essence with the Annhilator and leaves.



Aboard the satellite, the Flash shares a meal with Wonder Woman. Shayera comes over to join them and both women realize that the Flash set them up so they could get reaquainted. They're not enthused, and disagree when he notes that they're similar. The Flash watches as they eat in silence, and they finally discuss the food briefly before giving up.

As Wonder Woman returns to her quarters, she notices that the magical members of the League have been confined, and are ranting about Hades and the balance tipping toward chaos. J'onn admits he doesn't know what's going on. He tells Wonder Woman that he'll let her know as soon as he finds something. When she enter her quarters, she discovers a speedster waiting for her: Hermes, messenger of the gods. He informs her that Zeus has decreed that she go to Hades and defeat Felix Faust. Hermes explains that Faust in the Annihilator traveled to the gates of Tartarus, fighting his way past the guardian Amazons. Once in Tartarus, Faust defeated Hades, Wonder Woman wonders why should she care, and Hermes remind her that there must be a balance between chaos and order. Once he leaves, Wonder Woman sneaks into Shayera's quarters and looks for her mace of Nth metal. She finds it, but Shayera comes in and demands to know what she's doing. When she finds out, she insists on going.



As they fly to the Amazons' island, Wonder Woman points out that Shayera is going with her to prove herself and insists that she forgave her long enough. However, Shaya says that she never asked forgiveness. As they arrive, Hippolyta and the Amazons are trying to keep Faust's demon army from escaping. Wonder Woman explains why they are there, and Hippolyta says she must have access to her armo's fullpower. She touches her daughter's tiara and says that she'll know what she needs. The two heroines enter Tartarus, closing the gates behind them. They fly to Hades' palace, battling demons as they go. The demons retreat when they mistake Shayera for an angel, and they then disagree about whether to fight Faust or free Hades. Wonder Woman refuses to free Hades, but Shayera insists they'll need him, and Wonder Woman needs her as well. However, she agrees to back Wonder Woman up no matter what, and Wonder Woman focuses on Faust.



Shayera finds a trio of demons and flies away with one of them, Abnegazar. She takes him to Wonder Woman and they try to interrogate him. He refuses, and Wonder Woman's lasso glows with a golden light. She uses it to force him to tell the truth, and he leads them to Faust at Hades' library. They release the demon and go inside, where they find Faust waiting for them. He explains that he plans to torture Hades for millennia, and tricked Hades into giving up the library's location. When they attack, Faust casually teleports them to a frozen part of Taratrus. They find Hades nearby, tortured by vultures. Wonder Woman reluctantly frees him. He heals himself and they explain what happened, and Haades teleports them back to the library.



In the library, Shayera sets the books on fire as a distraction so Hades can attack. Faust throws him back but Wonder Woman arrives and warns that he's powerless if they don't fight back. The sorcerer explains that he removed the vulnerability, and Shayera hits him. The sorcerer animates flaming skeletons to attack, overwhelming Shayera, and then strikes down Wonder Woman. Hades returns to the attack but Faust casts him down. However, Shayera then attacks with her magic-disrupting mace, hurting him. He grab her and prepares to crush her, but Wonder Woman grabs her comrade's mace and smashes open the Annhilator armor.



When Shayera wakes up, Wonder Woman explains what happened and Hades recovers Faust's soul for torment. When he refers to Wonder Woman as "my child," and she corrects him. he explains that he and Hippolyta sculpted her together. Hippolyta brought Diana to life after he went to Tartarus. Shayera believes that Hades is lying and suggests that Wonder Woman use her lasso, but Wonder Woman assures her that it doesn't matter because she knows who raised her. They leave Tartarus and the Amazons reseal the gates. Wonder Woman thanks Hippolyta for unlocking her powers, and Hippolyta admits that she was too stubborn to acknowledge her daughter's accomplishments. She lifts the ban and Shayera admits that the two of them are good.

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