Aquaman #16

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Synopsis

Arriving from Dimension Aqua for a rendezvous with Aquaman, Queen Mera is, instead, met by Aqualad. Aquaman soon passes by, but ignores them, as they call out to him. Aqualad and Mera start to pursue Aquaman, but he waves them off. Suddenly, a strange alien girl surfaces next to Aquaman. Mera is crestfallen that Aquaman would choose to spend his time with the alien over her, but tearfully respects his choice. Aqualad, however, urges Mera to go after them, citing that Aquaman would never treat her so poorly. Mera uses her absolute command over water to ensnare Aquaman in a hard water lasso. The alien girl, though, also possesses abilities similar to Mera's. She reconfigures Mera's lasso construct into a giant hoop, that she then sends barreling at Aqualad and Mera. The pair are caught up within the hoop, momentarily, until Mera uses her powers to dissipate it. Mera then forms an extremely hard water tunnel that leads straight to Aquaman. Mera and Aqualad race to span the distance to Aquaman, but the alien uses her power to raise the tunnel high into the sky. By the time Mera can finally dissipate the tunnel, she and Aqualad have ascended so far above the surface of the ocean, that the fall back down will kill them. Mera pulls hard water gliders up out of the sea, to allow them to descend safely back down into the ocean. They decide to try a more stealthy approach to getting Aquaman back. Just as Mera is about to ambush the alien girl, she witnesses Aquaman's startling transformation into an alien, too.Mera launches her attack, taking the alien girl by surprise, imprisoning her in a hard water cage. Mera demands the alien return Aquaman to normal. "Aquaman", though, turns out to truly be an alien. The pair of aliens, Rovere and Sirene, are sibling shape shifters. They crash landed on Earth, while trying to escape from an alien criminal gang. Rovere had run with the gang until Sirene convinced him to go straight. Now the criminals are in pursuit of Rovere, to stop him...