real origins to him. Mera also states that, despite her original mission being a solo one, Siren is now backed by the entire Death Squad, elite Xebel soldiers at the orders of the acting princess, and that she is her sister Hila. Siren is next seen approaching Black Manta at Aquaman's father's demolished tombstone. The Death Squad begin fighting Black Manta but before the fight can get too far along, Siren stops them. She tells Black Manta that they need to work together to find his son, as she makes a hard water image of Jackson Hyde. Siren, with the help of Black Manta, tracks down Jackson, but Aquaman pulls Jackson and his foster father to safety from Black Manta and Siren. After Jackson learns the truth behind his origin, Aquaman and Jackson (now calling himself Aqualad) are ambushed by Siren and the Xebel soldiers. The fight continues onto the beach where innocent citizens get caught in the crossfire. She lies to Aquaman by telling him that her Death Squad had captured Mera while she was searching for help and that she had killed her sister herself. As Aquaman was about to strike back at Siren, Black Manta sprung from the water and severed Aquaman's right hand.Mera and Aquagirl arrive and aid Aquaman in the battle; Mera tells Aquaman that her sister lied about her condition for unknown reasons. Mera and Jackson are able to work together to seal Black Manta, Siren, and the rest of the invaders away in the Bermuda Triangle; Siren cried out to her sister Mera of her Xebel betrayal. The New 52 A rebooted version of Siren appears in the New 52; while still the sister of Mera, most of her origin remains unknown. At some point in time, she came across sorcerers from a dark, alternate version of Atlantis from a parallel reality known as "Thule". Through their magics, she was granted powers that included hydrokinetic powers boasted to rival Mera's own and illusion casting, allowing her to shape-shift and change her appearance. She captures Mera and impersonates her before turning Atlantis against Aquaman, using her influence as Mera to make others believe he is prophesied to cause another cataclysmic event, which is truly caused by Thule's attempt to merge itself into the natural reality, and has him exiled from Atlantis. Secretly ruling on behalf the sorcerer-kings of Thule, she sends mercenaries and Atlantean