Chapter 1: Chapter 1: Secret Origin's
Notes:
(Author's note for lack of a better term this will be a mostly a retelling of the Justice League animated series pilot Secret Origins workings primarily from Batman's perspective, Also the bat suit that Bruce will be using from this Story will based on the suit he wears in the Arkham Knight which he starts wearing in this story right after J'onn disappeared, for those that are confused I will be doing a JL Origin series that will explain more about my take on the DCAU with the first chapter being on my take on Batman who had started at his crusade at 18 so Bruce birth year in this universe is 1989, which make the year 2014 that this story take's place)
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
Year 7: Age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
April 10th WT satellite communications facility
I'm made my way across the roof of the facility reaching one of the ceilings grates that I quickly removed and dropped down onto a support beam as I overlooked the control room I heard one of the Scientist talking to his coworkers, Reminding them that he was having a barbecue at his place this upcoming Saturday night and they were all invited. After the co-workers promised to be there he jokingly called them animals did the finger gun motion pointing at his co-workers and then exited. I continued to watch from my vantage point in the shadows above the three remaining scientists as far as I could tell nothing seemed out of the ordinary.
But then the scientist who balding start speaking in a language that definitely wasn't a known human language likely alien to his co-workers. That was when the scientist who appeared to be of Asian descent suddenly performed the feat of metahuman strength that he should not have been able to do, as he held the computer bank the final coworker who was of African American descent walked over and ripped the wall open with her bare hands revealing an alien looking device of some kind the female scientist grabbed it at the same time her co-worker slammed the computer Bank on the ground and the three started making their way towards the elevator.
I quickly activated my cowels detective vision to see if I could determine what the device was made of but as I look down at the scientists I realize they had no bone structure, normally I would at least get an x-ray of a skeleton silhouette when using detective vision it's only confirmed my suspicions that these scientists weren't human and we're here for some of its nefarious purpose, very likely here to sabotage the satellite dish. I exited the way I had entered into the control room quickly getting back to the roof. I noticed that the roof access door was open.
But I did not see the scientist anywhere which could only mean they'd already made it to the dish. pulling my grapple gun from my utility belt using its Propel myself to the top of the dish. But I got up there too late, They'd already placed the alien device on the center of a dish it somehow morph into a liquid and entered the dish, I revealed myself to to the scientist imposters with a one liner that probably would have made Nightwing cringe "I doubt that modifications legal" Using my bolas to ensnare balding scientist and one of Asian descent as well as landed on them knocking them to the ground and before me in front flip Landing between them and the final imposter cracking another bad one liner "Should have stuck to your desk jobs."
I lunged forward at the final imposter however, she was faster and dodging my attack with ease. I could barely avoid the punch at my head but then she nailed me in the gut grabbed me and through me over the other two imposters I did a mid-air somersault landing on my feet. As I stood back up the two imposters that I ensnared with my Bola freed themselves Furthering my suspicions that they weren't human. Female imposter charged at me I jumped backwards and throw Batarang that's nailed her in the head and bounced right off. The Imposter of Asian descent then charged and managed to shove me off acting quickly I fired my grapple quickly swinging back onto the satellite, that's when a good friend of mine made his appearance.
"Need a hand?" a voice I knew all too well asked I turned to face Superman who was floating above me and said "Thanks, I honestly could use some help right now." Superman responded with what I think was supposed to be a joke "They don't look so tough" "Famous Last Words Clark" I think to myself That's when the Imposter starts shouting at us In the alien language that I had heard earlier That's when they turned around and started making a break for it. Superman and I started to give chase but something happened that caused Superman to suddenly start Groaning in pain causing him to land the dish which prompted me to stop and turn around I'll start hearing a beeping sound which meant that device they planted was a bomb I helped Superman to his feet and rushed to the other side of the dish barely escaping the explosion.
We ended up sliding down the hill which work out in our favor because we were far enough back but close enough that we could still see the imposters This confirmed my suspicions that they weren't human, The Imposter of the Asian descent scientist arm was sticking through the balding imposter Chest. Female Imposter looked all disjointed but in a matter of seconds they fix themselves and disappeared Into the Woods.
I heard Superman grown as he regained consciousness I walked over and asked him what happened "What happened back there?" as I helped him up he answered my question "I don't know, I saw images, It was so intense and then well that's all I can remember." There's only one telepath I know who might try to reach out to Superman for help "Do you think it was J'onn?" I asked Superman give me a skeptic look and asked "what's going on?" Realizing I should have been formed him of the reason why Metropolis I started explaining what was going on "J'onn has been missing since april 7th. Before he disappeared called me about a case he want to discuss on the 10th on the rooftop of gcpd,when I arrive to meet up with him, Gordon informed me that J'onn had not been scene since he punched out on April 7th. So I went to investigate his apartment I found it ransacked, there was evidence of a fight but whoever the assailant Managed to kidnap J'onn, failed to find the flash drive J'onn had hid behind the false wall in his apartment." Superman raised an eyebrow then asked "what exactly was on the drive."
I continued explanation "I noticed there has been breaches in our global security network in the past few months, and the info J'onn left on his drive revealed he had came to the very same conclusion but I am, deep space monitoring stations across the globe were being sabotaged, It's the reason I was here tonight." Superman side then asked "Do you think this was J'onn was trying to warn us about".
"I do. I was hoping we'd have more time. the watchtower long-range deep-space scanners are still offline."as I reached into my utility belt and pulled out a com/earpiece handing it Superman. "The only watchtower system currently operational at the moment is the communication system this com will allow us to keep in contact." As I finished explaining what was going on Superman put the com into his ear and seid.
"Look I'd like to help look into this further. But I'm expected in New York City." I raised an eyebrow under my cowl and asked "are you receiving key to the city?" Superman chuckled at my comment but then answered "No I've been asked to attend a UN on the proposed plan to dismantle the world's nuclear Arsenal." I decide not to press Superman any further on it further on it and started summoning the Batwing to my location and told Superman" I still have the signal watch you gave me after our first team up. So I'll be sure to call if I need any more help." pulling my grapple gun from my utility belt and fired at the batwing and started flying to the Airfield just outside of metropolis.
April 15th Star Labs Warehouse/Rescuing J'onn from a compromise military base
I decided to say Metropolis few days to see if I can find any trace of satellite saboteur's. My investigation led me to the abandoned Star Labs warehouse I got into one of the windows landing on the upper work area that overlooks the main floor I walked over to the table and noticed an alien device similar to the one the imposters used five nights 's when I heard the door open and spotted two of the imposters/saboteur's From five days ago emerge From what was probably Foreman's office talking in the same alien language as before. The female impostor turn off the light and the two of them left out the front door.
Once they were gone I made my way over to the office opening the door and shining a light from a flashlight from my utility belt and looked around discovering Some kind of alien containers that looked to be housing the real scientist's I pulled out a Batarang for my utility belt and cut into the container freeing the balding scientist with a mustache I checked his pulse and discovered he was still alive, thankfully he groaned.
That's when I heard growling I turned shining my flashlight in the doorway, a dog came in and pounced on me with unnatural strength pushing me up against the wall as well as Trying to bite my face off. I managed to get my feet under the dog and kicked it off of me, it landed knocking over the desk which gave me enough time to get to my feet the dog charged that I managed to barely avoid by jumping up to ventilation pipe As I look down at the dog it started climbing up the wall and shape-shifting into an alien appearance, which I honestly should have seen it coming, the alien creature managed to overpower me sending me flying into A mass of shelf before I lost consciousness I managed to Activate the signal watch Superman gave me…
30 minutes later
As I was starting to stir from being knocked unconscious I could hear Superman shouting to someone "Medic he needs help!" so he was telling you to medical personnel "What happened?" by her tone of voice I could tell the paramedic was female. "I'm not sure." Superman's it simply before flying off I could feel the medic checking my pulse my eyes were open at that point and I could see her reaching for my cowl I lift my left hand up catching her by the wrist She gasps As I otter a pretty cool one liner "Don't even think about it." after letting go of her wrist I brought my other arm activating my gauntlet with computer. sending a command to the Batwing autopilot ordering it to fly to my location.
That's when I spotted Superman get blasted back by some kind of beam of energy and a thing that had sent him flying was on the move that's when I spotted the Batwing was right over my location I pulled my grapple gun for my utility belt and fired it just as the paramedic was saying to her partner "we better get out of here" I quickly got inside the bat wings cockpit And started flying towards what looked to be some sort of alien machine that was attacking the city.
I fired two missiles at it but they were ineffective I was forced to take evasive maneuvers has it started firing beams of energy at the Batwing That's when Superman flew in knocking it into the bridge and then proceeded trying to rip it open that of course failed because of the alien machine Fired a beam sending Clark flying into a building I flew in again firing two more missiles hoping to keep the thing occupied. But things only got worse two more alien machines emerge from the meteorit.
As I continue to engage the alien machine's Superman flew past me flying out of metropolis so I called him over the com I gave him "Where are you going?" I asked wondering why he would suddenly leave the fight. Superman responded instantly "I know where J'onn Is." As soon as the words left his mouth I realize what he meant so I pulled a quick maneuver with the Batwing flying off after Superman.
2 hours later
Superman and I arrived at a military base in the mountains several miles outside of metropolis. I took note that the bass look like It had been attacked several weeks ago without warning. I perceive it to land the Batwing and walked over to Superman. Who just made a hole in the wall of the base As we were making our way through I noticed one of the doors was ajar. so I quickly took a look inside and discover will look to be the entire base personnel in Alien containers like the ones I had to start at the Star Labs warehouse, I made my way back to Superman who was trying to Punches way through military-grade vault door and said, "We better get to J'onn fast this base is compromised." he nodded and proceeded to lift the bent nuclear blast door and toss it aside.
We proceed into a corridor lined with computer screens on the walls Medical readouts and vital signs of an alien prisoner, we reach the secondary security door that Superman pushed the door open sending it to the floor, As we entered the room we could see a Martian hooked up to some kind of machine Superman walked up to the control panel and turned it off Freeing the Martian Causing him to fall forward Superman caught him before he hit the floor and said "J'onn's been trying to reach out to me telepathically, But that stasis field interfered. When his message finally broke through, I came to rescue him."
"J'onn are you all right?" I asked, J'onn responded to my question telepathically "The Invasion. The Invaders got the drop on me, at my apartment and brought me here. To hold me captive until the Imperium arrives." After J'onn finish speaking in our minds he shape-shifted into the appearance he had when I first discovered he was a Martian masquerading as a human over Two years ago. Superman, J'onn and I made our way out of the base Superman started talking "We'll need to contact the joint chiefs right away." As we exited through the whole Superman had made in the wall As we were walking back towards the Batwing, Several spotlights turned on revealing the base personnel, The officer was shouting at us.
"Stop right there, Superman. You're trespassing in a restricted area. Our orders are to keep that freak here." Superman stepped in front of J'onn and said "Wait I'll vouch for him you must let us go." I started to prep a Batarang knowing full well from what I discovered that this place is compromised fake officer responded "I don't think so." Superman tried to plead with him "But the world's security may be at stake." That's when the fake military officer and Personnel reveal their true forms as he spoke "That's why he'll never leave here alive." shapeshifting into a white alien with three red eyes and grayish-black outlines/swirl's.
"It's them" J'onn said that's when the Invaders charge forward opening fire on the three of us Superman knocked J'onn and I Out of the way with a single Blast from there energy weapons sent Superman flying into a military transport truck that was on its side He collapsed to the ground groaning " Unh." I pulled an explosive battery for my belt and told J'onn "Stay down." As I threw my explosive to Batarang. It Explode sending several then flying back, As I was prepping another Explosive Batarang J'onn shouted "Behind you!" As he fazed through me Then materialized creating a shield around himself in order to Shield me from The Invader the come from behind and fired his rifle nailing J'onn in the chest causing him to groan and collapsed to the ground I quickly through the Batarang nailing the invader in the head knock him to the ground.
I checked on J'onn trying to help him up and asked "J'onn are you" as he groaned. I Lift his arm over my shoulder, that's when Superman flew over holding an upside down tank above his head " Get J'onn to safety I'll cover you." I didn't need to be told twice I walked J'onn over to the Batwing And placed him in the co-pilot seat and strapped him in, and then climbed into the my pilot seat closing the canopy and taking off.
I turned my head noticing J'onn was a wake and said "That was close." That's when I realized I spoke too soon as J'onn said "We're not out of the woods yet, look." That was when a bunch of alien Fighters crafts emerged from the mountains opening fire on the Batwing I had no choice but to perform some evasive maneuvers through the mountain range as the alien Fighters fired energy blasts At the Batwing. Superman flew in taking out one of Fighters But they were sent hurtling to the ground then one of the other Fighters turned around and fired a blast at him I continued to perform maneuvers through the mountain range Barely flying through a narrow Gap trying to get rid of our pursuers.
that's when the worst thing happen one of the alien Fighters took out the bat wings left wing I struggle to keep the Batwing in the air as we fell directly towards the ground That's when suddenly it was a green light surrounding around the Batwing "what happened" I asked J'onn Responded simply with "Help has arrived." that's when I looked up on the cliff and noticed one of the Green Lanterns had arrived to help That's when I also noticed Hawkgirl fly over head.
"Hawkgirl what's she doing here?" I asked hoping J'onn would answer my question that was when he phased out of the Batwing to join Green Lantern who placed my Batwing down on a cliff, Superman, and Hawkgirl In destroying the alien Fighters As I watched from the ground and nearly avoid getting crushed by one of the destroyed Fighters.
As I continue to watch from the ground someone I never seen before joined the fight. The armor she was wearing this very familiar to me. So I ran a quick cross reference using my left gauntlets link to the batcomputer and ran a quick cross reference on it The image that came up on my halo screen that only I could see showed a painting that was displayed at the old JSA headquarters in Gotham City, the difference being that the woman in the painting had blonde hair and her armor was had gold in a locations of the silver of on who I'm guessing is her successor and had what looked to be a skirt instead of the pants that her successor appear to be wearing, I checked the bio information and it referred to her as Wonder Woman/Hippolyta of themyscira I wonder if she has some relation to this mysterious woman that shown up to help.
That's when everyone started flying back where Lantern had placed my Batwing That's when I Noticed a blur of red and black running to my location shouting "Hey Bat's I think you dropped this." why J'onn decided to Involve The Flash/Barry Allen I have no idea. As he came to a stop in front of me. That's when Superman and the woman (I will refer to as Wonder Woman for now going off her armor) land in front of the Flash and I.
Of course Flash decided to ask the question to Wonder Woman was on everybody's mind As he handed me my bat wings missing wing "So where are you from?" She answered "Themyscira." which confirmed my suspicions but confused Flash. before I could tell him. Hawkgirl responded before me As she landed "The home of the Amazons I always thought it was merely Legend."
Wonder Woman responded by saying "I assure you, it's as real as the ground on which we stand. I am Diana, princess of the Amazons." I think I'll Start using her name now. As Diana went on to say "Themyscira is protected by the gods, But I could not idly stand by while the rest of the world was in danger." Superman took this moment to jump into the conversation "It was lucky you showed up when you did."
That's when J'onn spoke. "No, not luck I tell telepathically summoned them here." That's one flash jumped back into the conversation "Look, I'm usually pretty quick on the uptake, But would someone please tell me what the heck is going on here?"
"J'onn why don't you bring the four them up to speed, while Superman and I fix my Batwing." I said He nodded in agreement pulling the other aside using his telepathy showing them the flashback that he had shown Superman and I over two years ago.
45 minutes later
we finished the repairs just in time to hear J'onn finish his history lesson "I sealed up their citadel to keep them in a constant state of suspended animation. for over five hundred years, I stood guard over them. But then, two earth years ago while I was in a hibernation cycle, Astronauts from earth unsealed the stronghold and accidentally revived the invaders." That's when flash skeptically said "Wait those astronauts never said anything about finding life on mars."
That's one Green Lantern said "Some pencil pusher in Washington Probably decided it should be Classified information." J'onn then continued "With all of the Remaining Green-white Martians, safely hidden away, on Mars's moons The Invaders have nothing to feed on and if set their sights on Earth. somehow I managed to get to earth ahead of the invaders it is how I met Superman and Batman, and warned them of the coming invasion." that's when everyone looked at Superman and I.
So I entered the conversation "As J'onn said He had arrived on our two years ago and made contact with me and Superman, I was working closely with J'onn in preparation for this invasion, up until his disappearance eight days ago that's when I realized the sabotage to our deep space monitoring network could be coincidence. Sure enough, five days ago when I was investigating the deep space monitoring station just outside of Metropolis, Superman and I had a run-in with three of those advanced agents. J'onn had warned us about."
That's when Green Lantern said "We have to stop them before it's too late." J'onn gave Lantern a disheartened look and said "It may already be too late." That's when we all heard of mass of Thunderclap in the distance and Wonder Woman said, "What was that?" and J'onn answered "It has begun." "What are they doing?" Hawkgirl asked.
"The invaders are nocturnal they want to blot out the sun so they can live in perpetual darkness." J'onn said simply. Of course flash chose then to make a joke about me" friends of yours?" I gave him a well deserved bat-glare and said "It's no joke." That's when flash walked up to J'onn and said "What's the big problem, can't you just whip up another batch of that nerve gas?" J'onn shook his head and answered "Unfortunately, no the gas can only be made from a rare Martian plant the only sample I brought with me Is currently in Superman's Fortress of Solitude which will take time manufacturer time we do not have."
I decided then to step in and propose a plan to potentially stop this invasion "Since the nerve gas is a no-go we're going to have to split up into three teams, and try to dismantle the terraforming Plants the old fashioned way." as I bring up the locations we're the Invaders meteors had landed and started dividing everyone up into teams.
"Superman, and Hawkgirl head back to Metropolis and takeout the plant there. Green Lantern, and Flash's task will be to head for South America and take the Invaders plant in the rainforest. Diana, J'onn, and I will head for the Invaders plant Just outside of Cairo. Oh and before I forget."
I received my utility belt and pulled out five com's and handed them out to Green Lantern, flash, Hawkgirl, Wonder Woman, and J'onn and said "These com's will allow us to keep in contact there the Watchtower orbital station." once the coms handed out I walked back over to the Batwing and climbed in and took off for Egypt Diana and J'onn flying with me
I decided to send a coded message to Nightwing and the Titans telling them to do what they can to protect civilians from the Invaders. Afterwards I used the time flying to Egypt to get some shut-eye since it was going to take a few hours to get there from delaware.
April 16th attacking the Alien Invaders Factory in Egypt/reverse engineering the alien Tech
4 hours later (Since the Batwing use the same technology as the javelin it should take less time to get from Delaware to Cairo)
When we arrived in Cairo Egypt we could already see the Invaders plant had emerged bring you the Pyramids of Giza, I deployed from the Batwing. Landing behind some cover where Diana and I Waited for J'onn join us after informing us telepathically that he would Scout the area and see if he could find a way in.
"Hiding like cowards is not the Amazon way." Diana said with a bit of annoyance in her voice Trying to remain focused I responded back "These Invaders most have some form of weakness, when we find it, we'll strike." That's when J'onn Fazed up through the ground in front of us, and began speaking "I have scouted the outer walls. There are no openings."
"then we make our own." as she flew to attack one of the only machines. I Held my arm up to stop J'onn from joining her Saying "Wait let's see what she can do." Is J'onn and I watched Diana from the ground use her the lasso to tie up the legs of the machine causing it to topple over creating a hole in the factory wall and saying "there's your opening." I couldn't help but smile and say "Not bad." I took out my grapple and used it to launch myself into the hole Diana created with J'onn flying in right beside me.
When we arrived inside Diana was using her bracelets to deflect shots fired from the Invaders energy weapons but for some reason did decided to hightail it and run and oddly enough one of them deliberately tried to avoid walking in sunlight with Diana saying " they run like cowards what are you waiting for." as she started to give chase.
That's when I realized something as I look back at the Blue Sky above which made me wonder if the Invaders were deliberately blocking out the sunlight because they came from a world where the sun wasn't visible which is why they had to terraform the plant to make it more suitable for them I decided to ask J'onn there his telepathy of course, as we fought our way through the terraforming factory.
"J'onn Did the Invaders ever emerge from their Plants before Mars was completely covered in darkness?" His response was fast "No invaders never emerged from the terraforming Plants until after Mars was completely shrouded in darkness, why do you ask." I responded back At the same time punching an invader out of my way "I have a theory that these Invaders may have come from a world where no sunlight could penetrate."
The further we got in to the terraforming plant the more the Invaders continue to block our path Diana was the one to voice the very thing I was thinking "They've blocked us off again." I responded to her comment " It's almost as if they know what we're thinking." but I don't know how they would know what I'm thinking my cowels lined with Electronics which would make it difficult for them to read my mind.
I threw an explosive Batarang that exploded against a pillar which caused the Invaders to flee deeper into the factory I turned to look at J'onn and said "Any ideas, J'onn." that's When I noticed his eyes were glowing "J'onn!" I shouted That's when J'onn replied with the worst possible news.
"Superman and Hawkgirl are down, there have failed." "What are you sure?" Diane asked. J'onn nodded and said " I can sense it, This way hurry" as he started running down the corridor and Diane and I followed suit we reach the area where flight was required which was simple for J'onn and Diana I had to pull up my grapple to reach the doorway above.
I ran down the corridor while J'onn and Diana flew we came to a stop in a large open area. Diana looks back to make sure we weren't followed and she said "We lost them." "For the moment." I replied as I activated my gauntlets shock capability. "Look." Diana and I walked over to see what J'onn was looking at.
"It's the central core." After looking at the core for a moment I turned and asked "How can we shut it down." J'onn Pointed and said "The ion matrix crystal If we can remove that, we'll shut down the whole Terraforming plant, I will need a diversion." I nodded and said "You've got it." As I pulled the Batarang from my utility belt and through it cut through some sort of pipe Dropping some sort of fluid on the Alien Invaders working at the console. Diana did the same ripping what I assumed was a pipe close by releasing some of that strange gas on the Invaders.
This created the perfect diversion allowing for J'onn to slip past the Invaders while Diana and I engage the other Invaders to keep them busy. J'onn managed to successfully Remove the ion matrix but he was then shot by one of the Invaders sending him and the ion Matrix falling to the ground. Diana seeing what happened floor to help him I realized we need to leave so I shouted it to her "Get him out of here." As I continue to fight off Invaders.
As we were trying to retreat I grabbed the Ion Matrix this however slowed me down because by the time I reached the exit the door had sealed I turned to look behind me noting I was surrounded. So I tried reaching out to J'onn "J'onn is there a way that you can mentally shield me, make the Invaders think they killed me?" His response was fast "Yes." I dropped the Ion Matrix and said in my mind "Do it." Just as the Invaders open fire I managed to dodge out of the way grabbing the ion Matrix I Stood Still For a Moment looking at the Invaders this confirmed this J'onn mental Shield was working. It took some time but I managed to find my own way out of the plants I made my way back to the Batwing Once I was Airborne I called Lucius Fox Activating the back wings Halo com.
"Lucius there something I need your help with, that involves the invasion J'onn warned me about." Lucius smiled and said " how can I be of service Mister Wayne?" I answered his question "Lucius is there a way we can reverse-engineer this ion matrix in order to make a device to reverse what the terraforming plants are doing to the planet." Lucius took a moment to thank and then answered " It shouldn't be too difficult if the ion Matrix must give off some form of electricity it shouldn't take me too long create a device that can reverse the polarity. which would in turn undo the terraforming effects." I like it when a plan comes together "I'll be back in Gotham the next Four hours to pick up the device Batman out."
4 hours later
After arriving back in Gotham I headed straight for Wayne Tower getting out of the Batwing and landed at the landing on the balcony outside of my office. Where is Lucius Fox greeted me and gave me the device that I knew could be instrumental in ending this invasion. Afterward I flew the Batwing back to Metropolis.
April 17th-28th Defeating the Alien Invaders
After arriving back in Metropolis I deployed from the Batwing and glided down to the hole in the terraforming plant wall I heard screaming below Which prompted me to look up noticing a massive Starship emerging from the cloud layer I realized I had little time to lose I quickly began to make my way to the core of the terraforming plant.
As I was making my way through the chair pouring plans I noted that the Invaders didn't react my presence this could only mean that J'onn mental shielding oh my presence was working. that's when I spotted the others must have walked into a trap room because they were being carried by the Invaders, deeper into the terraforming plant which conveniently lead me right to the central core where it appears this was also where Invaders were holding Superman and Hawkgirl on a platform Right across from the ion Matrix.
I use my grapple to get up to the ion matrix. Reaching into my utility belt and pulling out my explosive gel gadget "J'onn I'm in position, I'm Planting the explosive gel now." His response was why fast for someone unconscious "When I shout now that's the signal." That's when I heard shouting going across the way.
"J'onn J'onn wake up. You shouldn't have risked your lives for us." recognized that voice it was Superman. J'onn must have been stirred awake by Superman shouting from what I could hear from my vantage point "Would you have done any less for me?" That's when the flash groaned and said "My aching head."
That's when one of the Alien Invaders and started addressing the others " Earth's Mightiest Heroes welcome." That's when the Invaders shape-shifted it is Senator Carter "I always knew there was something off about him.".
"Senator Carter?" Superman said bewildered As the invader/Carter chuckled and said, " Unfortunately, the real Carter never got to return from Mars." That's when Superman put two and two together and said "And you used me To weaken Earth's defenses." the invader/Carter continue to gloat "You were so eager to cooperate thanks to you, the humans were totally helpless against us."
From the sound of Superman's voice he wasn't ready to give up "It's not over yet." "Not by a long shot." I think to myself but the invader/Carter Didn't feel the turd by Superman and said "Wrong again, Superman." That's when the roof opened and a landing ship flute down from the one I saw it earlier there was a lot of Thunderclap and the invader/Carter Shouted "All hail the Imperium."
That was an extremely ugly purplish clear grey Tentacled alien thing that almost looks like a cell of some kind emerge from the landing ship And it said "J'onn J'onzz. It's been a long time" That was when J'onn was pulled from the group and placed in front of the Imperium The Invaders electrocuted and reverting back to his true form and then the Imperium proceed to use its tentacles to lift J'onn up off the ground I'm pulling inside of it While saying "Much better you have defied us for we will personally now we will be finishing what should have been accomplished long ago, the elimination of the last Martian."
I took the opportunity to start spraying the explosive gel down in a spot that would allow me to access the Ion Matrix without having to disabling the forcefield. readying my finger over the Detonator button for when J'onn gave his signal.
I think that's when the Imperium start to realize J'onn was hiding something because he was refusing to break That's when the Imperium shouted "what are you hiding." As it proceeded to electrocute J'onn again that's when he shape-shifted back into his Martian Manhunter form and shouted "Now!"
I my thumd clicked the explosive gel detonator causing an explosion that revealed my presence to the Invaders and to the shock of the others "Batman?" Flash set with surprise surprise, and Diana followed him up with "It can't be." That's when J'onn reveals how I was able to sneak in " I mentally shielded him so he couldn't be detected."
that's why I place the device courtesy of Lucius Fox on the ion Matrix reversing polarity and causing the shield to change from red to blue to the shock of the invader/Carter "What are you doing?" So I answered his question "I just reversed the ion charge." The Imperium most have realized the ramifications of what I just done because it started shouting "The crystal destroys it!" the Invaders started opening fire so I use my grapple launch myself into the air, the Invaders shooting after a few seconds with the invader/Carter saying " it's shielded."
I proceeded to Glide down to the others As the device did its work changing the orders on the Crystal to clear the sky letting sunlight which in turn cause chaos among the Invaders because they realized they had to head for cover or melt which one of them did in that moment. J'onn took that moment to get loose from inside the Imperium pulling it further into the sunlight as the Imperium screamed "No!"
J'onn Responded to it's no by saying "You live underground and shun the light. why Does it burn your pale, putrid skin?" As the Imperium continues to scream that's when the Flash made a comment that I had to agree with "Ooh, that's one nasty sunburn." I landed in front of Diana Quickly pulling out a blow torch for my utility belt in order to free her hands as well as doing the scientific answer "Ultraviolet rays, coming from a world were none could penetrate these invaders have no resistance to our sun's radiation."
"So you did find their weakness after all." Diana said sounding impressed I nodded and said "I can't take all the credit after all you were the one that made the hole in the terraforming plant in Egypt. it's the reason the Invaders ran deeper into the plant like the cowards they are." It was then that I got Diana's left hand free It was a good thing too because at that same moment the Imperium screamed orders to fire on us.
Diana was able to deflect the blast that nearly hit me as I was working on free her other arm that's when Superman flew in grabbing the platform in front of us and ripped it up to act as a makeshift wall protecting us from the oncoming energy blast. I finished freeing Diana at that moment at the same time Superman uses heat vision to free hawkgirl and she in turn free Green Lantern, with Diana freeing The Flash feet.
I have to meet my Electro gauntlets in charged the Invaders punching several of them in the sunlight causing them to melt. I know some would say I was breaking my one rule to never kill but this Technically is a war time scenario So I think I get a free pass. I could see Superman making more holes in the roof with Diana and Green Lantern joining him to help make holes.
It was around that time that the Imperium decided it was done letting J'onn cook it alive it shocked him and pulled its tentacles out of him fleeing back to its landing shuttle, the invader/Carter Try to escape with the Imperium but it just tossed him aside leaving him to melt into nothing. Diana quickly realized the Imperium was trying to flee so she used her lasso to try to hold the ship in place and pull it down.
at the same time Superman flew over to check on J'onn how many years has heat vision treat a hole killing three more Invaders That's when the Imperial shuttle open fire on Diana causing her to lose her grip on the lasso. thankfully Hawkgirl was able to pass the ship and started wailing on it with her mace doing severe damage and giving Diana enough time to fly up and grab her lasso and start pulling the shuttle back down. this gaveHawkgirl enough time to do enough damage to cause the shuttle lose power and come crashing down into the terraform plant .
If it wasn't for the flash I probably would've been squashed by the shuttle and of course he had to comment on it saying "We'd hate to lose you again. But maybe we should get out of here" That's when Superman came flying in pointing to the civilians being held in Alien containers saying " not without them." As he perceived uses heat vision to freedom from the containers There were some surviving Invaders trying to put up a fight by opening fire on him but that didn't last long because J'onn came up from behind and uses spacing powers to take them down. flash then ran up to one of the civilians and said "ew gross." Superman barked orders at him " now." which caused the flash to stop complaining and grab the civilian.
"the whole place is going to blow!" Hawkgirl shouted down to us. Germanna flash manage to get the civilians into one place so that Green Lantern to create a bubble and carry them out telling them all to stay close. Superman grabbed Flash to carry him to safety, and Diana grab my hands in order to fly me to safety. thankfully all seven of us and the civilians managed to clear the blast after placing the civilians down somewhere safe. we watchedThe Invader ship I'm guessing main command ship flee back into space to Hopefully never return.
A few days later I was sitting in front of the bat computer watching the news reports from the cleanup of invasion "This is Snapper Carr. In the aftermath Of the metropolis meltdown, Most of the invaders have retreated from Earth. Superman and a team of other heroes Have driven out the remaining pockets of resistance, Helping to restore order around the world. Despite this stunning victory, Some are warning that we must remain vigilant." Has the new segment cuts from Snapper Carr the new segment of the general giving a speech "We got lucky this time. What will we do if the invaders ever return?"
Immediate transition to the Watchtower
April 29th the Watchtower becomes fully operational
I called everyone together and show them the javelin and told everyone to come on board and I flew us up to the watchtower I gave everyone a map of the layout and told them that we would meet up in the monitor womb in two hours to discuss things.
1:58 later
Superman and I were having a discussion before the others arrived "Incredible. Do your stockholders know about this, Bruce?"I gave Superman and annoyed look before answering "A line item hidden in the aerospace R&D budget. This Watchtower will act as an early-warning system For detecting other threats of invasion from space." That's when Flash and Diana walked in. It looks like the two of them found the kitchen which I made sure it was stocked best food available.
"Mmm. They don't have these on Themyscira." Diana said with a smile and I responded "Stick around, princess I'll show you the ropes." but now that I think about it that response came out a little flirty what I did not expect was her answer what I said "perhaps I will."
That's when Green Lantern and Hawkgirl Keep flying down from an upper level in the monitor womb with Lantern saying "An impressive installation." and Hawkgirl said the same before Lantern continued "But what's it got to do with us?" Superman was the one to answer his question.
"I once thought I could protect the world by myself, But I was wrong. Working together, we saved the planet, And I believe that if we stayed together as a team, We would be a force that could truly work For the ideals of peace and justice." and of course flash had to cracker joke about the serious matter "What, like a bunch of super friends?" I gave him a bat glare as Superman continued " More like a Justice League." At least flash decide to be serious about what he said next "Do you have any idea how corny that sounds, but maybe the big guy's got a point. With all of us behind it, it just might work so you can count me in." Starting what is effectively a group handshake with Green Lantern agreeing to join next "I'm in" then Hawkgirl "and me".
followed by Diana "My mother may not approve, but I find man's world to be intriguing. I'll gladly join." I need the bat in the back of my mind was trying to convince me to do this hole Justice League idea part-time but my conscience/rational thinking won out and to everyone's surprise I walk forward and put my hand in and said "You can count me." to everyone's surprise.
"Im surprised bat's I thought you Preferred to work alone?" flash said with surprising his voice I was tempted to bat glare at him but decided against it and just answer his question "I did once, but I found out you never know when you might need a friend." That's when J'onn flew down from the main control center up above and put his hand in as well "You Can Count Me In as well I've grown quite attached to Earth since my arrival two years ago." That's when Superman said "Then we're all agreed."
The screenplay Fades to Black in the outro place
Notes:
E/N my take on Batman is primarily based on the Batman cartoon from 2004 who was a younger/less jaded and more trusting version version of The Dark Knight. The Flash in this universe is Barry allen which is why I didn't really use any of his flirting lines since he's already married to Iris West. also for the locations of the Cities such as Gotham and Metropolis are based on a DC Universe RPG map of the United States East Coast which place Metropolis in Delaware and and gotham was placed in New Jersey (specifically South Jersey there's also the fact that when batman dress as matches Malone uses a northern Jersey accent).
Chapter 2: Chapter 2: The Enemy Below
Summary:
author's note this so course based on the enemy From Below episodes, this story starts around the point of the attempted assassination on Aquaman. Aquaman of course is going to be a mix of both versions of himself in the dcau. He's going to be wearing his Atlantean armor that he wore in the Superman animated series episode a fish story, but has the long hair and beard from his Justice League/JLU appearance, The atlanteans also follow the Roman version of the Olympians ie Jupiter, Juno, Neptune, Pluto, Mars, Venus, Minerva, Bacchus, Vulcan, Ceres.
Notes:
(See the end of the chapter for notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the Wonder Woman Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
Year 7: Age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
may 7th-11th From the UN meeting to preventing a polar meltdown
I watched from the Shadows as Superman tried to get Aquaman to be patient but he appeared to be completely fed up with the UN's refusal to accept his demands, which the representatives weren't wrong, forcing every country to stop utilizing maritime trading/shipping could cripple the world's economy.
though I understand where Aquaman's hatred towards the surface comes from. After he had been kidnapped two years ago by lexcorp, which intern almost caused a war with Atlantis if Superman hadn't managed to talk him down.
As we were making our way to the main entrance of the United Nations to see if we could catch up with Aquaman. There was suddenly a loud explosion outside from what we could see through the glass door the reporters were screaming and looked to be running for cover.
Superman and Diana opened the double doors there was smoke and Rubble strewn about around Aquaman. He tried to get up but then fell unconscious as Superman ran over to check on him.
So I took command of the situation and started giving out orders " Superman, Wonder Woman get Aquaman to one of the nearby hospitals." I turned to GL and gave him his orders "Lantern, I need you to create a police parameter with your ring so that I can piece together what happened and hopefully figure out which assassin is behind this."
Everyone proceeded to follow my orders to the letter Superman and Wonder Woman flew Aquaman off to a hospital Green Lantern created a perimeter to allow me to work. I activated detective vision and began to piece together what happened.
Through my cowels detective vision I was able to retrace what happened. First I scan the spot where Aquaman had landed indicating that the explosion had thrown him forward, I was able to rewind him to the point where the explosion goin on off and then looked around playing the footage forward slightly and found a piece of shrapnel to the right of the explosion which allowed me to discover it was a particular type of rpg round can only be fired by a certain brand of sniper rifle that required a shell casing to be discharged when fired. After I Scanned the point of impact from the rpg, I discovered it appeared to have been fired from a left angle, which placed the firing point on the rooftop of a rooftop of a building nearby.
I pulled out my grapple and fired it quickly getting up to the rooftop I reactivated detective vision and looked around that's when I spotted the shell casing I was looking for and I picked it up with a tweezers from my utility belt to get a better look at it that's when I spotted something very familiar written on the casing the words Deadshot clearly visible on the shell casing I now have an ID on our assassin.
I called Lanturn and told him to meet up with Superman and Diana, at the hospital they chose to take an Aquaman to and told him I'd be along shortly, then I proceeded to call Alfred at the bat cave to ask him to check something for me.
"Alfred I need you to run a check of the dark web, see if anyone's put up a hit on Aquaman." It wasn't long before Alfred responded back "Sir, it would seem an anonymous individual has put a hit on Aquaman's and it would appear your old adversary Mr. Lawton was the one to take the offer but it doesn't say what the payout was going to be." "So the plot thickens" I think to myself before responding "Thank you Alfred right now I have to get down to the hospital to check on Aquaman, and inform Superman along with the others on what I've discovered." After finishing my call with Alfred I made my way across the rooftops to the hospital that Aquaman had been taken to.
30 minutes later at the hospital center
I arrived at the hospital and went to the room where Aquaman had been taken to. That's why the others were standing outside so I decided to wait in the shadows in order to hear what the doctor had to say.
Diana was the one to ask the doctor on Aquaman's status of health "How bad is it?" the doctor responded "Hard to tell." he then took the mask off his mouth and said "His physiology is not like ours. It's unlike anything I've ever seen." That's when Superman joined the conversation "But can you help him?" The doctor sided and said "I don't know." "Then maybe I can." I said as I stepped out of the Shadows.
Everyone got to work following my instructions to the letter. Superman went off to Star Labs to acquire a tank big enough to house Aquaman. While GL went out to the ocean to procure the water that would be needed to fill the tank once everything was ready in the hospital room was set up. Superman and the doctors put Aquaman into the room, The doctor made sure to put heart rate monitors on Aquaman in order to keep an eye on his vitals before Superman placed him in the water.
The doctor then walked over to check the heart rate monitor to his surprise Aquaman's condition started to stabilize he announced this "His vitals. They're stabilizing." I then walked over and handed him a clipboard saying "Maintain saline at 3.5%." the doctor looked at the clipboard and then at me with a surprised expression it said "How could you possibly guess that?" I answer this question "He's a fish out of water, doctor. Salt water." As I looked at Aquaman in the tank.
As we waited for Aquaman to regain consciousness I decided to inform the others about the identity of the assassin. "I have an ID of the assassin who tried to kill Aquaman." "So which assassin are we dealing with?" Diana asked I took a breath and then answered "The assassin who tried to kill Aquaman is deadshot aka Floyd Lawton. I had a run-in with him once on christmas eve three to Four years back. Since we don't know who's paying him we're going to have to catch him and get him to talk, which shouldn't be too difficult." Diana raised her eyebrow then asked "How exactly do you plan to get him to talk couldn't we just use my lasso of truth?" I choose my words carefully before answering "Yes, we could use the lasso if necessary. But let's just say there's something I know about Floyd Lawton that he cares about way more about than whatever he's being paid, to kill Aquaman."
1 hours later at the hospital center
"He's coming around" Superman said which prompted Green Lantern to walk over and talk to us "Good now we can get some answers." Then he started hitting the tank with his fist saying "What did you do with the plutonium?"
lanterns pounding on the tank woke up Aquaman causing him to quickly surface and say " plutonium?" Then he proceeded to climb out of the tank landing in front of GL, who continued his aggressive questioning "from the submarine you stole it." Aquaman gave Lantern the skeptic look and then said "My orders were to leave that vessel where it lay." Lantern didn't seem convinced and tried to call him out on it by getting up in Aquaman's personal space "You expect us to believe that?" But Aquaman held firm and started taking heart rate monitor pads off saying "Someone tried to kill me, and I need to find out who." Just as Aquaman was trying to make his way in the room I walked up behind him and said, "Wait. I can help but you're going to have to trust me."
Several hours later outside the hospital center
The plan was simple, Superman, Diana, and myself would take up steak-out positions on the rooftops that gave us a clear view of the hospital. While J'onn would shape-shift into the appearance of Aquaman in order to act as bait for Deadshot. Diana landed on the rooftop of the apartment building that gave her a direct line of sight to the entry to the hospital, while Superman joined me on the rooftop I took up a position on. That was when Diana asked me the question "Are you sure this plan of yours will work, Batman?" I responded with a simple answer "Just keep your eyes peeled for any suspicious movement." that was when Superman cut into our conversation with "Here he comes."
That was when J'onn/Aquaman was brought out on the stretcher to the waiting ambulance. That's when I noticed movement of someone running with a duffel bag up to the mailbox. The person in question looks to be pulling up something from the duffle bag. I quickly realized it was an RPG, that's when Diana yelled "There!" over the com and I responded back to her "I see him." as I quickly pulled a batterang for my utility belt and threw it at the assailants RPG causing a misfire at the ground.
From our vantage points we could see the assailant was fleeing the scene So Superman and Diana gave Chase while I went to check on J'onn, Who while still disguised Aquaman was trying to help the doctors who got hit by some of the debris from the explosion so I asked a general question "are you okay." J'onn responded as he shape-shifted back into his Martian Manhunter appearance with "perfectly" Then we proceeded to the alleyway that Superman had chased the assailant to only to find the man of tomorrow unconscious on the ground.
While I checked on Superman J'onn phased through the ground. That's when I heard his voice over the com saying " Diana, he's heading towards you." It was in that moment that there was a faint rumbling in the distance which could only mean that Diana just punched the ground and that caused one thought to go through my mind "I'm going to have to pay for the damages she just caused, once this is over." I quickly brought up a map of New York City sewer system I'm so I can quickly get ahead to see if I could get ahead of Deadshot who apparently was using a motorcycle to make his Escape through the sewers as I was making my way to the location that would be the best place to get the drop on him I heard Diana over the com say "End of the road." then I heard a loud explosion which had me concerned until Diana called confirming she was fine.
I managed to get to the manhole cover I was looking for quickly dropping down into the sewer system for a procedure drop several spike balls I was on to the water / ground, I pulled out my gravel and use it to repel myself back up to the manhole cover a drop down from and waited as Deadshot passed right under me hitting the spikes causing him to lose control causing him to be tossed off his bike as long as the bike flying into the sewer wall exploding I dropped back down and walked up behind him saying " Don't move." and of course he threw a smoke grenade as a result I had to activate my cowls detective vision which allowed me to keep track of Deadshot as he made his way through the sewers on foot I quickly came to the conclusion that his main vehicle had to been parked over a manhole cover and that's where he was headed, So I called Superman and told him to keep an eye out for any suspicious Vehicles trying to flee the city.
Diana, J'onn and I managed to catch up to Superman just as he was starting to interrogate Deadshot by saying "you tried to kill Aquaman why?"
Of course Deadshot responded to submit to questioning very sarcastically "Gee. why would a Hired Gun try to shoot somebody, Could it be because somebody paid me to."
That's when Diana jumped into the conversation saying "Who?" Deadshot of course continues to be very sarcastic with his answers "Come on, babe. You know I can't tell you that, Professional ethic." Then he proceeded to continue with a sexist comment "But then again, if you make it worth my while..." Just as he finished that comment About Diana that for some reason made my blood boil and I placed my hand on his shoulder and said to Superman "I'll take it from here." As I proceeded to walk Deadshot way from the others so that I could begin my interrogation, Deadshot of course tried to act tough by saying "You don't scare me Batman." That's when I grabbed the front of his uniform and positioned him in such a way that he's now facing me, Giving him a full-on bat glare.
That's when I start speaking again "Oh you'll talk, because there's one thing I know, that you care about way more than whatever agreement you have with whoever hired you." That's what I perceived to whisper the Pacific information that I knew. Floyd's face must have gone pale under his mask because he started shouting "Okay I'll tell, I'll tell."
Diana then asked Superman " What did he say?" Superman responds to her question with "you don't want to know." I brought him back over to the others, shoving him in the back for good measure as I proceeded to ask "who hired you?" He turned around and answered my question "I don't know. I don't ask questions." which matched up with what Alfred had discovered for me several hours earlier. So I proceeded to ask the next question "Not good enough, how are you paid?" Deadshot's next answer then filled in the missing detail "With gold, see." That's when we all noticed the crate of gold that phone out the back of his van that was now strewn about the street.
I walked over to get a closer look, I dropped down to one knee and picked up one of the gold coins, on closer inspection After getting a good look at the coin I informed the others " Spanish doubloons." That's when Diana asked "Where would they get coins like this?" "Atlantis." J'onn said, answering her question. Superman Must have realized we had to get back to the hospital immediately by saying "We got to warn Aquaman."
That was when Green Lantern showed up with the worst news possible "Too late that royal pain in neck is already gone and I couldn't stop him." So I took command of the situation and gave out orders to the others "Superman take Lantern, Martian Manhunter and Wonder Woman with you to Atlantis. While I hand Deadshot over to the authorities." "And deal with the property damage Diana caused."
the batcave early afternoon the following day
I decided to take the time to update my personal mission file on what had been going on. After Superman and the others head to Atlantis to try and find Aquaman. I took Deadshot over to Stryker's Island so that authorities would be able to keep him properly secured. But before I could leave New York City I had to meet with the mayor the following morning In order to discuss the damage that had been caused by the Justice League and Deadshot as Bruce Wayne. Because I may be a full-time member of the Justice League as Batman, but I am also the secret benefactor of the Justice League as Bruce Wayne so it falls to me to pay for any damages that befalls a city do to our battles with villains such as Deadshot, I also made sure the check would not only cover the damages to the road & Sewer system but as well as any future Public Works projects the New York City will needed funds for.
After I finish filing information, the batcomputer something got a message from the Wayne Tech polar research satellite that was orbiting over the North Pole the readout I was looking at showed something was very wrong with there being an unnatural thermal spike in the center of the North Pole and it was getting hotter, I stood up grabbed my cowel and put it on and then proceeded to call Superman over the com "Superman , we have a situation developing up at the North Pole. Thermal readings show temperatures Increasing at an alarming rate." I continue to listen over the open Comm Channel I just created with Superman as Martian Manhunter spoke "If it continues to ecological effects could be catastrophic" picking up where I left off All I could think is "If Ra's knows this happening he's probably enjoying it." That's when Lantern joined the conversation "We should go check it out." And then Diana perceived to be a voice of reason by saying "But what about the crisis here?" That's when Aquaman spoke answering her question "There may be a connection."
So Superman asked "what do you mean?" So Aquaman proceeded to explain to us what was going on "It's the Doomsday thermal reactor, We designed it to create an accelerated polar meltdown." "What!" Lantern shouted cutting into Aquaman's exclamation who then continued "I had the weapon built as a last resort In order to protect Atlantis if the surface world ever attacked, But I never armed it." That's when Lantern put the pieces together "Then Orm must have using the plutonium from the submarine." That's when Superman decided to give the order to mobilize"Which is normally my job." by saying "If a polar cap melts most the world will sink beneath the waves. With all coaster cities being destroyed, Orm must be stopped." I ended Communications at that point and headed over to the Batwing I perceived to launch and headed straight for the Arctic.
4 hours later North Pole (Note the Batwing probably use the same Tech as the javelin so the travel times would be a little bit shorter than in real life
By the time I arrived at the North Pole I could see a battle that had been Occurring between Aquaman and the active Justice League members and the treacherous Atlantean troops who had sided with Orm. As I flew through Glacier field I can already tell things were getting worse as the glaciers were falling apart at a very alarming rate I proceeded to call Superman "Superman the Glaciers are melting at an alarming rate." His response was quick " I know but we got our hands full here" As I continue to fly there the ice Fields I activated my cowls tech division after witnessing Aquaman call upon a killer whale to help them free pass the atlanteans line I heard over the com Superman tell Green Lantern to keep an eye on Aquaman but he managed to lose sight of him when he went under the ice thankfully I was able to keep better eye on it and I informed John where he was headed as I proceeded to deploy from the Batwing Lighting down to the entrance of the ice cave that Aquaman had entered.
As soon as Lantern arrived we started making our way to there the ice cave I spoke "we don't have much time, if we don't shut that thing down the world as we know it is doomed." Of course Green Lantern chose that time to make a bad joke "I suppose it's a bad time to say I told you so." I was tempted to give him the bat glaire but I knew time was of the essence. By the time we reached the center of the ice cave where the thermal reactor was located only to witness Orm use the trident to blast the terminal that controlled the reactor. Lantern could only udder "we're too late."
"Not yet" I said simply as I ran towards the reactor with Green Lantern following me. Thankfully Aquaman was keeping Orm busy which gave me time to assess the damage to the control terminal I could tell just by looking at it and from the scan I had just made with my cowl detective vision that the only way I was going to be able to shut the Doomsday thermal reactor down. I turned the Lantern and said "It's no good, I'm going to have to go inside the reactor to manually shut it down." Lantern gave me a skeptic look and said " inside?" questioningly then I proceeded to say " your ring can you use it to protect me?" Lantern nodded yes as he proceeded to use his ring to create a shield construct around me. Then I climbed on the destroyed control terminal and opened what looked to be a maintenance hatch, and started crawling through the maintenance tube to try and find the emergency shut-off valve for the reactor.
As I was crawling through the reactor I could still hear the fighting outside I'm from the shouting I could tell Orm must have realized what Lantern and I were trying to do because I've been heard a blast hit lanterns shield I believe it was a few Seconds later that I managed to find the release valve that would shut down the reactor from the inside It was at that moment I heard Lantern Shout "Hurry Batman!" It took some effort but I managed to turn the valve shutting down the reactor then came the fun part of having it all out of the maintenance tube backwards. As I exited the reactor Lantern said "It shut it down you did it." Just as you start to remove his ring's shield construct from me I answered by saying "No we did it." because it took a team effort to shut the reactor down. That's when Aquaman walked up holding Orm over his shoulder saying "Then the threat is over."
I found out later from Superman what happened after Orm's defeat. apparently Orm was Swiftly put on trial for treason and had been found guilty with the verdict being banishment to the surface world and from what Superman told me to Atlantean it's a fate worse then a normal death sentence, because the survival rate for an Atlantean who's been banished to the surface is very low, since their lungs are far bigger than ours they intake air away faster which could lead to them passing out and dying in a matter of hours on the Surface if they don't have access to salt water. I have to be honest to me that seems like a cruel unusual punishment. from my restorative justice stance. but I can't exactly fault Aquaman reasoning given that he is a monarch, it's his decision on how crime and his kingdom is handled. Superman did go on to tell me Aquaman admitted that his hatred and fear of the surface world had blind him to threats from within his own kingdom, from there he went on to explain that he intended to work on amending the mistakes he had made In order to move forward for a better future. With that I conclude the mission log And stored it away in my personal Justice League case Files on the on the back computer
scene Fades to Black in the outro plays
Notes:
End notes For those wondering in this universe Deadshot has both of his children His son Edward Lawton (Who was sadly raped and murdered by a pedophile in the comics but in this universe that never happened) and his daughter Zoe Lawton, Bruce became aware of their existence on Christmas Eve, when he had Alfred trace the upfront payments the Assassins had received from Black mask/Roman Sionis, Falcone Crime Family, and the Odessa Mob. The crime lords who did not get involved in this plan to eliminate The Dark Knight were Oswald cobblepot and Rupert Thorne because they had the foresight to realize that if this plan to use assassins failed the bat would have enough evidence to put them all behind bars do to Batman being deputized in this universe much like his 1960s TV series counterpart meaning all arrest are completely legit. In Deadshot's case the Upfront payment that he had received was traced to a trust fund account in Star City, That had his kids' names on it.
Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Paradise Lost
Notes:
(A/N This will be one of the first chapters that will shift POV Diana with a few twists As well as jumping perspectives for a particular scene in a shopping mall,Diana is still a daughter of Hades in this story, the other major twist I plan to throw in I will not reveal until later. Also in this story my version of themyscira is going to be based on the Wonder Woman earth-1 graphic novel version Paradise Island where the Amazons are basically an extremely Advanced civilization with advanced technology Similar to the dcau Atlantis, Also since Gotham and Metropolis are technically sister cities being situated on the Delaware Bay meaning both cities will be affected by the hurricane Gardner.) I should have noted this before the sacred law that forbids men from setting foot on themyscira sometimes called Aphrodite's law was put in place by the Olympians meaning only they can lift said law.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the Wonder Woman Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-late 2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse
Year 1: age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
may 20th-25th From a hurricane hitting Metropolis to saving Paradise Island
It all started with Superman asking Batman and I to accompany him to Metropolis to lend a hand to the emergency personnel, that were patrolling the city to try and help those who couldn't get to safety. Batman politely declined, explaining that he had to head back to Gotham in order to coordinate rescue efforts with the emergency personnel in his city. In his words Metropolis was not the only city going to be affected by the arrival of hurricane Gardner.
So Superman and I took the javelin to Metropolis arriving just as the hurricane was starting to hit the city. We spotted what he and Batman referred to as a fire truck looks like it was about to fall off the overpass Superman flew in and caught the front of the truck, including the firefighter who had fallen out of the fire truck through the broken windshield, I use my lasso to catch the midsection of the truck so we could carefully lower it down to the street below, once that was done Superman started talking to a firefighters. I heard the voice of a child screaming for their mother And a small park that was visible from the overpass. That's when I noticed it was a young girl, who had climbed a tree, that was starting to be ripped out of the ground by the wind.
I wasted no time flying into action to save the girl, Reaching her moments before the tree was about to toppled to the ground as I held the girl. I tried to reassure her by saying "I've got you, little sister." The girl gave me a funny look while responding "You're not my sister!" That's what I heard a woman's voice shouting what I presumed to be the girl's name from the entry point to an apartment complex below I landed and took the girl down and let her run over to her mother And took the moment to watch the exchange between the two.
Cassie: "Mommy!"
Cassie's Mother: "How could you run off like that. You almost scared me to death."
Cassie: "I'm sorry."
Cassie's Mother: "I don't know what I'd do If anything ever happened to you."
Cassie's Mother: "You're my whole world.
As I watched the two of them head inside the apartment complex I wasn't paying attention to the traffic pole. It's hard to fall over behind me. Luckily Superman reacted by Flying in and pushing me out of the way. then he flew us over to where there was a wooden fence between two apartment buildings so we could talk about what just happened. "You're usually more careful than that." Superman said simply
I responded "I'm sorry. I just don't know." but the words didn't really come out right So Superman asked "What's wrong?" I took a breath and then I answered "My mother used to say the planets revolved around me. She called me her little sun and stars." I paused and then continued "You know, I left Themyscira against her wishes." Superman then tried to give me some advice "Maybe you should go back and set things right." I looked at him and answered "But, what would I say to her?" Superman responded to my question with a simple answer "Try the truth." I let out of breath and then said " If only it were that simple. But you're right I can not put this off any longer" Superman then asked me "When will you be heading back." I did not have time to think about that yet so I responded with "I don't know."
The Bermuda Triangle the following evening
Thankfully Batman gave his permission for me to borrow one of the javelins which made traveling back to themyscira take far less time then it would have if I had flown myself. The flight back gave me time to think about how the conversation between my mother and I Could potentially play out "You look more radiant than ever. No. Gone, mother? I didn't go anywhere. I was in my room. Alone. For Five weeks." No that will not work mother will see right through that obvious lie, so I played the conversation out in my head again "The world was in peril. Would you have me stand by and do nothing? Hera, give me strength. Home at last." As I could see Themyscira coming into view I realized something we Amazon did have one similarity with the atlanteans both of our cultures have extremely advanced technology The mortal world only dream of. As I was coming in for a landing it noticed something was really wrong as there appeaerd to be a Raging Fire across the city. I landed the javelin and went to investigate.
I noticed two figures staning on the stairway that led to the Palace through the smoke I called their names "Atlanta, Maia!" When they did not respond I ran through the smoke when I emerged on the other side I stopped and gasping in shock the figures in front of me were definitely Atlanta and Maia but they appear to be made of stone with their expressions Frozen in shock as well as weapons drawn. As I walked past them I quickly realized that all of my fellow Amazons on the island must have fallen victim to the same fate. I flew into the palace to search for my mother finding a door that was ajar that led to private temple of Athena.
As I moved through the debris That's when I spotted my Mother standing at the base of the statue "Mother!" I shouted walked towards her, but then a Sinking Feeling hit me when I got a better look at her. I noticed she was wearing her armor had warn when she did battle with my grandfather centuries ago after the sacking of Athens, when his army of Spartans tried to overthrow Olympus. That was not the worst part As I got close I could see she also can turn to stone all I could do was drop to my knees In front of the statue My eyes filled with tears and say "Mother! No! Forgive me. I should have been here to protect you. I should have.."
That was when I realized I was not alone As I noticed a reflection of a figure In my mother Shield Thinking quickly I grabbed it and tossed it like a frisbee nailing a figure who appear to be male in the stomach knocking him into a fallen pillar with a grunt. "Who are you?" I asked angrily You respond if I cast a magic spell that allowed him to fire balls of magic from his hand that I had to deflect quickly with my bracers. I decide to perform a quick acrobatics trick in order to get behind the assailant tossing it over him which distracted him long enough for me to get in close and punch him in the face. which sentence him toppling backwards into the pill I had tossed over him.
I rushed up to him and grabbed his robes with clenched fist shouting "How dare you defile this sacred ground!" As I raise my fist to punch him again he spoke in a sneering voice "Wait. If you Harm me, and the others will remain as they are, Cold, hard stone." So I use my hand that was still clenching his robes to shove him into the pillar. At this point I had no choice but to interrogate him "Who are you, talk!" He answered the sneering expression still on his face "My name is Faust, Felix Faust. I am a humble student of the mystic arts." "I doubt you're a humble student of magic" But I wouldn't voice it out loud so I went on to the next question "Why did you attack my mother and sisters?" He smirked and answered "They left me no choice. I had to defend myself." I glared at him and said " by turning them to stone?" Surprisingly now he was being more forthcoming with his response.
"I came here in pursuit of ultimate knowledge. to gain this, I must find the fragments of an ancient sacred relic. The first piece is here on this island." He paused in his explanation So I told him through gritted teeth "Go on." So he continued His explanation "I'll make you a deal. I'll restore your Mother and sisters if you help me get the other fragments." I Gleared at him and said "Why should I believe you?" Faust Suddenly summoned what looked like an amulet but had Medusa's face on it And aimed it at my mother saying "A small demonstration. Gravis vitae." As much as I hate to say it I watched it I watched in amazement as my mother was reverted from stone back into flesh and blood, She groaned and dropped fell to her knee, I let go of Faust and ran to her side saying "Mother!" As I hugged her she spoke "Diana? Athena heard my prayers and sent you." I answered her "I'm so sorry, mother."
But Before I can get much further in my apology Faust interrupted "Oh, what a touching reunion." which caused my mother to react shouting "The intruder. We must stop him!" Before she could get up to attack Faust said "Patropa kistes" which made the amulet glow caused my mother to turn to Stone again. "Monster!" I shouted as I stood up glaring at Faust As I tried to grab the amulet out of his hands he used magic to hide it away again As he spoke "I need your answer. Will you help me?" With a sneering look on his face that was making my blood boil so I asked "What kind of man are you?".
He summoned a magical our grass answered "A practical one. You have 72 hours to bring me the rest of the fragments. Otherwise Your unfortunate mother and fellow Amazons will remain statues forever."So begrudgingly "I asked and where will I find these relics?" Faust then use magic to summon Gems as he answered "These gems are attuned to the mystic vibrations of each fragment. they will lead the way." I decide to issue a verbal threat before leaving "Heed my words, Faust. If you break your vow, No magic in the universe will save you from me." As I was making my way out of the Temple Faust called out saying "I'd hurry if I were you. The meter's running."
As I made my way back to the javelin I contemplated whether or not to reach out to my father and ask him for aid. But then I remember the amulet the stygian iron amulet he gave me to contact him was in my room and I didn't have time to go back and get it, I decided i would retrieve it when I returned with the rest of the fragments. once I had the Javelin in the air and started playing back towards the mainland as I waited for the gems start glowing give me some indicator of where I should go. I decide to contact Batman in the meantime and see if he can find anything about Felix Faust.
Year 7 : Age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
I was in the Batcave going over a irregular missing persons case when she called "Batman, it's Diana. I need some background information on a man named Faust- Felix Faust. He's some kind of sorcerer." "Faust he's the one person with ties to that missing professors together from that case that batgirl has been working on. but last I checked he was not a sorcerer he was an archaeology Professor." I thought to myself before answering "Care to tell me what's going on?" her next Response seemed a bit defensive "I'm sorry I have to go." As soon as she ended communications I activated the tracker in the javelin that she is flying. I decide to call for backup from the other active League members informing them to meet me at the location the Diana was headed to.
Year 1 : age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
The gems glow pointed me to the Metropolis museum of Natural History. I got out of the javelin and opened the skylight I dropped to the ground floor and began making my way through the museum Arriving at the ancient greek exhibition. The first thing that I noticed was a vase that was made by Amazon artist that I knew on themyscira "Menalippe. Good for you. I always said your work was museum-quality." I thought to myself as I took the gem out from where I placed it on my belt and noted that it was noted it was glowing very bright now, it seemed to correspond with vace at the back of the museum Right behind what looks A giant statue of a greek soldier, of course I got careless when I walked up to the vace, I accidentally tripped the security causing the whole museum to go into lockdown which left me with no choice but to destroy the vace by performing a chopping motion with my right hand.
Which revealed a strange-looking cylinder Stone that I proceeded to grab it muttering to myself "Why would Faust want this?" That's what I heard a rumbling sound so I turned around and to my surprise the statue had come to life and all I could say was "Great Gaia." Don't know why I was surprised, when I should have expected the fragment would be some kind magical safeguard in place. With the museum lockdown, I had no choice but to engage the statue that had been brought to life, the fight results in quite a bit of property damage to the museum before I managed to destroy the statue ending its onslaught and getting your artifact back that was when Superman arrived he had a stern look on his face as he said "Diana, what's going on?" without thinking I lashed out saying "It's none of your concern!" he continued looking at me with a stern expression on his face as he answered my lash out calmly"When my friends start tearing up museums, It becomes my concern. Batman already contacted the others, when they get here, they'll want an explanation."
Year 7 : Age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
I proceeded to take note of the damage that was done to the museum since I was going to have to write out a check to take care of the damages. While Diana explained to Flash, Manhunter, Superman and I, on why she broke into the Metropolis Museum in the first place and why she asked me to look into Felix Faust. Diana finished her explanation saying "Of course I don't trust this Faust, But what else can I do?"
The Flash answered Diana's question worded statement with a very fool hardy answer "I say we go back and kick that would-be sorcerer's butt." Diana then gave Flash a look like she wanted to smack him across the head as she responded "No. Men are forbidden from ever setting foot on Themyscira." It was then that I decided to enter the conversation "Diana, what exactly is the punishment for breaking what I am assuming is a sacred law?" She thought about it for a moment before answering "The punishment for bringing men on to the Themyscira is exile." I thought about it for a moment and then asked "Does the law in question apply to women from the outside world?" Diana looks surprised by my next question, but she still answered it none the less "When it comes down to women we give them a choice they can either return to man's world and are consider an honorary amazon or they can stay and train to become a full-fledged Amazon. why you asking me these questions, are you formulating a plan?" I smirked and nodded yes before answering.
"Yes I have a plan. We will divide into teams in order to help Diana find the two remaining magical artifacts Superman will accompany Diana,while J'onn and Flash search for the other one. I'll see what else I can dig up on Felix Faust, since he has connections to a missing persons case one of my properties have been working on." I took a brief pause before continuing "But we will not accompany Diana back to Themyscira since men cannot set foot on island and the last thing we want to do is get her in trouble. So I propose we send female heroes in our place, I could send my protege Batgirl."
The others were left speechless after hearing the second half of the plan, I noted that flash was about to protest when Superman suddenly spoke "As much as I hate to say it. Batman is right the last thing we want to do is get Diana exiled from her home, I can send Superwoman in my place." Just as Superman finished J'onn spoke "I completely agree, Batman's plan is the best course of action, I could send my niece M'gann In Martian years she's in her early to mid forties chronologically in human years she'd be in her mid teens" We all looked at flash who at this point with the last holdout he groans before responding "Well looks like I've been outvoted before I can protest, I'll contact Libertybell she's a Speedster like myself."
with the plan agreed upon Diana and Superman took the Gem that was indicating that there was one more artifact here in Metropolis the two of them flew off to find it while J'onn and Flash prepared to board the javelin, I pulled flash aside to tell him something "Make sure to tell Libertybell not to mention anything related to the JSA." He responded with a simple "Why?" so I answered " I don't think Diana is aware that her mother came to the outside world During the the Second World War and held the title Wonder Woman, And fought alongside the JSA." Flash look to be contemplating what I was telling him before answering "I see your point I'll make sure of Liberty Bell is a where to watch what she says in front of Diana, tho there's nothing we can really do if Diana's mother pull Liberty Bell aside talk to her."
with our conversation finished Flash and J'onn quickly departed in the javelin heading Southwest.I raise my left arm and activated the gauntlets Halo com and called Batgirl I told her to meet me at Gotham University so that we could have a chat with Professor Erlich Since he was the only other professor I could help shed some more white light on who Felix Faust.
It was only a few minutes flight using the Batwing to get back to Gotham but of course it happened to be raining when I arrived, I deployed from the Batwing and glided down towards the entrance I can see Batgirl who was standing in the shadows as well as professor Erlich, he was trying to open the door to get out of the rain that was when batgirl tried to get his attention "professor Erlich?" Erlitch responded with "No conferences without an appointment. See my secretary if.." Lightning happen to flash at that moment causing my gliding silhouette to appear above him and it spooked the poor man Causing him to drop the books he was holding as well as though busted umbrella he turned around as I landed in front of him. Batgirl stepped out of the Shadows as I stood up straight and spoke "I apologize for scaring you Professor Erlitch, We wouldn't be here if the matter wasn't urgent could you please tell us everything you know about Felix Faust."
Year 1 : age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
I held the gem out in front of me. As Superman and I flew deeper into Metropolis. The gem started glowing extremely bright as we neared a massive structure called the Metro Mall I Paused my flight path to double-check holding gem in different directions to be sure when Superman seid "There must be some mistake." I shook my head and answered "No according to the gem, it's in there." So we proceeded to land at one of the entry point and headed inside.
As we made our way to the exact location I couldn't help but comment on the building we were in "It's like some kind of temple." Superman respond to what I just said for the sarcastic remark "Yes, for those who worship their credit cards." as we were nearing the location I stopped momentarily at a display of women's wear that I couldn't help distastefully comment on as I continued walking "How could any female wear such ridiculous garments?" All Superman could say was "You got me. I'm going to use my x-ray vision to see if I can spot the artifacts location."
He was quiet for a few moments so I decide to ask "Superman did you find it" he nodded yes and then flew over me spinning in mid-air which allowed him to pour through the ground a few seconds later he emerged holding the artifact container All I could say was "Why would it be buried here?" Superman shrugged as he flew over the artifact saying "I don't know I'd say it's been here a very long time." he handed me the container as I responded "Someone went to a lot of trouble to make sure these pieces were never disturbed." just as I broke the seal on the top of a container that was a bright Blinding flash of light which caused me to drop the container which shattered when it came in contact with the ground. I tried calling out "Superman!" as my vision cleared I realized superman was no longer present instead in his place Stood the demon from hades that growled at me
Year 11: age 27-28
Clark P.O.V
I tried to call out as the blinding flash dissipated "Diana!" Has my vision cleared all I could say was "what." because Diana no longer stood in front of me In her place stood as lizard Beast of some kind.
Year 1 : age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
I glared at the demon and shouted in the commanding voice "What have you done with Superman answer me!" I perceived to go on the attack punching the demon in the face with my fists which caused it stagger backwards. It quickly recovered and hit me with its left claw Sending me flying backwards I flipped over midair and accidentally destroyed one of the indoor trees with my right foot.
Year 11 : age 27-28
Clark P.O.V
The lizard Beast hit me sending me flying back before I ready myself The lizard Beast charged and kicked me sending me flying through the window of a Barnes & Noble knocking over a bookshelf before the Beast attack again I flew forward grabbing a shoulders flying away from the store I punched the lizard beast in the jaw
Year 1 : age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
The demon nearly choked me out. But I was able to get free of it's grasp I pulled the lasso of Truth for my belt and lassoed the demon.
Year 11 : age 27-28
Clark P.O.V
The lizard beast got its tail around my neck trying to suffocate me. Pulling me in front of it thinking quickly I whacked it's face with the back of my head.
Year 1 : age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
"Fowl demon" I shouted but not before it flew I both into the ceiling which dazed me Causing me to black out for a few seconds as I fell back towards the ground landing on a vehicle. Realizing the demon was flying towards me I grabbed the Convertible and hosted it over my head getting ready to throw it at the demon.
Year 1 1 : age 27-28
Clark P.O.V
I managed to free the lizard Beast Tail. I was going down towards it when you grab the convertible it had landed on and threw it at me convertible and when flying into an ATM causing an explosion "I'm going to have to tell Bruce about all this property damage That was caused here." I thought to myself as I got free from the wreckage
Year 1 : age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
I flew over to check if the demon was killed in the explosion sadly it wasn't because it quickly lifted up convertible and threw it at me. I managed to dodge out of the way of the convertible and it naild the wall above the lights The demon was playing in quick so I grabbed two of the cable housing ripping them off the junction box causing electricity to spark as I slammed the cables into the demons chest.
Year 1 1 : age 27-28
Clark P.O.V
Those are beast claws or something pouring electricity is it nailed me in the chest causing me grown in pain. I managed to get its claws off of me but then it kicked me in my chest, And then it whacked me in the head with it fist Sending me falling to the ground landing on my chest facing one of the fountains With the lizard Beast landing on top of me planting it's foot on my back. That's when I noticed the Reflections in the fountain water there wasn't a lizard beasts that currently had its foot planted on my back it was Diana, which could only mean that the artifact the spell that protected the artifact must have put some sort of illusion on our eyes, that is making us see each other as enemies, I tried calling out to her "Diana it's me!" hoping she had seen it too But I was sorely mistaken because she punched me right in the face, which dazed me. She then proceeded to grab my by my head and throw me across the mall. I landed on my feet holding my hands up and shouting "Diana stop it's an illusion."
Year 1 : age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
The demon roared at me for some reason it was walking backwards It may have been trying opening so I punched it. But the demon didn't react so I kept wailing on it, The demon started trying to block my punches with its arms. I ended up punching the demon hard enough to send it flying through the wall of the women's clothing store Superman and I had passed earlier. I flew through the hole nd landed walking over towards the demon shouting "I won't ask again!" I grabbed the demon by the neck with my left hand and demanding an answer the question from earlier " where is Superman?"
The demon lifted its right arm pointing at something behind us. So I turn my head to look at what the demon was pointing at. to my udder shock it was a mirror and the thing that was pointing in the mirror with Superman I gasped as I turned back to face him as he spoke "I tried to tell you." I quickly started apologizing "Superman, I'm so sorry. What kind of horror have we unleashed?" I went and picked up the artifact from where it had been dropped and went back to check on Superman as I held the artifact in my hand All I could say was " powerful forces are at work here" Superman groaned and said " Tell Me Something I Don't Know."
I proceeded to help him to his feet saying " I hope I didn't hurt you" He chuckled and then responded "Let's just say I'm glad were usually on the same team" As we exited through the whole I had made I couldn't help but wonder aloud " I wonder how the others are doing."that's when we both heard Batman's voice over the com "Diana, Batgirl and I were able to dig up some information on Faust." I decided to ask " what is it?" heAnswer the question firmly"You better come see for yourself. Also make sure to bring Superwoman, J'onn has gone to retrieve his niece, and Flash procuring Liberty Bell I expect the seven of you to be here within the hour."
Year 7 : Age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
The others arrived at Faust apartment right on time starting to look around the apartment that was full of archaeological finds which J'onn commented on "Fascinating. Faust purely has a passion for learning." Surprisingly LibertyBell was the one to make a joke "Where do you get this stuff, Warlocks R Us." as Flash picked up one of the staffs I noticed at the corner of my eye I noticed the staff charged up So I shouted at him "Don't touch that!" Flash turned in energy blast shout out of the staff forcing Batgirl and I to drop to the floor to avoid being hit. All flash could say was "Oops." as I gave him a full-on bat glare Shouting at him "Don't touch anything, we don't know what sort of powers were dealing with."
Of course The others who were touching stuff that work magical artifacts decided it would be a better idea just put them back where they found them. That was when Superwoman decide to ask "So who is this Faust" So I began to bring everyone up to speed. from what Batgirl and I were able to learn from Professor Erlitch "Felix Faust was once a respected professor of archaeology when he became fascinated with the Mystic Arts He was kicked out of Gotham University. for his heretical ideas." I took a brief pause and Batgirl continue the explanation "I was the one looking into the missing persons case, Involving several professors from Gotham University who had mysteriously disappeared over the last few months, with the one connecting variable being They all had once been colleagues of Faust."
Diana then walked over to the Shelf She had been looking at earlier saying " I think I have a pretty good idea what happened to them" Noting the three stone head The poor striking resemblance to the missing professors Liberty Bell and Superwoman happened to walk over. Liberty Bell said "ew" with a grossed out expression and Superwoman said what we were all thinking "He's mad." I chose then to continue speaking "It gets worse, I found his journal. The last entries make a reference to tartarus." As Lightning flashed outside the window. Diana barely whispered "The prison of the Damned." That was when M'gann Piped up "Isn't that part of the Greek myths."
Diana shook her head before saying "I wish it was a myth. millennia ago my mother's father Lord Ares and his son Thrax along with an army of Spartans at his command attempted to overthrow MT. Olympus only to be stopped by my mother and the Amazons under her command during the battle my father Lord Hades, joined the fight alongside the Amazons temporarily allowing the Fallen to rise and continue fighting while he dueled Ares, the battle was ended when my mother decapitated Tharx Which caused the Spartans to turn and flee in defeat my mother was prepared to kill Ares to end his threat for good. however Hera and Zeus stepped in and ordered that he be imprisoned in tartarus. In order to ensure Aries could never be freed my mother was charged with guarding the gate to tartarus, to ensure the gate could never be unlocked. The only key was broken into pieces and Scattered across the globe, Mother told me she kept in the temple As a daily reminder of her duty to ensure her father never escape" After Diana finished her explanation.
The pieces on fell into place as M'gann Spoke "Then all these relics you guys been Gathering Are parts of a key."Liberty Bell then walked over to Superman and grab the piece he had been holding saying "But why would pass want it." I grabbed the artifact as I walked past her saying "Only one reason." As I quickly assembled it on the desk before saying "He intends to use it." Superman decide to ask " where is the gate to Tartarus located?" Diana answer the question immediately "Beneath themyscira." Superman looked at Dianna and said "Diana you can't get Faust the key." Diana had a sad expression on her face and she responded "If I don't my mother and fellow Amazon's will be petrified forever." I chose then to point something out " Faust might not even be aware that he's been communing with a Ares, you can use that to your advantage, along with the Allies were sending with you."
After Diana, Superwoman, Liberty Bell, Batgirl, M'gann had left for themyscira I took the opportunity to ask Superman how much damage was done to the mall And he explained to me what happened, and that has powerful illusion was used on Diana and himself causing them to see each other as monsters which of course led to a lot of property damage.
Year 1 : age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
During a flight back to themyscira Superwoman, Liberty Bell, Batgirl, M'gann and I came up with a plan of action. When we arrived on the island I flew to my room and grabbed my stygian iron amulet, Before heading to the side entrance of the Temple of Athena, As I flew and I shouted " Faust!" in order to get his attention quickly As I landed in front of him. He responded with his cold sneering voice "Back already, And with 24 hours to spare, I'm impressed have you got the relics." I removed the cloth that I was covering the key and seid "First you free my mother". He answered my demand with his cold sarcastic voice "Oh yes yes of course."
Faust then summoned The Medusa amulet and then spoke in the Mystic language which caused the amulet to Glow and restore my mother to flesh and blood again. I handed Faust the key and drop down to my knees to check on my mother. Of course Felix Faust chose then to gloat "After 1610 years, the key is finally complete" My mother looked at me with this and expression saying "Diana you didn't." It was in that moment that Faust decided it was time to turn on me sating "Thank you for your assistance but now your usefulness is over" As he summoned the Medusa amulet again And was about to use it on my mother and I.
suddenly a blue and yellow blur ran past Taking the amulet from his hands What shocked Faust causing the only other one word "What!" As Liberty Bell came to a stop to his right saying "You're not the only one with an ace up your sleeve." As she held the Medusa amulet tight her grasp. Faust then glared at me saying "What is this?" That was when Batgirl swing down from the lamp of the Athena statue And nailed Faust with her fist.
"You brought Outsider women, here to themyscira" my mother said with surprised. While batgirl who was still glaring at Faust "Did you really think Wonder Woman would trust scum like you, I'm here bring it back to face the music for the murder of those professors." As Superwoman and M'gann join her position standing over Faust Superwoman then spoke "It's over Faust come along quietly." Of course Faust wasn't going to give up so easily shouting "never!" As he fired a blast of energy from his hands which forced Batgirl, Superwoman, and M'gann The dive out of the way.
Faust managed to focus fire an energy balls at Superwoman she flew out of the way of one but then got hit buy one sending her flying across the room. Liberty Bell then ran up to Faust saying " Now You See Me Now you don't." Which ticked Faust off further He started firing energy balls sporadically at her which she Easily avoided however when she ran into try to punch Faust He used his magic to create a simple barrier ripping up the Stone floor which caused her to run right into it Sending her flying and hitting her head on the wall.
M'gann Then shoved Faust with her shoulder sending him falling down the Small flight of stairs, as Batgirl walked up fast fired in energy ball at M'gann who much like her uncle was able to phase shift so it passed right through her causing more damage to the Athena statue He then created a massive energy ball and through it at both Batgirl and M'gann Forcing them to dive out of the way. A pillar almost landed on Batgirl but thankfully Superwoman acted quickly and caught it. It was then that Faust tried to make a run for it. But he didn't get very far Because Batgirl managed to tie him up with her grapple.
I tried to help her using the lasso of Truth powerfast grabbed onto both ropes and electrocuted both of us with magic temporary stunning us. M'gann Use the opportunity to phase shift to get behind Faust saying "Holt" It was then that Superwoman and Liberty Bell joined her In surrounding Faust of course he had another trick up his sleeve he threw some magic seeds on the ground that turned into vines That tied up Superwoman and Liberty Bell, and M'gann. It was then that background I recovered from being stun I flew and grabbed a sword and started hacking at the sentient vines.
While we were distracted trying to help the others Felix Faust walked to my mother who tried to defend yourself with a knife but ended up getting stunned by a lightning spell. Faust then used a teleporting spell to escape. Ironically once he was gone the vines instantly died allowing us to get free. Superwoman Liberty Bell and I made our way over to where fasted teleported with my mother from Superwoman was the one to speak "It's too late she's gone along with the key." I looked at them and said " No, There's only one place they could have gone follow me"
I took a torch off the wall and let them over to a panel that I placed my hand on it immediately scan my fingerprints and opened the stairs leading down as we travel down the stairs there was a stench in the air that Liberty Bell started to comment on "What is that smell you know what nevermind." we reach the bottom of the stairs and pass through the doorway into a massive necropolis, We decide to fly with the exception of Liberty Bell everything was shaking as the doors for opening. All I could order was "Hera, help us." It was then that the doors opened in a figure in blue and black armor stepped out of the flames uttering three words "Free at last" Felix Faust threw himself at the figure feet saying "Welcome Lord Hades, To honor you I brought an offering" It was in that moment that the mysterious figure grabbed Faust and hoisted him up he laughed and said " you were not your fool Faust, I am not lord Hades, I Am Lord Ares the God of War."
Ares proceeded to throw Felix Faust to the side like the tool he was. And took off his blue helmet revealing silver head of hair. Surprisingly He twisted the key to close Tartarus and then destroyed it ensuring the door could never be opened again meaning he couldn't he couldn't be read in prison. While he was doing that however I managed to get my mother free As we were running Ares commented " hippolyta I didn't know you had a daughter." As his eyes glowed any fire two balls of fire from them We barely managed to get behind some cover before they hit. Ares without standing over us gloating when Superwoman flew in nailing him in the jaw with a mean left hook.
She then flew in front of their strike but Ares proceeded to slap ever on the face sending her flying into a pillar. Batgirl then threw a explosive batarang that he caught and then it blew up in his face The next explosive batarang she threw, simply knocked it out of the way sending it flying end of the ceiling. Liberty Bell ran in and started punching Ares in the chest in Rapid succession. Ares then proceeded to unleashed a torrent of fire from his eyes. which Liberty Bell barely avoided cracking a joke "This guy really need some eye drops." As she ran around the necropolis avoiding his fire. M'gann then dropped in on top of Ares sending him into the ground of course then blasted her with fire Sending your flying as well as growing in pain. I grabbed my pendant out from where I hid it in my jacket and prayed that my father would hear my plea for help. But in the meantime we decide to hold our ground until then " mother are you all right" I asked and she answered "Yes, but Ares Must be stopped" As she proceeded to arm herself with a sword and shield.
Ares and merge from the ground on a pillar of stone taunting us "You dare to challenge a god?" Suddenly a booming voice shouted back "yes I dare to challenge you, my dear nephew." Everyone everyone looked in shock except for me of course, at the sudden appearance of my father Lord Hades Decked out in his stygian iron armer and holding what looked to be stygian iron saber in his left hand. He charged his nephews position is Sabre meeting Ares is hoplite blade, we all stopped and watched In amazement as my father managed to overpower my grandfather cutting off his gauntletsgauntlets.
My father's and snapped his finger on his right hand causing new gray gauntlets to appear It was in that moment that Ares tried to use his fire blast but nothing happened, He growled glaring at my father "what have you done to me Uncle." My father must have been smirking under his helm has he responded "Those gauntlets you now we're restrict your power to that of a demigod Meaning you will not be able to use your influence over War to destroy the world, My dear nephew, and those gauntlets you know where can only be removed by one of the big three and since I placed them on you I don't intend to remove them. And don't try going to your father, or Poseidon this was a contingency in case you got loose." My father then open the portal and tossed Ares in.
My mother decided to ask "where did you send him." My father chuckled before answering " let's just say I sent into a maximum-security prison somewhere in the United States, Apollo already informed me it take him a few years before he escape. So until then there's nothing really to worry about" My father has been turned his attention the Felix Faust who was coming to after getting slammed into a wall by Ares My father grabbed him by the robes and then placed his right hand Faust neck At least a portion of his power on him causing the screen and pain and pass out. My father took his hand away from Faust neck revealing a Cerberus brand. Liberty Bell was the one that to ask " what exactly did you do to him."
My father decided then to take off his helm revealing his face as he answered "That brand is just ensure that he serve his time in Mortal prison for the murders of those professors. what it will do is age him a number of decades every time he tries to use his magic, Of course the Mortal eyes you appear as he does now but those who are magically into and we'll see he the truth. Furthermore he will remain unconscious until you hand him over to the proper authorities in the mortal world" He then proceeded to snap his fingers teleporting, Faust to the javelin
My father said his goodbyes to my mother and I before teleporting back to the underworld, we made our way back to the surface, just as the sun was Rising, It was then that Liberty Bell took out the Medusa pendant allowing the sunlight to hit it and destroy it. "Look" I said as all the Amazons around us start a change from Stone to flesh once more. "But how?" Liberty Bell said with surprise in our voice. and batgirl was quick to answer her question " Faust spell could probably only last as long as he could will it. With him being unconscious and the javelin."
A few hours later my mother and fellow Amazons held a ceremony to induct Superwoman, Liberty Bell, Batgirl, and M'gann into our ranks as honorary Amazons, When the ceremony was complete my mother gave me her blessing we continue operating in the outside world so we made our way back to the javelin and took off Heading back to the outside world.
scene Fades to Black in the outro plays
Notes:
E/N I decide to draw elements from the Wonder Woman movie animated movie from 09 with some elements from the comics such as Diana's mother hipolita being a daughter of Ares which makes Aries is Son thrax her brother, I should also note that Diana only knows half the story of what happened with Aries is attempted coup, Also his armor is based on the one he had in Justice League Unlimited .Also because Aries was imprisoned in Tartarus his seat on the council was replaced by his aunt Hestia who had given up her seat to allow for Dionysus to have seat on the Olympian Council, With Aries imprisoned it restored the council back to being six goddesses and six gods. The Superwoman of this universe is Lois Lane-kent. Basically she was accidentally exposed to platinum Kryptonite (it basically gives any human that has direct skin contact with it permanent Kryptonian powers), I should also note Lois’s Superwoman attire is based on the Silver age kristin wells Superwoman outfit since it has a cowl that would cover her head Protecting her public identity furthermore her house el logo has the colors flipped to being as yellow S sheild on a red background. This chapter will also be introduction of Liberty Bell/Jesse Chambers as the first Glimpse at some of the Legacy Heroes of the JSA, As well as one of the future members of Young Justice team that being Miss Martian, And finally batgirl, who will be wearing her batsuit that was seen in the Batman cartoon Which was internal reference to the 1960s tv series Batgirl outfit, Batgirl/Barbara Gordon will be paired with Sam young like she is in the dcau.
Chapter 4: Chapter 4: the venomous agenda
Notes:
(Author's note This chapter is based on issue 23 of the Justice League Adventures comic series where the Justice League was forced to face down the cult /terrorist group known as Kobra. I should also note here that Bruce gave each league Founder a smartphone that utilize the batwave tech the difference being that their logo pops up instead of the bat symbol as a way to discreetly call other League numbers while in civilian attire. The Flash suit function similarly to the new 52 one being that It can cover his civilian clothes, much like Superman's new 52 armor)
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
June 25th-26th
Year 6: age 25-26
Barry P.O.V
I was leaving the crime lab to meet up with Iris for lunch when the cell phone the bat's gave me started ringing. So I took it out of the holster on my belt, and proceeded to click on my flashing logo with my thumb which brought up the information on the robbery in progress at the Central City savings and loans Bank. I activated my ring that housed my flash suit, Once I was suited up I ran out of the precinct and headed straight for the bank.
I heard a few pedestrians cheer as I ran past, arriving on the scene just as the robbers were trying to make their escape out the front door. I stopped briefly to count how many there were when one of the robbers shouted " The Flash blast'im!" Using my speed I ran circles around them as they fired at me Have I reported to what the leader of the robbers seid "Blast'im man that's lame." In a matter of seconds I created a tornado that lifted the robbers out as well as caused the their firearms and the money they stole ripping the items from their hands I came to a stop and they all fell to the ground.
A few minutes later the news crew arrived, so I ended up giving Reporters a statement, that is when the Branch manager walked over saying "Mr. flash that was outstanding you saved my bank!" I figured he wanted to do a simple photo op so I started shaking his hand saying "No problem, I can spare a minutes or two for a quick photo op." as we shook hands the branch manager Started acting strange as he spoke "Oh, indeed in fact. Extensive news coverage is part of my agenda" That's when he suddenly wacked My right leg with his staff sending purple electricity through it.
I topple to the ground groaning in pain in response "Arrgh, wife feels like it's been deep-fried." That's when the branch manager revealed what he has done to me "Electrified nanoparticlesss, Flash. Even with your sssuper-fassst metabolisssm it'll take a few daysss to heal." That's when the fake branch manager shedded his disguise as he continued to speak "Now away with this holographic disssguissse. Let the world sssee itsss future massster." as the homegroup disappeared I was shocked to see Kobra the notorious leader of the terrorist organization/cult of the same name.
All I can really do is sit on the ground Holding my right leg that was throbbing with pain as Kobra continued speaking "Ssstay away from my men or sssuffer the same fate asss the Flash, Turn those cameras towards me" I watch the news crews did as Kobra instructed Then he continued his speech "Jusssstice League I am Kobra, inevitable Leader of the world, and the sssuperior to your abilitiesss. The Flasssh can avow I can besst your ssso-called sssuper powersss. But that isss only the beginning behold The Wonder of my ark! Military and teleportation technology unsssurpassed." that is Kobra click a button on his staff which caused strange flying machine of some kind materialized a few stories above. it was then that he shouted "Lower the force fieldsss, and fire the Misssile." That's going to rock it shot out from the side of the machine hitting a nearby office complex It exploded unleashing a torrent of gas.
Civilians came flooding out coughing and screaming and all I could was watch it play out That's when Kobra said "Hurry Jussstice League, my next challenge awaitsss you" his followers than shouting "Hail, Kobra!" As they teleported away. I brought my left hand of and activated the com in my left ear in order to call the other over the com "Guys if anyone's listening over the coms, get down here pronto."
2 hours later
Year 7: age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
The six of us arrived and began aid to the rescue Personnel on the scene. I took the opportunity to consult the doctor who would run blood test on the victims of the attack "How bad is the situation doctor." The doctor looked up from his tablet with a sombre expression on his face as he answered "This nerve gas mimics the agonizing effects of Cobra Venom, but is way more lethal. Estimate the victims have little more than 48 hours."
This whole situation remind me of the case, four years ago I had to stop the international eastern european terrorist Red Claw from unleashing a deadly plague that would have wiped out everyone in gotham, "Then it's as bad as I feared. We're going to need to synthesize an antidote. Any traces of the original gasBefore it was absorbed into the human bloodstream will help us greatly, I've sent Superman in to search for any remains of the missile."
That's when Superman flew down to where the doctor and I were talking and the news he brought wasn't good "I found something all right, But it not good. I found this titanium case was the only part of the missile left intact. And inside it was A hollow disc that I can activate with my heat vision." So the two of us walked over to where the other for standing..
Superman then uses heat vision to activate the recording which caused the green holographic image of the hooded head of Kobra to appear and speak "Jussstice League, if you want the antidote, sssend your two professional combatantsss, Green Lantern and Hawkgirl, too face myssself and Lady Eve, in battle at the Grand Canyon, to ensssure they come alone in the afternoon to day, or I will detonate a canissster of nerve gasss I've already hidden away in a ssschoolyard. Good day" that's where the recording ended.
That's when Superman spoke "Afternoon that's only one hour from now. This is probably a trap" Lantern then interjected "Obviously, But five hundred people got hit by that gas. We have to take the risk" Hawkgirl then joined the conversation "No question we're going but someone should look for the canister" I quickly checked my gauntlets up link to the bat-computer find if there are any schools in range of the Grand Canyon and my search result brought up the Grand Canyon school district. So I informed the others.
"If Kobra is able to detonate the cancer remotely. It would have to be in a reasonable range meaning the canister will likely be somewhere within the Grand Canyon school district" Diana quickly caught on to what I was getting at and voiced to plan of action "Then Superman and I will start searching the Grand Canyon school district" As the others began to fly off flash decided now was the best time to complain
"Man, Kobra stinks! I should be the one speed searching for the canister!" I sternly responded to flash's whining "Kobra anticipated that, Flash It's the reason you were his first target. Will be taking you back to the watchtower so you can rest up, while Manhunter and I begin work on the antidote." Flash stop complaining and said something we were all feeling "Fine, But I have to admit this worries me." That's is when J'onn who have been quiet the entire time seid something to try and ease Flash "Kobra has proven to be a devious and remorseless. Your worries are Justified" It was then that I chose to wrap the conversation up "The four of them will do their jobs. we have our own work ahead of us."
The time is one O'clock Grand Canyon
Year 4: age 26-27
John P.O.V
Hawkgirl and I Were you able to find over Kobra and his forces location quite easily Since the green of their uniforms stook out like a sore thumb against the sandstone. Of course getting close wasn't so simple since Kobra and lady Eve Were able to fire energy blast from their staffs. I was able to shield myself with my ring, taking the full Brunt of the blast that Kobra have sent at me while hawk girl easily dodged energy blast lady Eve shot at her.
I fired a beam of energy for my ring which forced Kobra to jump out of the way, while Hawkgirl used her mace to do the same to Lady Eve. Kobra quickly countered nailing me in the jaw me in with his foot. I could hear Lady Eve say "Aren't you ready to fall?" It sounded like she was trying to goad Hawkgirl into acting Reckless.
Out of the corner of my eye I could see Lady bring her Holbert down on Hawkgirl mace While I was using my ring to deflect Blast from Kobra staff, Hawkgirl managed to nail lady with her Mace sending her flying. Using my ring I managed to blast Kobra sending him flying to where lady Eve had landed. I then proceeded to create a contract of rope using my ring to hold the two of them back to back saying "Enough it's over Kobra" Who growled at me saying "you dare."
I looked around at Kobras man we're starting to surround us and seid "If your snake boys try anything we're going to take it out on you Kobra." Hawkgirl then joined in saying "We want that antidote, and we're willing to do this the hard way, to get it." But that's when Kobra spoke "Bahh! I'll Credit you foolsss,You have back the king of ssserpentsss But can you hold him?" Suddenly there was a S-sss sound from Kobras hood, before Hawkgirl and I could react we were hit with the very same nerve gas that was used three hours earlier in Central city.
we both collapsed to the ground is Kobra revealed what he had done to us "That's an especially concentrated dossse of my nerve gasss, The two of you have half the time the Central City be victimsss have to die." We both heard Superman shot "Kobra" from above, but Superman and Wonder Woman had arrived too late to capture Kobra and his forces were teleporting away with Snapper Carr And his camera crew hostages From the safety of his flying machine he relayed a message "Too late Sssuperman! I Have proven the fighting ssskillsss of your to interplanetary sssoldiersss are inferior to mine, Your Jussstice League isss running out of resssourcesss farewell."
Superman and Wonder Woman landed and proceeded to help Hawkgirl and I All I could say was " you... found the canister.. Good." Superman shook his head and said "Yes but it was empty, This was all a trick. Diana let's get them both to sickbay on the Watchtower" Wonder Woman who'd already helped Hawkgirl to her feet answered simply "Right, By Hera that's Scaly fiend will regret this"
10 a.m. Watchtower the next day
Year 7: age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
"J'onn and I have extensively Analyzed the blood samples from the nerve gas victims, We're close to an antidote for missing crucial data." J'onn was the one to finish the explanation "if we had an actual sample of the nerve gas we could create an antidote in a few hours." "Then we find this monster and they can talk!" I could tell Diana Stamper was starting to flare up, admittedly I was just as angry as she was but I knew better to keep my cool.
that's when Flash start to wine "Me and all I'm good for is watching the TV monitor." That's when Superman voice something that he had found odd "Kobra is the one obsessed with the media. Isn't that strange for secret cult leader?" I shook my head is I answered Superman's question "No, I understand his Mo. it's very similar Red Claw and ra's al ghul, He wishes to inspire fear by using us He.." That's when J'onn interrupted.
"Wait I sense a presence among that doesn't belong here, I'm in contact with it it's fighting me its. Argghh!" "J'onn!" I shouted as the unwanted guest revealed himself by saying "Your sssecurity sssystemsss really need improving." As I dropped him I need to check on J'onn All we could do was look on in shock at Kobra who use the teleporter to infiltrate the Watchtower And was now standing in our conference room gloating "The Martian grappled with me psssychologically, But I have ssspent decadesss Practicccing Meditation and mental disciplined. My mind and ssself-image are dangerousss coilsss and ssso Fallsss The Mentalist of the Jussstice League"
In that moment Diana's temper got the better of her "Villain I'll beat.." Before she could attack I grabbed her wrist from behind Using a Stern voice "Wait it can't be that easy." That's when Kobra spoke "Now I sssee why you need thisss otherwissse ussselesss man in a bad cossstume. For he isss correct, Attack me in there ssshall be no offer of an antidote." Of course he would throw an insult my way I doubt he even realize I'm the most skilled hand-to-hand specialist of the Justice League After all I spent an entire decade learning from the best of the best. That's when Diana Growled out " why are you here?" So Kobra continued.
"To continue our game of courssse. You require an antidote, and I ssshall give you a reassson to battle me for it again. To throw your few remaining superpowersss at me." I glared at him "Not all of us need super powers to defeat you." Of courser after I said that Kobra proceeded to foolishly insult me again "Do not delude yourssself for the comparisssonsss to me, Dark Knight. Despite your appearance you're jussst a man."
Kobra then proceeded to sit in my chair and placed his legs on our conference room table. Speaking with his annoying hiss "I however am the sssnake God in human form. Sssee your limitationsss, How your technology isss easily sssurpasssed Asss the sssystemsss of my Ark override your own, Watch and learn " The four of us all turn to watch as the monitor in the conference room turned on showing a live feed from the Colosseum in Rome. "Of course he would pick another tourist spot."
With our attention on the screen Kobra resume speaking "My arch will launch to nerve gas gas-filled missiles Sssimultaneously at Targets in the northern and sssouthern hemisphere. Unlesss you Marshall The Brute ssstrength Sssuperman and Wonder Woman against my bessst troopsss the Roman Colossseum!" Kobra paused to tand up before finishing speaking "My men who obtained an audience of Italian citizensss and tourisssts, for us. Ssso to attend! And when's your effortsss fail The world in the rest of my followersss will know that none can stop me. Now as they say in Rome arrivederci" As his ark teleported him back to Rome.
That's when J'onn started to stir from Kobras attack on his mind. Diana rushed over and helped him to his feet, "J'onn are you all right" he slowly answered "It's all right. I am recovering. Kobra attack might of shattered a human mind, But the Martians brain is much more Resilient than he could know." Diana then helped J'onn to sit down in this chair saying "Well he's about to Know some pain himself."
"Wait!" Superman and Diana turned to look at me, I decide to choose my words carefully as I revealed the plan that I had come up with "Kobra continues to treat us as stereotypes. That's Superman is only muscle, Or that the flash is only ability is his speed. That's our best weapon against him."
30 minutes later Rome
The plan was simple Superman and Diana would distract Kobra in his forces which would allow me time to step onto the stage unnoticed. Once I was on the stage I stood in the shadows and watched Superman and Diana played out the plan perfectly Proceeding to play possum when Kobras soldiers blast them with their energy weapons. Kobra of course started posting "Yesss! Hear me world Ssso endsss the Jussstice League! All their Vaunted Powersss are nothing to me."
It was then that I revealed myself stepping out of the Shadows "you're forgetting something You haven't beaten the entire JLeague until you've bested me." Kobra turned to look at me and said "You ha You fool! You represent no challenge to me!" I proceeded to unclass my utility belt and hold it away from me with my right hand as I challenged him in such a way that I knew would get him to react "If You're really a Living snake-god, Then surely you can defeat me without weapons man to man. Or are you scared of losing in front of your mine was fanatics."
I watched as lady Eve whispered in Kobras ear. He then looked at as men who were staring up at the stage. all of a sudden he threw his staff aside And perform to flying kick nailing me Square in the jaw As he shouted "I need no weaponsss to Sssmite. you I am the deadliest man alive!"
As we clashed Kobra tried to nail me with his right hand I swiftly blocked it with my left, Which left him open briefly enough that I could nail him in the jaw with my right hook. I tried to hit him with my left fist however Kobra duct under and nailed me in the stomach with his left fist. Using his right leg he tried to do with sweeping kick that I was able to jump over quite easily nailing Kobra with my left leg. I watch this Kobra checked his jaw with his right hand before he threw a punch with his left which are easily caught with my own left hand. which gave me the opening I needed to nail him with another right hook. At this point Kobra must have been too afraid that he was going to lose Because he called after the second command and I ended up getting blasted causing me to fall to the ground.
I was stunned for a few seconds Why a lady eve Kobra weren't paying attention I started getting to my feet as Kobra stated "I'm finally factorias and unchallenged" I use that as an opportunity to counter with a speech of my own as I Rose to my feet "Not while I can still stand. And if I fall The Flash and Martian Manhunter will recover to fight you, and if they fail ordinary men and women All over the world will rise to oppose you will never win. no one believes in you" That's single speech goaded Kobra enough to play right into our hand As soon as he launched the missiles I gave the signal to Diana and Superman "you can get up now."
"At last." Diana said with her lasso truth ready, As she quickly lassitude Kobra Who could only odor in shock "what! thisss can't be?" Diana was the one to answer "You said it yourself Kobra you did put a down too easily, He's all yours Batman." As she tossed me the rest of the lasso so I could keep a hold of Kobra. Continuing where Diana left off "Right. Lady Eve hold your troops I have your leader, and you have no wayout!" Kobra who is probably still in shock at what we just pulled shouted "no way out are you mad!" It was then that Diana started ripping the Kobra ark a part.
As Diana successfully destroyed the Kobra ark the backup from NATO that we had requested arrived which got a reaction out of Kobra himself "Ssso the military'sss been on ssstandby. Bah! They won't sssave the world for my nerve gasss even Superman can't stop two missilesss at the sssame time." I was just about ready to knock him out cold at that point when Diana flew down and start speaking directly to the camera.
"If you been watching this broadcast,You've seen this madman threaten your safety. Or, if you're one of his followers, You probably think your leader is beyond Justice Is technology unmatchable. Watching think again. The Flash and J"onn J'onzz at the monitors in the Watchtower now have control over this channel." I could hear over the com Flash was getting distracted by The sudden live feed so I shouted over the com "Flash!" Who responded to me yelling at him quickly saying "Sorry I'm on the job." As Diana continued giving a voice over "The Flash is entering information from weather in Sevierville and satellites Into the watchtowers computer to calculate the Missiles Direction acceleration and wind resistance. That gives him a trajectory and a means to intercept it. Which J'onn can telepathically relay to Superman."
I could hear Superman's voice over the com "I'm reading a J'onn. I can see the coordinates in my mind, And if I turn this missile it exactly in the right way at the right time It's goodbye to both of them. I removed the Warhead that contains the gas Before turning the missile. We should have an antidote in know time. If Cobra had just waited Until time it run out to save the gas victims, We have willingly surrendered."
I decide to be the one to wrap up, This is pseudo press release "Your ego demanded a media event, Kobra. So we played it to our advantage." it was then that Kobra treid to get lady Eve to order his forces to attack to everyone surprise she refused and instead seized control of the Kobra Cult, stating that the group would rise again one day under her leadership. I knew that day were to ever come the we will be there to stop them
scene Fades to Black in the outro plays
Notes:
(E/N I probably should have made this clear in a earlier chapter, The years that I put before the actual age of the hero refers to the years active in this case Flash has been active for about 6 years in universe. I also based this chapter on this specifically this comic issue, because it establishes Kobra cult / terrorist group, that Terry will have to face years later. The reason there's a time Jump to a following morning is do to rome being 6 hours ahead.)
Chapter 5: Chapter 5: The Brave and the Bold
Notes:
(A/N I guess you could say this is a very important chapter given the this is where Bruce and Diana relationship will slowly begin.)
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
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June 19th
Year 1: Age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
J’onn, Hawkgirl and I were on monitor duty, when J’onn Called us over to the terminal he was monitoring “Diana, Hawkgirl!” “What is it J’onn?” Hawkgirl asked, I notice a grim expression on his as he answered “Central City, It’s gone.” All I could say was “But that shoudn’t be possible. An entire city vanishing off the face of the planet hasn't happened in centuries.” J’onn brought the information up on the screen As he answered “See for yourselves, sensors indicate Central city has vanished without a trace.” That'swhen Hawkgirl decided to join our conversation “Weren't GL and Flash down there?” Thinking back “ Hawkgirl was right Lantern had called a few hours ago, informing us that something strange is going on in Central City and that he and Flash were investigating.” So I tried to reach them over the comms “Flash, Green Lantern this is the Watchtower calling, please come in. Repeat come in.”
45 minutes later
Since we couldn't reach flash or Green Lantern we decided to deploy in Javelin three, and investigate what happened for ourselves, As we neared Central City airspace I spoke “Approaching Central City” Hawkgirl decided to state the obvious “Or at least we're used to be.” but then asked “see anything yet?” J’onn was the one to answer her question “Negative. It's as if it never existed” That's when one of the javelin sensors started blaring, I read the information that was being displayed “Proximity alert 12 O’lock.” “I see nothing.” was J’onn response. “Batman design the javelin, If it's sensor say something is there..”I did not get to finish my train of thought because we collided with something which resulted me to Shouting “Great Hera!” We then proceeded to make an emergency landing destroying some trees in the process.
After we successfully landed the three of us exited the javelin And took note of the damage on the left tail wing with J’onn commenting “You're trust in Batman's engineering skills was well-placed.” Hawkgirl was the one that state but I was thinking “What the heck did we hit.” The three of us walked over to the circular perimeter, I brought my hands up and realized I was touching some kind of barrier so I quickly inform the others “There's some kind of energy field, J’onn can you phase through it?” J’onn Proceeded to turn transparent and Attempted to pass through the barrier only to bounce off it.
After he became solid again he spoke “It seems to be an asynchronous dimensional interface.” That's one hawkgirl decide to rush in with her mace which also proved to be ineffective when her mace collided with the field it sent her flying backwards hitting me and knocking resulting in both of us falling to the ground. “Perhaps we should try a different approach.” was all I could say as hawkgirl and I got our feet. That's when Batman called and informed us that one of his satellite had picked up a similar energy signature in the Savanna, So the three of us got back in the javelin and we took off for Africa.
Year 7: Age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
I have been surveying the area when the Javelin arrived, I turned my head and watched as Diana, J’onn, and Hawkgirl exited and the Javelin and walked over to my position. Diana was standing right behind me I spoke “ There's no question, This energy field is identical to the one that has appeared over Central City” “Great we can't get through this one either.” form tone of voice I could tell Hawkgirl was not pleased. Diana then proceed to fill me in “And there's still no sign of Central City or inhabitants. Perhaps if we..” her sudden pause prompted me to turn around and look at two spheres of energy that have been fired from something behind us before we could react we were hit It felt like electricity was passing through all four of us Ended up passing out.
15 Minutes later
I was the first to awaken, from being knocked unconscious. I quickly realized I was my arms were bound behind my back, I used to gymnastic trick that I learned during my training to get to my feet and began to survey the room. I noticed Diana, Hawkgirl and J’onn were to my left, And noted that the room that we were in was likely a technologically-advanced holding cell. As I waited for the other to awaken I took the opportunity to get it lock pick out of my utility belt So that I can begin using the escape artist skills I learned from John Zataras, So that I can free myself and then the others. However as I was nearing completion Diana awoke.
that's when the cell door opened and a gorilla holding a blaster walked in he spoken fluent English “ Sir there awake.” that's when another gorilla walked in who appeared to be blind in one eye. Diana was the one to ask the question the four of us were thinking “Where are we and who's in charge here?” The half blind gorilla answer her question rude yet commanding voice “You misunderstand the situation, intruder. You will be answering my questions.” Hawkgirl responded with her sharp tongue “Get us out of these cuffs and We'll answer your questions.” The one-eyed gorilla then revealed why we were prisoner “It is not my policy to allow spies to roam free.” I sent a message to Jon through the telepathic link that we used during the Invasion a few months back “J’onn, I'm almost free can you distract our captor so he doesn't pay attention to my lock-picking.” J’onn nodded in affirmative As he spoke to our captor “We are not spies and nor will you hold us against our will.” As he got to his feet he was suddenly electrocuted by the cuffs. “You will find Gorilla city is much more difficult to leave than it was to enter.”
Not sure why but it felt like our captor was gloating because he gave us a bit of information that diana then used in the form of a question “gorilla City?” Are one-eyed captor just looked down at us and said “ let us Begin Again.” not even bothering to answer Diana question. That is when J’onn awoke from being knocked unconscious he got to his feet instead of getting shot are one-eyed captor slapped him And then grabbed him and held him up against the wall saying “Quit stalling spying tell me who sent you.” “No one sent us.” J’onn groaned out “Lies!” are Capter shouted as he threw J’onn to the ground and turned his attention to Diana, Hawkgirl, and I As he proceeded to shout “I want the truth or you will pay most dearly.”
It was in that moment that I unlocked the cuffs that were keeping my hands bound behind my back perfect timing to because are one-eyed Captor walked over and look down hawkgirl and said “I'll give you one one last chance starting with you.” Of course Hawkgirl had to push his buttons saying “ Take Your Best Shot.” Just as he was about to slap her I pulled a bola out of my utility belt, And threw it around him, I then pulled out my grapple and launched myself into the air Are one-eyed captor shouted “ get him!” I quickly forgot a batarang and through it at Diana's handcuffs causing them to Short Circuit freeing her Is she engaged one of the Gorillaz from behind and through him over her head I threw another Batarang this time J’onn's cuffs it took sec for the coffs to short-circuit. As I landed I knocked out one of the other gorillas, It was in that one of the grill guards tried to shoot me but Diana blocked it with her right bracelet. It was at that moment that the coffs holding J’onn broke allowing him to surge forward and punch the gorilla that it shot it Diana and I, After all our opponents have been subdued J’onn walk over to Hawkgirl and broke the coffs off of her. She then purposely walked over and stepped on are one-eyed Captor store and picked up her mace which was on the ground next to him.
She even used it to bust a hole in the wall which allowed the four of us to escape out of the building While Diana John and Hawkgirl flew I glided As we race to make our way to the board of the city. We ended up reaching a stairwell area where I had to land at start running on foot rushing past several gorillas who are most likely civilians of the city I quickly took out one of my grandpa guns and launched myself back into the air As we reach the border of the city I decided to land again because I realized we were nearing the energy field before I could warn them Diana and Hawkgirl slammed right into it. Thankfully J’onn managed to catch them helping them land safely to the ground I came to a stop in front of them I turned around and realized our one-eyed Captor had caught up with us He had a real angry look on his face as he shouted “Try and escape like that again and you will regret it!” That's when something unexpected happened the energy field deactivated itself, that's when the one-eyed gorilla starts giving out orders to evacuate immediately after hearing from one of his subordinates that missiles have been launched and are headed directly for the city. He then turned his hover bike around and start to fly back into the city. But Diana then said something that cosed him to stop
“Wait maybe we can help.” The one-eyed gorilla then turned his head to look back at us and said “You? what could you possibly do to save us.” Hawkgirl just smirked and said “Just watch” As she held up her mace. That's when two missiles arrived so Diana Hawkgirl and J’onn few into action while I watch from the ground. J’onn using his phasing ability to pass-through the missile removing the vital component that would allow for it to detonate, Which sent it plummeting to the ground. The final missile was handled by Hawkgirl But all she did was just launched the war had which could still go off if it hit the ground to hard. Diana managed to get head of the Warhead and started flying into it placing her hands on the nose cone trying to slow it down she in the war head ended up going straight through a building before flying directly over me, seeing what was about to happen I gave chase I watched in amazement and horror as Diana's feet touch the ground Which store to get torn up but then the back end of the Warhead touch the ground causing it to flip resulting in the front of the warhead landing on top of Diana. I ran over to the trends that have been created by Diana and the warhead and started digging through the rubble hoping and praying that she was still alive after a few minutes digging J’onn walked over and placed his hand on my shoulder, prompting you to stop all I could think that I failed to save someone that it just starting to care about. That's when Diana left arm shot up from the ground. And she pushed What was left of the Warhead off to the side Revealing her right hand that she'd gotten the trigger mechanism which ensure the Warhead would not go off. The four of us then stood together as Diana addressed the people of gorilla City “The fates were kind this Day, your city is safe.” That's when all the Gorilla around us started cheering. I turned my head to look at Diana She looked at me and I noticed her eye movement and I realized she was looking at my gloves, noticing the dirt that covered them from when I tried to take her dig out. Then she did something I never expected her to do which was kiss me on my cheek, At that moment I wasn't sure how to react I consider turning away but that didn't feel right so instead I looked at her and smiled.
2 hours later
We found ourselves in the main Security office with Green Lantern and flash who brought us up to speed on what happened in Central City. it was then that one-eyed gorilla revealed his name to be Nnamdi and that he was the actual leader of gorilla City he then went on to say “I'm sorry we misjudged you, We will never be able to repay you for all you've done.” It was then that flash spoke “No biggie but what's going to happen to Grodd?” Solovar then proceeded to show us that Grodd that seemingly had his mental state reduced to that of a regular gorilla meaning he was Seemingly nolonger a threat. However I couldn't help but feel that if Grodd brought ever regains his mind He will seek revenge against the Justice League. All we can hope now is that day never comes but in this line of work anything's possible.
scene Fades to Black in the outro plays
Notes:
(E/N Even though I didn't cover it all in this chapter Brave and the Bold part 1 does play out a little bit differently, because in this universe as I stated before Barry Allen is already married to Iris West meaning flash isn't flirting with chicks. Inside the episode would have started with Barry and Iris on a lunch date Wayne of course he gets a call it has to do with an out-of-control truck, having to suit up and in the date early, from there the rest of the episode the same. I should also note that in the comics Nnamdi is the son of Solovar But for this universe I made him a separate entity since the one-eyed gorilla who appears to be the leader gorilla City wasn't given an actual name, I hope you enjoyed my Twist on Bruce's reaction to getting kissed on the cheek.)
Chapter 6: Chapter 6: Youngin-justice
Notes:
A/n In this chapter tim drake/Red Robin get a shot in the spotlight. This chapter is the reason why Foust didn't die at the end of Paradise Lost though he will die in an undisclosed time from accelerated aging in curse that's tied to his magic through the murderers brand that Hades placed on him a few months back, meaning he still end up meeting the same fate of being bound to a mirror by His former Apprentice tala.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
Year 2: age 10-11
September 10th
Tim POV
Okay right now I need to focus, and remember that I was trained by the best. Taking out a flashlight for my utility belt and turning it on so I can find the release mechanism that would allow me to get out of the hiden compartment in the javelin. Once I got it open I dropped on to the hanger floor, But before I could make any sudden movement, I suddenly found myself in the Watchtowers monitor womb. Face to face with Superman, Hawkgirl and the flash who asked "Does this kid belong to anybody?"
Superman then stepped forward placing his hand on my shoulder as he spoke "His name is Red Robin he is one of Batman's proteges, But that doesn't exactly explain what he's doing here." I was kind of speechless. Flash then snapped his fingers like he had an epiphany saying "Now I remember I met you last year when I teamed up with bats to stop that hacker." I nodded in affirmative. That's when Superman ask the all-important question "So why are you here, Red Robin? The Watchtower isn't exactly for visitors and we haven't seen Batman for a few days." Whoa come on I was trained by the best of the best that shouldn't be so hard.
I started by taking a disc out of my utility belt and walked over to the Watchtower computer as I explained the predicament "That's just it Batman's missing he was following a lead to an investigation, Involving one of his rogues, then all the sudden he vanished." As I was inserting the disc Superman came over saying "He didn't mention anything to us about a new case?"
"Well, I think he had his reasons." Deliberately keeping my answer vague as I started the video on the desk. Which depicted security footage a Martian Manhunter attacking the owner of a bookstore, I then proceeded to give the three League members present the Rundown "This footage is from a security camera in the bottomless book. An antique book store in Gotham City, Martian Manhunter came in posing as a customer, then attacked the owner one Anthony siras. Then stole the family heirloom a Shard of some sort of talisman." I stepped away from the monitor keeping my back to the League members as I went on to explain "Supposedly worthless to anyone outside the Siras family. What we need to find out..."
Before I could finish however an alert came in over The Watchtower intercom "Priority alert Justice League...robbery in progress at Etar Electronics...Midway City..Suspect identified as Green Lantern." After hearing that alert all I could say was "Too late!" The four of us rushed to the javelin got on board. During the flight to Midway City Superman spoke to me "It was a good idea coming to us Red Robin, Nice work." "No sweat, Superman." Was all I could say because never in my life would I ever expected to get a compliment from the Man of Steel.
As we closed in on the electronic store that was being robbed Superman and Hawkgirl deployed from the javelin while flash landed. As I was about to unbuckle my harness flash came up to me and said "We're going to need you to stay on board while we handle this, Whatever's going on is no place for kids." before I could protest you ran out to join the others. He must have forgotten that Batman's my mentor and that I wasn't about to stay where it was safe. I unbuckled the javelin harness and ran down the boarding ramp.
As soon as I got it outside I noticed a few things, Hawkgirl was down for the count Flash was giving Chase to the Green Lantern Doppelganger, Lashley there looked to be a mound of clay with Superman's cape sticking out of it. which I ran over to calling out "Superman are you.." A few seconds later the clay Mound exploded with Superman flying out shouting "Where is he?" I could see flashs was making his way back to help Hawkgirl up, Meaning are Lantern doppelganger had escaped, so informed Superman "Gone. But I think I know who you're dealing with."
25 minutes later at slabside penitentiary
After the four of us arrived at the penitentiary I stood in the shadows as Superman spoke with the warden who was quite happy to fill them in. "Oh, sure, we just had a break out the other day. A record number of inmates escaped I think, This kind of thing happens all the time. We even put in these new energy dampening bars on the cells, It was supposed to prevent The sort of thing from happening by making the inmates week inside, I guess some people just have a strong Iron Will, you know?" Superman then ask his next question "You don't seem too concerned Warden." The warden lot out of size he answered "Actually I'm a little relieved. The person's been a little overcrowded lately, thanks for the good work you folks do. We've had no prior breakouts like this though. It is quite a shame that they happen, There's a few spare rooms that we normally wouldn't have otherwise, Why it sounds so bad lately that we had to put the Some of general populace, In the cells with the super-powered Inmates. Felix Faust and the shade, are currently sharing their cells with regular inmates can you imagine the complaints were getting."
it was then that I chose to step out of the shadows and ask "I'm going to need to see the list of the escapees." The warden was quick to oblige "It's right over here. " The Flash instantly grabbed it from his hand saying "Thank you." as he handed it to me I quickly went through the list and spotted Matt Higgins name It's exactly what I thought. I took the opportunity slip away so that I could check out the cell Matt Hagen had been held in on my way there I went over the case in my head The clerk at the electronic store Said Green Lantern stole a piece of a talisman Somewhere someone Manhunter stole from the bookstore in Gotham, But we didn't see lantern carry anything so where did he hide it. And when he used his ring to attack Hawkgirl It seemed like the power came from his entire hand not the ring pacifically, It all adds up one suspect, and one name That just so happens to be on the list of prison escapees.
Once I reached his cell I deactivated The energy bars and stepped inside, taking out a special set of goggles for my utility belt that would allow me to utilize the detective vision. the first thing I noticed was there were new bricks In the wall. Meaning this is where Clayface made his escape, When I examined the wall to my right I noticed something out of place, There was a brick that was too new that it shouldn't have been replaced.
I took off my detective vision goggles and put then back in my utility belt whispering out loud "So why is there a new break over here." I dropped down to one knee and took a taser out of my utility belt and i zapped the brick, It dissolved into clay revealing a spellbook behind it
I probably began reading through it but got interrupted by The Flash "Hey kid, study halls over. We just got a report of a robbery in progress at the Besanar jewelry store in Metropolis, And guess who they're saying is behind us."
15 minutes later the streets of metropolis
While the Three Justice League members engaged Clayface, while I read through the book quickly realizing something didn't make sense. I looked up talismans and found the one that seems to fit. The Talisman of the sage of the pyramids. I briefly pause my reading to dodge a chunk of clay that clay face shot at me. After landing back on my feet I continued reading The Talisman was destroyed back in the eighteen hundreds, With the sharks being passed down through three family for safekeeping.
The Siras, Etar, and Besanar the same names as our store owners. It says here if the three shards are combined and the names of the families are chanted, In the bearer of the Talisman can control the Dead. The thing is this doesn't fit play faces Mo he's working so it was trying to find a cure for his condition why would he need an army of zombies, Unless there's someone else pulling the strings who would want such a talisman that's when it hit me I knew who was behind this.
After Clayface succeeded in his second Escape from The League I informed them we needed to get back to slabside penitentiary, because that's where he would be headed next to give the shards to the true orchestrator. During the flight back Superman asked "You sure about this Red Robin." As I was about to answer flash jumped into the conversation "Hey the kid, steered us straight this far." I proceeded to close the book and give my explanation "Think about it, Clayface has nothing to gain from this whole plan, But the man in the cell next door to him does. An army of the undead, Is practically a dream come true to Felix Faust. not sure why he's taking such a risk after all from my batgirl told me he has a murderer's brand on his neck one that's tied to his magic."
A few minutes later at the slabside penitentiary yard
We arrived just in time to catch Felix Faust attempting to make his escape, I watched as he ordered Clayface to engage the Justice League. Superman thing in quickly uses ice breath fries Clayface in place, Hawkgirl quickly flew in with her mace hitting clay face causing into shatter. But then Felix Faust cast a spell that froze, Superman, Hawkgirl, and Flash in place though they could still speak.
I took a birdarang out of my utility belt preparing to throw it as Felix Faust started to gloat "Ah, The Talisman of the sage of the pyramids is mine, and easier than I expected." it was then that he brought the three fragments together about to use the enchantment that would have restored is however I was faster with my birdarang hitting the Talisman dead center causing the three fragments to shatter into shards falling to the ground, it's also got Felix Faust attention to my presence as he screamed "Who?"
I caught my birdarang out of the air and spoke "I figured you out, Faust" He turned to look at me with a surprise looking in his eyes muttering "A child are you serious?" As I walk towards him, I began to explain how I deduced it was him "You had me stumped for a while. Why would you have Clayface run errands for you. How could he have broken out of jail when the energy dampening bars would have made him weak to, The answer was in the book you had given him Simple little spell." It was then that Felix Faust use the spell he had used on the Justice League to freeze me in place But I was not deterred so I continued my exclamation.
"It seems easy enough right mind control, But he wasn't the only one you controlled was he? You had gotten someone else earlier." I paused quickly remembering what I had read before continuing "Now let me see if I've got this right. Keep in mind I didn't have much time to study that book of yours and I'm making spells is just as hard as making them" I noticed the prisoner walking towards us as I spoke the reversal spell "Lintaug Geoman Laminadd." It was then that I noticed the prisoner appearance completely shift In the shadow that was being cast by the rebel he was standing beside. So I then cracked a joke at Faust completely aware of who is standing in the shadows "Wow, You were right Faust this magic stuff is easy." In that moment my mentor the Batman lunged out of the shadows tackling Felix Faust to the ground to the ground. before he could react.
30 minutes later on a rooftop in Gotham City
It was nice of the league to give us a lift back to Gotham since it wasn't exactly in walking distance of slap penitentiary. I could not hear what they were saying but I had a pretty good idea, Superman's probably lecturing Batman about the dangers of going undercover without alerting the rest of the league, and Batman is defending himself. Probably doing a good job of it too since mind control is something you can't exactly prepare for. But it's okay I don't really need to know all the details. I can pretty much figure out what I need to know from their body language, So I doubt what they're saying would surprise me. After all Im being trained by the best.
scene Fades to Black in the outro plays
Notes:
E/N This chapter was to give a bit of an introduction to one of the founders earth 62 Young Justice. this of course being Red Robin/Tim Drake he chose the moniker since his suit has a red black and yellow color scheme. I guess I should also know that the other founders of the Young Justice team will be impulse/Wallace West [ I'm having him use this identity to distinguish him from his older cousin Kid Flash/Wally West] and Aqualad/Kaldur'ahm.
Chapter 7: Chapter 7: A Knight of Shadows
Notes:
A/N I guess you could say this was going to be one of the first holiday Centric chapters this being the first of two that happens on Halloween, this is another chapter that would involve the perspective shift between Bruce and Diana.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
Year 7: age 24-25
October 31st
Bruce P.O.V
After the mess with Felix Faust last month, I decided to take a break and Nightwing, red robin, and Batgirl in charge of Gotham, I traveled to the United Kingdom, for five day vacation. Everything was fine until my final night there, because my phone's batwave went off which prompted me to suit up and investigate. I made my way to the antiquarian which was where the alarm had been tripped, I watched as a seemingly elderly man was wheeled away from the shop and Placed into to an ambulance. Once the coast was clear I opened the skylight.
I dropped down to the ground floor and noted the mess up book strewn across the floor, I'm glad Alfred wasn't here he'd be appalled by mess of rare books. I took out a flashlight for my utility belt in order better survey what happened that's when I noticed a book on the counter that had a page torn out of it so I walked over to get a closer look, quickly putting the flashlight back in my utility belt I ended up reading out loud the header on the previous page "The Philosopher's Stone" That's when I heard the voice of an old friend that I haven't seen since the mess with Klarion a year ago.
"According to legend, It was a gem from the hilt Excalibur and the true Source the sword fabled power" I turned to face him and proceeded to greet him " Hello Jason, I assume you're not here to browse?" Jason was quite quick to reveal why he was here " I'm a friend of the owner." I raised an eyebrow under my cowl slightly confused as I asked "you mean that old man." Jason and responded quite bluntly "He's 32 years old." which can only mean one thing "magic I hate Magic" Jason blood then went on to explain "He's also an expert on Arthurian lore."
At this point I had two bite "All right Jason what's this all about?" He responded by simply starting with a name "Morgan Le Fay, when Camelot fell Merlin was able to hide the Philosopher's Stone from her, now she's returned to track it down again" I almost seid impossible but then I remembered I'm working with a Amazonian demigoddess, so at this point I would say anything's possible As I responded "So why exactly does she want the jem?"
Jason answered with a grim tone to his voice " with that she could resurrect Camelot, and instill her son Mordred on the throne."
An forty five Minutes later in a castle in the English Countryside
After Jason and I arrived at the Castle, We then proceeded to the room that displayed several suits of armor, As we walked in I took out my flashlight who started shiny at around the room. Once we reach the stone chest? At the end of the room I put away my flashlight and then we worked together to remove the cover, Jason and put his hand at the bottom of the empty container feeling around suddenly his hand glowed which prompted him to speak "She's been here but she doesn't have a stone yet"
I then asked a really dumb question "How can you be sure?" but before I can get an answer the doors we had come in through slam shut and the weapons that were on display suddenly start to glow And flew off the pillars that they've been setup on, And then shot directly at us. I quickly shoved Jason out of the way shouting "Get down!" "I have to admit It's moments like this I really wish I had taken Giovanni Zatara up on his offer to learn actual magic from him, and not just the skill of escape artist" I thought to myself as I dove forward out of the way.
I landed in front of one of the suits of armor I turned around and unsheathed a sword from its Scabbard and shouted to Jason blood "Jason the door!" As he ran to the door I use the sword that I had Ron to deflect the flying blades whacking them to the ground A few seconds later Jason shouted " it's sealed shut" I jump backwards to avoid an axe up close to one of the suits of armor I could hear it starting to move so I jump forward noting that other suits of armor was starting to Glow coming to life as well. I kicked one to the ground and block the other sword with the sword I was wielding I destroyed one of the suits of armor helmets, I pulled out my grapple gun and used to tie up the suit of armor that I've been dueling.
I turned around and no two suits of armor closing in on Jason so I acted quick jumping Direct on one of the suits of armor is back's sending it falling to the ground, I didn't have to quickly Dodge the other suit of armor as it slashed its axe down, which I quickly avoided but it cut the other suit of armor in half, As I landed back on the ground I grab the set suit of armor by its helmet and sent it flying into two other suits now we're making their way over towards us.
But we're still outnumbered six to two in fact As I charged forward Jason shouted " there are too many of them!" I missed you passed to the suits of armor but then I slashed the sword I was wielding and got it lodged in the back of the third suit of armor And then punched me and sending me flying into a pillar.
As I was trying to get back to my feet Jason suddenly started yelling "Gone Gone the form of man rise the demon Etrigan!" I will admit I was wondering how long it would be before Jason blood would be forced to become Etrigan. I watched as Etrigan Ripped one of the suits of armor in half and then proceeded to incinerate three more, The fourth one tried to bring it to ask down on me what hit the pillar instead I had to quickly dodge out of the way because Etrigan used his fire to incinerate it.
As I surveyed the damage I made sure to scold Etrigan Almost incinerating me as along with the suit of armor "Etrigan You could have warned me you were going to use Hellfire." Of course he wasn't paying too much attention to what I just said as he spoke "That which will pay for this I will Feast on her cold heart."
It was then I realized the two of us wouldn't be able to handle this alone so I contacted the watchtower requesting back-up from the league members who were on monitor Duty. As we waited for them to arrive, I took note of the damages As well as the destroyed suits armor that I was going to have to write out check for to replace.
An thrity five minutes later
When Diana, J'onn and the Flash I gave him a quick overview of the situation and advise that we take a moment to ask Etrigan but further details about Morgan Le Fay. Diana of course was the one to ask Etrigan the first question "You say you've been trailing Le Fay for centuries?" Etrigan was quick to answer her question "In an unending game of cat-and-mouse. For the past generation she is hidden from me But I'll never rest until her soul burns in the eternal pit" Flash made a comment that was quite disrespectful "And I thought bats was creepy." Which caused Etrigan to start glaring at him and let out a growl.
Even though I knew powerful magic was likely at play. I decide to ask Etrigan any way "How exactly has she alluded you for so long." Etrigan quickly answered my question "The witch has an amulet that senses when I'm drawing near" Flash then made a joke "With that stench who needs an amulet?" this of course ticked off Etrigan who grabbed Flash and tell him above his head shouting "What!" I think flash realize he should stop pissing off the literal demon from hell as sheepishly responded with "Nothing."
J'onn then came forward to make a suggestion "Perhaps you should consider another approach." Etrigan responded by throwing flash to the ground before speaking to J'onn "And what do you suggest?" J'onn was quick to answer "I could try to locate her telepathically." it was then that J'onn closed his eyes when he opened them again they were glowing. A few seconds later he suddenly screamed in pain collapsing flat on his face. we rushed over I called out his name in shock "J'onn!"
We got him on board the javelin Etrigan then muttered something about the witch casting spell on J'onn mind suddenly his I started glowing as he entered J'onn's mind to dispel what Morgan had done to him. two minutes later J'onn jolted awake with flash making another bad joke "We thought we had lost you buddy." J'onn looked at his reflection in the javelin's window with a sad expression on his face speaking as he got up "Then it was all an illusion." walking to the front of the javelin needing to be alone for the moment.
"Perceptive isn't he?" Etrigan commented which cost flash to have a knee-jerk reaction with his response "layoff gruesome." Diana then walked over to check on J'onn putting her hand on his shoulder while asking "J'onn are you all right?" He then turned to her and answered "yes of course I'll be fine." I then proceeded to ask J'onn the important question "Did you manage to locate Le Fay?" He shook his head as he answered "No, But I did send she hasn't found the stone yet." Diana then interjected "Thank Hera for that." Afterwards J'onn continued "before she lashed out at me, I heard the words archaeologist and Castle"
"Hmm It's a start." I responded, then I quickly activated my gauntlets link to the batcomputer the connection was slightly slowed being in Europe after all, once I established a connection I cross referenced the castle and discovered it had been rediscovery by archaeologists at some point after World War II. Their names being Henry Moss and Harv Hickman. I then told everyone to strap in so I could fly us to a location where would be easier to split up into two teams
While enroute Etrigan started whispering to me "Don't trust the martian he's been tainted by that witch" I quickly whispered back "let us worry about that." Etrigan Wasn't pleased with my answer as he went on to say "He'd me she will tap into your deepest desires and then dingle them like a carrot in front of your nose. She will give you everything you dream of, But only until she gets what she wants" I then said something that caught and Etrigan off guard "The voice of experience." The demon growled and then said "Don't say I didn't warn you"
I opened the access hatch and informed Diana and Flash that they were to head to Harv Hickman's manor. While J'onn, Etrigan and I would resume our flight to Durham University to speak with Henry Moss.
thrity minutes later
Once we arrived at the Durham University I landed the javelin and we quickly slipped inside Henry Moss, however we didn't get a chance to close the double doors leading to the outside. When Henry entered the room discovering the doors were wide open he went over to his desk and pulled out a revolver and then called out "whoever you are show yourself" of course Etrigan was the one to oblige, Quickly slapping the revolver out of his hand and terrifying the poor man as he spoke "Henry Moss" He then grabbed his chest and collapsed.
this prompted J'onn and I to rush out from our hiding spots. I gave Etrigan a bat glare as I spoke "What the heck did you do." The last thing we needed was a respected Professor dropping dead from Terror. J'onn Quickly assessed professor Moss before speaking "he's in shock he will recover." Etrigan Chose then to State the obvious "Why bother with him he'll pass on in a few years" At this point I was really tempted to ask him to switch back to being Jason blood Because at this point I was getting really fed up with Etrigan antics.
J'onn And place his hand on Henry Moss head and uses telepathy to probe his mind and quickly informed us what he had found " He has no knowledge of the Stone the Relic is not here." Etrigan Immediately slap the lamp on Professor Moss desk as he spoke "But if Moss doesn't have it then maybe Hickman does."
But since it was very likely Morgan Le Fay. Was going to follow the same lead that we had, So I figured our best course of action would be to lay a trap Which was fairly simple J'onn would take on the form of Henry Moss and act as bait while, Etrigan and I would observe from a vantage point. While I was observing through my binoculars I reminded Etrigan the plan. "Le Fay, nay not know Moss doesn't have the stone. If she comes we'll be waiting."
Etrigan how ever brought up the conversation that we had in the javelin "I still don't trust that Martian, He's damaged goods" At this point I was really fed up with Etrigan's Seemingly one track mind so I growled out " I trust J'onn with my life." of course the demon responded with a low blow "I'll send flowers" which I figured It was Etrigan's way of saying your funeral.
It was then that Morgan Le Fay and her son Mordred appeared, Etrigan and I lept into action however by the time we got inside Moss's office, Morgan have used her magic on J'onn causing him to shift from his disguise into is Martian Manhunter form,and fall to his hands and knees. Etrigan crashed through the window shattering it while I glided in behind him. As soon as we landed Morgan Fired a blast of magic from her hands that we both have to dodge out of the way of, Etrigan Fired Magic from his own hands shouting "Burn witch!" Which she easily blocked with some sort of Shield spell As she taunted the demon "Still so bitter my love." Suddenly reflecting the magical energy that her shielded absorbed at Etrigan sending him flying.
I took out a batarang in through it at Le Fay power screed another magical Shield which destroyed my batarang on contact. Etrigan and J'onn got to there feet. However something caused John to lose his composure which in turn distracted me, Le Fay used it as an opening to unleash a Energy plans for hand which nailed me in the chest Which sent me flying into Etrigan As we got shot through the wall.
I blacked out for a few seconds when I came to and Etrigan was whaling on J'onn I quickly rushed over and caught his rist saying "No leave him alone..." It was then that I passed out
Year 1: age 23-24
Diana P.O.V
As I flew down to Harv Hickman's Manor. We noticed that there was a line of people dressed in costumes waiting to get in. "I should probably warn you the type of magazines are Harv Hickman published." Flash seid out of the blue "Why is that?" I asked he gave me a look that screamed please don't slap me for what I'm about to say as he answered "The type of magazine Hickman published, are along the same lines, of a Playboy magazine though his had far more explicit sexual content." I raised an eyebrow and asked "how exactly do you know this." he sighed and then said "When I was getting my major in forensics, one of my dorm mates showed me a copy of the magazine. Besides I'm a married man last thing I want to do is read something that would most definitely piss my wife off."
I decided to change the topic and ask"So why is everyone dressed up in costumes." Flash took a moment to think before responding "If I had to guess it's probably some kind of halloween bash. Which reminds me hopefully this mission doesn't take too long because I promised my wife I'd be back in time to take one of our nephews trick or treating." I gave an understanding node then said "Alright let's find mr. Hickman" We then proceed to cut our way to the front of the line, stopping front of the bouncer at the top of the steps.
"Are you on the list?" the bouncer asked keeping a neutral expression on my face as I answered "This is an emergency where the Justice League." The bouncer just chuckled and said "Oh really then who are they?" which causing flash and I to turn around and realize there were two party guests dressed as Batman and Superman. At that point I lost my temper so I grabbed the bouncer and threw him into a bush. which caused the people waiting in line to cheer, The bouncer popped his head out of the bush and brought his finger to his ear piece. That's when three guys dressed in a tux and glass sunglasses came running.
"You know this is going to get messy." flash pointed out. That's one of voice called out "Wait?" That's when a small man with a very creepy grin walked out from behind the security guards the way he was looking me as he circled around me made my skin crawl after finishing his rotation he spoke "How could I deny such a goddess." He then proceeded to kiss my hand and said "Come in." So the Flash and I followed him inside.
Harv Hickman then gave us a guided tour through his Manor he listed off the amenities his home has "My manor has a home theater, personal gym, and a game room." As the three of us came to a stop in front of a statue Mr. Hickman started boasting to us about "This is one of my prized possessions a genuine Greek statue.." I suddenly blurted out "It's Roman." this cost mr. Hickman to stop and look at me in confusion urdering out "Excuse me" so I took the opportunity to explain the difference "this statue is a Roman copy, possibly Atlantean." Mr. Hickman then asked "How would you know that?" before I could respond flash answered "Trust her on this one, originals probably on themyscira."
with that conversation finished we continued on our tour. There was suddenly a beeping sound coming from under Flash's suit. he gave me an apologetic look before saying "I going to find a vacant room, so I can answer this uninterrupted." in the moment he was gone in a blink of an eye. This of course left me alone with mr. Hickman and he put his left arm around my back and on my shoulder saying "I have the power to jump start your career babe, But I'm guessing you already knew that?"
I quickly realized Mr. Hickman must not have seen perform that feat of strength or I tossed his bouncer into a bush I bet he thinks I'm some dumb broad looking to start her modeling career. But I also realized I could use what he was assuming to my advantage As I answered his question "And what is the source of your power, Some kind of Crystal or stone?"
mr. Hickman gave me that creepy smile again as he responded "How'd you guess?" I continue to play along as I answered "I'd love to see your stone mr. Hickman." his next response came out bit stuttered " please call me Harv." mr. Hickman proceeded to lead me to a room on the second floor that had double doors, when he opened them. I quickly realized he had taken me to his master bedroom.
Mr. Hickman then walked over to his bed what you got on and crawl towards the headboard which had a stone encased in glass on it as he explained "So while I was working on the excavation of the castle I found this. It changed my life, soon I had everything I had ever dreamed of Cars, cash, girls." At this point I decided to drop the act and get serious with the question I was about to ask "So let me get this straight you get your hands on the one of the most powerful magical objects in the world. And yet all you wished for was money in women" He gave me his creepy smile again as he answered "what else is there"
Suddenly there was a loud boom, which prompted me to turn around raising my arms up in preparation for a fight As a roaring wind ripped the doors that led to the master bedrooms balcony off their hinges, I got pushed into the wall while the winds picked up mr. Hickman and I managed to catch him before you fell to the ground. That's when Morgan Le Fay and her son Mordred flew into the room.
She then looked at the master bedroom doors and use magic to slam them shut, Le Fay started speaking in her calm yet cold voice "At last my quest the stone is mine" I tossed mr. Hickman away shouting "Not yet!" Quickly flying over the bed and grabbing the Stone from its special spot on the headboard. Le Fay was quick to react throwing magical energy blast at me that I was quick to dodge.
Admittedly a lot of the art in the room got caught in the crossfire That's what mr. Hickman should have kept his mouth shut as he shouted "My Neiman!" This prompted Le Fay to turn her attention to him hitting him with a blast of magic from our eyes. which transformed mr. Heckman into a giant worm.
That at the behest of the Le Fay The giant worm slammed into me sending us both through the wall, I ended up Landing in the Next Room the worm flying over me proceeding through the next wall, I noticed that the two women put a pin in the room had terrified looks on their faces that's when The Flash run an into the room and asked "Are you okay?" I let out a groan as I answered " Morgan Le Fay is here." He responded quickly "I kind of gathered that. I take it the giant worm is?" I quickly answer this question "yeah the giant worm is mr. Hickman." We could hear screaming down the hall which prompted flash to run off to help.
It took me about twenty seconds seconds to catch up, Arriving in time to see flash get knocked To The Ground by the giant worm after barely saving a woman who is dressed like an anthro cat. I flew in and punched the worm apologizing "sorry Harv" I then proceeded to beat the giant worm down I took out my lasso and got a tight around it. However That's when Morgan Le Fay arrived and used her magic to try to get the stone away from me. I held onto it as long as I could Le Fay almost got her hands on it When she was suddenly hit by a fire blastthat sent her flying through a wall.
I turned to look to see where the blast of had come from to my surprise I saw the demon Etrigan hands glowing as he spoke "Why are you still here you have the stone run!" I glared at the demon in retorted "I never run away from a battle." The demon countered "Get the stone is far away from Le Fay you can, I'll handle the witch." Flash quickly joined in "Horned heads right go." As much as I hated to leave I knew they were right So I quickly gave flash an objective "All right but you get these people away from here." Flash who responded as I was flu out through the hole in the roof "On it."
Year 7: age 24-25
Bruce P.O.V
One hour later on the Watchtower
When I awoke I'm passing out, quickly noticing that I was in the Watchtower sickbay as well as them the upper half of my armor has been removed and I had bandages around my rib cage. I tried to get up as J'onn walked over saying "Lie still, you have a concussion in two cracked ribs." I groaned before responding "J'onn, you know I've survived much worse." I was now in a sitting position running my hands over my rib cage.
"I'm sorry?" J'onn suddenly seid out of the blue. I let out a bit of a grown as I responded "Why because I was too stubborn to heed Etrigan warning that you were compromised?" J'onn Nodded in the affirmative as he answered "Etrigan is right my actions nearly cost you your life. I know what I experienced was an illusion, but it felt so real the urge to embrace it was almost more than I can bear. I would almost do anything to see my wife and children again. Can you imagine how that feels?" I looked up at him and answered "Actually I do understand how that feels, after all my parents were murdered right in front of me when I was eight years old. So if anything I would be just as subceptable to such an illusion, as you are." I then proceeded to get the rest of my armor back on just in time to reunite with Diana, Flash and Etrigan, who had been successful in acquiring the Philosopher's Stone from Hickman.
I then proceeded to guide the three of them too a special storage vault. Flash was the one to do the honors of placing the Philosopher's Stone in the vault as well as sealing it with the scan of his gloved hand print. Once everything was sealed up flash jokingly said "I'd like to see her try to get it now." of course Etrigan, Managed to insult Flash and warned him in the same sentence "Be careful what you wish for little man." I'm fairly certain that this point flash had enough of Etrigan insults because he quickly retorted "Well aren't you a ray of sunshine far as I'm concerned, the world is safe again and I need to go freshen up before I leave for Central City."
Diana then tried to apologize for Flash's outburst "You know he didn't mean that." Etrigan looked at her and replied "Do you really think I care." he then walked away in the direction flash had gone.
ten minutes later
Diana and I were going over an inventory check with Etrigan watching us from on top of a crate. while I was at going over the inventory list on the datapad Diana came over with one of the crates that I wanted to double check the contents of. After she set the crate down as well as voice her opinion "The Flash is right there's something unsettling about your friend. When he stares it's like he's looking into my very soul." I nodded in agreement as I answered " I know how you feel, but it's much better to have him working with us then against us." All the sudden the lights on the watchtower deactivated, which normally shouldn't occur which can only mean one thing the station was under attack It was then that Etrigan been stood up and spoke "We are not alone." "Really stating the obvious there" I thought to myself.
That's when a group of savage Warriors materialized out of nothing right in front of us a few seconds later the lights came back on, and Flash came running into the hangar bayonly to ask "hey who turned out the lights?" That's when he noticed the barbarians that had materialized in the hangar bay and cracked a joke " I guess I shouldn't have said what I said earlier cuz now we've been jinxed." I gave him a quick bat glare that screamed ya think.
Etrigan was quick to react blasting the brutes with Hellfire from his hands, a few seconds later a couple of the barbarians emerge from the flames I took out my bola quickly throwing it tripping up one of the barbarians. One got close to Diana she blocked its play with her bracer and punched the Barbarian in the nose with her right hook sending it flying backwards. Etrigan then jumped into the fray Landing on top of a few barbarians.
Not sure how it happened but the barbarians managed to get the upper hand on flash two of them holding a tight his arms in tight grasp but one of the barbarians punched him in the face as he called for help "A little help over here." The Barbarian proceeded to punched him again with the other two barbarians letting him go so that he would fall to the ground, Diana quickly flew in and punch the two barbarians that had been holding flash away from him. He drowned as he got to his feet saying "Thanks."
As we were being pushed back towards the door that led directly to the monitor room Diana something odd "Where is J'onn? she was right you should have been here helping us. We ended up getting pushed back into the monitor room or we continue to do battle with the barbarians. At some point Etrigan got knocked off the platform we were fighting on I have to climb back up the outside of the elevator that lets the main monitor control. This of course left Diana, Flash, and I to fight off the barbarians on our own until Etirgan was able to get back up to our position.
It wasn't long before Etirgan was able to get back on the platform we were fighting on. However we were getting overrun One of the barbarians managed nail Diana in the head with their mace, Flash after knocking down Four the Barbarians Blurted out "How many of these guys are there." This distracted me for a brief second which allowed for one of the Barbarian so wack me in the back Which was not good for my already cracked ribs.
Etirgan then shouted to the flash "Flash we need a maelstrom!" Flash gave him a confused look and asked "Ah what?" which Etirgan quickly clarified "a whirlwind, run fast now." Flash did as instructed and started racing a circle around us, Etirgan Then spoke the words of a spell "By the cold heart of Hella I command you freeze." Unleashing a torrent of magical ice from his hands this in combination with flash speed tunnel cause The Barbarians at what had surrounded us to freeze into statues made of pure ice. He then ordered flash to run faster which cause the Frozen barbarians to shatter.
After assessing the damages, Flash was the first to comment on what had just happened "Well that was a real pain in the neck." I turned around to face everyone and then asked "Is everyone all right?" Diana quickly answered "We're fine but has anyone seen J'onn." She was right I ain't seen him since I woken up in the sick bay so I quickly gave out an order "We need to spread out and search every deck." only to be interrupted by Etirgan "don't bother the martian is gone and so is the stone."
Of course Diana and I were kind of skeptical that J'onn would betray us so we went down to the vault to be sure, only to discover the door was open and the Philosopher's Stone was gone, As we stood there in shock Etirgan began to belittle us "You stupid arrogant pathetic excuses for Heroes." Diana could only utter "It can't be" Which put her on the receiving end of Etirgan anger "No really your highness take another look, I pursued that witch for centuries. And yet to blindly ignored my warnings and doom the world." I could see the anger flair up in Diana's eyes as she shouted "Enough!" As she slapped Etirgan across his face of course the demon was unfazed and went on to say "The truth hurts doesn't it princess." "Why don't you go straight to.." before Diana could let slip some profanity flash ran in to inform us of some more bad news "I've got more bad news one of the javelins is missing, and J'onn's access code is still punched into the hanger controls." Etirgan Nonchalantly end of the conversation " any more questions?"
We rushed back to the monitor room we're Diana tried to contact J'onn "Watchtower to Javelin seven come in Javelin seven. J'onn if you're there answer, please J'onn." She then turned to us and said "He's turned off his comlink." Etirgan Reaffirmed had what he had been saying for the last few hours " he belongs to Le Fay now."
Flash tried to be optimistic as he spoke "Then we'll stop him I promise." Etirgan was really quick to counter "Like you promised to protect the philosopher's stone." I quickly jumped into the conversation to try to be a voice of reason "Will do whatever it takes Etirgan." The demons next response was a low blow to my moral compass "So Are you saying you're willing to take out one of your own."
I hated to repeat myself but since I was dealing with the demon Etirgan I had little choice "I repeat whatever it takes." Flash then pointed out something critical "I hate to be the bearer of bad news but, we're kind of stuck here without a javelin." "Wait a minute the Zeta beam it was still in the testing phase but just might work" I thought to myself as I spoke "Maybe not get a lock on Javelin seven."
12 a.m. the witching hour in London
The moment Javelin seven landed I activated the Zeta beam which allowed the four of us to be teleported right to J'onn location after we materialized jumping right over J'onn head We could see we stood face-to-face with Morgan Le Fay and her son Mordred, which of course flash cracked a joke "Ding fith floor Sporting Goods, Hardware, and evil sorceresses." I quickly reacted throwing a Batarang at Le Fays head however she simply blocked it with a magical Shield, Which she responded with unleashing a torrent of magic from her hands I would have been nailed in the chest again had Etirgan not knocked me out of the way. Le Fay fired a second beam of magic from her hands Which Diana blocked with her bracers but still got sent flying back into the Flash.
While we were on the ground J'onn attempted to get the Philosopher's Stone to Le Fay if it wasn't for Etirgan acting quickly he shoved J'onn the ground and put a temporary barrier up while he attempted to detain J'onn. However Le Fay was able to break the barrier with very little effort, With her son Mordred engaging Flash and Diana screaming "Get out of my castle." Flash movie spoke to Diana behind a pillar he was using as a temporary Shield "Yikes, the kids got chops to." This is the first time I've ever seen Diana crack a pun "The rotten apple doesn't fall far from the tree." This made me chuckle internally but I knew I had to keep Focus.
I got to my feet but I was forced to take cover quickly because Le Fay begin focusing her magical attacks on me, the problem was I could only do so much with my cracked ribs. I was pretty much stuck watching from the position I had taken as Diana and Flash engaged Le Fay and Mordred. I pulled out a battery and got ready to throw it not realizing that Mordred head Enchanted the throne bring it to life sending it to attack me And knocked me to the ground knocking the battery for my hand.
thinking quickly I got my feet under it and kicked it off of me got up and grabbed my battering and ran further down the balcony, I've been through it which stunned the sentient throne, I grabbed an ax off the wall and started chomping the throne legs off, and then I kicked it off the side of the balcony. I didn't respect into the room to try to help Diana up only to get stunned myself.
I could see out of the corner of my eye that J'onn had successfully overpowered Etiran not only that he somehow caused him to revert back to being Jason blood. I watched as J'onn stared at Le Fay Seemingly contemplating something holding the Philosopher's Stone out in his hand like he was about to hand it to her then suddenly he crushed it.
this prompted Morgan Le Fay and her son Mordred to flee using some sort of teleporting spell to disappear. as flash Diane and I got to are feet Everything around us started were bringing back to a modern setting. the five of us rushed outsided and Witnesses the buildings around us turned back to the way they were before the spell had been cast, with the tower that was a massive torch turning back into The Westminster Clock Tower.
I couldn't help but smile and say "It's over." that's when J'onn begin to apologize "My friends, in my yearning for my old family I almost lost my new one. Please accept my humble apology and my resignation from the Justice League." Diana and I were too stunned to respond all flash could order was "Resignation?" That's when Jason blood stepped in getting J'onn's attention "Wait, the demon was wrong about you Martian, you redeemed yourself this day" J'onn stopped and turned around to look at Jason blood and ask "Did I really?" Flash was the one to answer the question "Look you may be a martian but if this Mission taught us anything you're just as human as the rest of us?"
Jason and followed up with flash it said with this "I only wish I had your strength centuries ago, But I'm still cursed and must walk alone throughout eternity." As Jason blood walked away alone After that conversation all J'onn could say was "poor man, hopefully one day he finds the piece he seeks."
Screen fades to black outro plays
Notes:
E/N Even though J'onn has his younger Sister, brother-in-law and his niece M'gann M'orzz, The memory of his deceased wife and children still haunts him. Also Diana's conversation with flash is meant to really drive it home that this universe Flash is Barry Allen And I will be using both versions of Wally west, Pre-new 52 / rebirth Wally is around the same age as Richard Grayson that being late teens or early twenties, in this case the nephew Berry is referring to is New 52/Rebirth Wallace West who is around the same age as Tim Drake who is around 10-11 years old, He'll be one of the three founders of Young Justice later down the line alongside red robin and Aqualad If you think about it both Bruce Wayne and Barry Allen would be just as susceptible to Morgan Le Fay's illusions, Since like J'onn the two of them have a similar experiences to him, In Bruce's case it's his parents being murdered in front of them. for Barry Allen it's his mother.
Chapter 8: Chapter 8: Only A Dream
Notes:
A/N one small change to Doctor Destiny/John Dee back story Which is instead of working for lexcorp he was work a Sunderland Corp which is another crooked Corporation in the DC Universe, And all the dream sequences involving Martian Manhunter rescuing the other League members play out same way. and the only other difference is I'm going to be using the female copperhead for this univeres.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
Year 7: age 24-25 years old
November 15th (5 days before Bruce's birthday)
Bruce P.O.V
I was on monitor Duty with Superman, Lantern, Hawkgirl, Flash and J'onn. Who happened to be taking the Martian form of a nap. I could hear Hawkgirl was using a stern voice on flash for doing the whole lights are on nobody's home. That's when the alert from Striker Island came in So I got their attention by saying "forget him, and get over here!" Which I will admit came out a little harsh I hadn't Gotten a chance to catch up on sleep in past 48 hours.
Flash ran over and asked "So?" I've been gave them the full Rundown "Prison break at Stricker Island, Grundy, copperhead, luminous,Volcana and Firefly. It looks like we're dealing with a mix of my rogues gallery andSupermans." "Say no more." Flash seid hastily as I stood up from the chair in front of the monitor I responded with a quick burn " I wasn't intending to." The six of us then made our way to the Javelin hanger and deployed heading straight for Metropolis.
30 minutes later PlanetSide
Green lantern and I deployed to the location In the warehouse district which is where firefly and volcana had been cornered by MPD special crimes unit. I landed on an enclosed walkway between buildings. GL engaged Volcana While I use my grapple on fireflies legs to pull him towards me However he quickly turned around and fired his flamethrower so I back flipped off the walkway the place with the location that I had been standing melting "Great I just caused some property damage I'm going to have to write a check out to pay for the damages." I thought to myself as I landed on a truck I jumped off and started running towards a warehouse that had its Sliding door open as Firefly gave Chase.
Once we were inside the warehouse Firefly opened fire with his flamethrower. I quickly dodged out of the way jumping in between one of the shelves of crates. it only took a few seconds for Firefly to fly right past me I quickly use my grapple to launch myself into the air and land on his back I then proceeded to punch him in the face which you tried to counter with his flamethrower but ended up missing since I was on his back it made it difficult for him to aim.
I punched him one more time as we came flying out of the warehouse on trajectory to hit Volcana in the back. Acting quickly I jumped off Firefly's back and watched as he barreled right into Volcana colliding with her knocking them both to the ground. As the two of them got to their feet Lantern created a tubular construct trapping them inside. As I walked over Firefly and Volcan tried to burn their way through lanterns construct and ended up using up the oxygen within the confined space causing them both to suffocate Volcan Then ask a really dumb question before passing out that I proceeded to comment on with a fairly bad pun "fire eats are and you just used up all of yours."
Immediate transition to the striker Island meta holding cells
"Two down three to go" Lantern said as he looked volcana who was now safely back in her holding cell. I was standing outside the cell will door with the warden watching as Firefly was exported past back towards his prison cell. I let out a yawn which prompted the warden to ask "Pretty routine stuff for you isn't it?" I shook my head no as I answered his question "Sorry, this is my third night in a row with no sleep." I think the one was about to suggest I get some shut-eye but it was interrupted by his walkie-talkie going off Answered and found out John Dee had escaped.
Lantern and I then proceeded to follow the warden to the hospital Wing Hing. I was about to bring up how the ESP machine shouldn't have been in the prison but GL beat me to it "An ESP machine isn't that a little dangerous to have in a prison isn't it?"As we enter the hallway near the prison hospital the Warren answered "Where else are you going to find volunteers." That's when we spotted comatose inmates strewn about the floor and some in the doorway of the hospital I rushed inside and start surveying the area.
I know did one of the inmates on the ground seem to be in a state between being awake and asleep muttering gibberish.
Immediate transition to Metropolis General Hospital
I heard over emergency channels that John Dee's ex-wife Penny Dee had been rushed to Metropolis General by her boyfriend Rick. After he had woken up to her screaming in a catatonic state, I quickly contacted J'onn and told him to meet me there. I watched from my perch on the windowsill as the doctors had to sedate her, they then left the room which gave me the opportunity to slip in As I stood over her J'onn phazed through the wall and said "I got here as soon as I could." I nodded and said "Do your thing." He placed his hands on her head in his eyes start to Glow as he probed her mind then suddenly he jolted back "J'onn?" I asked he quickly answered.
"He calls himself Doctor Destiny now, He came into her dreams and did this to her" I dreaded what I was about to ask but I had no choice "Why hasn't she woken up?" J'onn Answered in a very somber voice "It's a delusional state, I'm going back in to see if I can bring her out off it." As soon as J'onn put his hands on her head he's only spoke again "He wants us to." I raised an eyebrows under my towel and asked "Us why, I never even heard of him before today."
I then proceeded to try to call the others but no one answered their comms so I informed J'onn " they're not answering." J'onn responded with more bad news " I can't bring her out of it, his hold is too strong." I quickly called Clark and Lois apartment. I listen to the ringing hoping Clark would pick up on the other side. That's when the phone was taken off the receiver but it wasn't who I was hoping you would answer "All right whoever you are why are you calling at this hour." of course it would be Lois to pick up so I answered her.
"Lois it is Bruce, J'onn and I have just discovered there's a new villain, Who has surfaced and he's going by the name Doctor Destiny he has the power over dreams. If Clarks there can you tell him, I'll be over in a few minutes and that whatever he does don't fall asleep." I was about to hang up when Lois responded "A little late for that Clark is already asleep." All I could think was this is not good "Then I'll swing by with the javelin to pick Clark up. So that I can bring him to the Watchtower so that J'onn can monitor him and other founders who have fallen asleep"
Lois and her Superwoman garv helpped me get clark on to the javelin. as I waited for J'onn to arrive with I activated the Batmobiles autopilot and had to drive to to location, where I had landed the javelin. J'onn arrived a few minutes after the Batmobile with carrying GL "Couldn't wake him." he shook his head and said "no any luck with Superman?" I shook my head is I responded to his question " I gave him some stimulants but this is a guy that could have a building fall on him and he still wouldn't feel it."
"I'll try the bio regenerators in the watchtower sickbay" J'onn Said simply as he brought GL on board. All I could say was "good luck, And in the meantime I'm going to find this guy." J'onn then turned to look at me in asked "How?" I quickly answered "While he's using his mental powers, his body probably vulnerable He's got to be in a place that he thinks it's safe, Somewhere familiar" J"onn quickly understood what I was getting as he responded "That's reasonable, but once you find him, how do you stop him from thinking?" I hadn't really planned it out yet so I answered with " I'll just have to improvise." I climbed into the Batmobile J'onn gave a word of caution "be careful if you know it off for even a second." I chuckled and replied "don't worry I'm used to working long hours". I then drove off back towards The cottage that penny Dee have been staying at.
Immediate transition to the cottage.
I arrived at the cottage and got out of my Batmobile and proceed inside I spent the next 30 minutes searching the place but came up empty-handed, as I exited I received a call from J'onn over the comm "What." I asked he then asked question "Was he there?" I simply replied "No it's back to square one." He then informed me on the others conditions "The others are getting worse, I'm going to have to go into their minds." I hastily protested "It's too dangerous, You could end up just like them" J'onn voice became somber as he responded "If I don't they'll die for sure. There was a news report, Dee wife Didn't make it." After hearing that all I could say was "Then do what you have to."
On the Mountain Road An hour away from Metropolis
As I drove back to Metropolis I used the Batmobiles link to the batcomputer to research John Dee record. I listen to the synthesized voice read off the information "Arrest report John Dee. Subject was found Guarding smuggled weapons in a Sunderland Corp harbor warehouse during a search that was initialized by the Justice League. Dee Was apparently a low-level Sunderland Corp Employee" As I was listening to the report I ended up rubbing my eyes. I was starting to really feel the burn out from three days with no sleep.
For brief second I saw a figure wearing all blue standing in the middle of the road that's when a semi seemingly appeared out of nowhere if I hadn't acted fast and getting out of the way it would have been a head-on collision. I came to a stop and rub my eyes again and then played back the crucial information "Subject was found Guarding smuggled weapons in a Sunderland Corp harbor warehouse." I now have the location so now it was a race against the clock. o see if I can reach him before I pass out from exhaustion.
An hour later Metropolis
I was driving there the city as fast as I could. that's when I heard a voice in my head "Got to sleep sometime" I nodded off for a brief second which resulted in the Batmobile colliding with some garbage cans which woke me up again. I quickly stopped at a Sundollar coffee shop that happened to be open and rushed inside taking the money I kept in my utility belt and placed it on the counter asking "give me a triple." Which caused the employee to turn around and gasp as I said "Now."
after getting my coffee I got back in the Batmobile and set it to autopilot so that I could drink and get a small caffeine boost. once I was finished I took back control and continue driving to the Sunderland Corp harbor warehouse, The only problem was adrenaline starting to wear down as I started hearing Doctor Destiny voice in my head again "Adrenaline Rush wearing off, Good the doctor will see you now" that's when the caffeine kicks in and I said to myself "sorry I'm going to have to cancel that appointment." I quickly turned on the radio which happened to be playing a hip-hop version of Friar John. now that was a nursery rhyme I haven't heard in years.
A few minutes later I reached the Sunderland Corp warehouse I got out of the Batmobile and rushed up to the side door and kicked it open and proceeded inside, As I made my way through the decaying warehouse As I neared a busted wall I stepped through and noted that I walked into a old restroom suddenly heard Doctor Destiny speaking "Coming here was this mistake of your life." Which kind of made me jump and turn to look at the mirror and saw no one then I quickly remembered I was hearing him in my head Doctor Destiny he then Revealed some interesting information "You see the closer I am to someone the stronger I get, I'll be able to enter your brian even if you are wide awake."
I responded by saying "My brain is not a nice place to be." I then proceeded to start humming the tune of friar John in my head thanks the refresher I heard on the radio this of course annoyed Doctor Destiny saying "What's that stupid song going through your mind." I smirked and answered " it's what's keeping you out Johnny" I made my way to a stairwell and we can to make the climb the Upper Floor of the warehouse That's when I noticed you preached my mind because the world seemingly faded to black around me And seemingly the entire stairwell changed into a jumbled mess that I could best described from what Superman told me of the interior of doctor Fates Tower stop being a jumbled mess of staircases and pathways.
That's when dr. Destiny started talking in hypothetical "you know I could let you go. Your destruction now, It's the others I have a real problem with. We're like insects to them they step on us, Ruin our lives and they don't even realize it. But you were different you don't have any powers" "Oh I have one Johnny I never give up." I begin focusing even harder on the Friar John tune even more which allowed me to push him out of my mind restoring the stairwell to the way it was before, I open the door proceeding to walk in and issued a challenge "what do you say Johnny want to go one-on-one, it would give you something to brag about"
Suddenly Doctor Destiny jumped out from the Shadows with a syringe in his hand that he tried to stab me with but I caught his rist with both of my hands He didn't try to use his other hand to hold me down thinking quickly ever forward to kicking motion with my feet sending them flying backwards I've been munched on top of him and started punching him in the face, with each consecutive punch it broke his concentration causing his Doctor Destiny form to vanish revealing the true form of John Dee.
He Even grab the box and hit me the face with it which Stuned me even kicked me off of him He then tried to use the syringe again but I dodged I didn't elbowed him in the face breaking his concentration, I've been punched in with my right hook sending him flying into a stack of crates. After catching my breath I walked over to check on him, I remove the crate that had landed on top of him and watch as he pulled his hand that was holding the syringe away from his chest revealing that he had dosed himself with the sedative that he was trying to use on me. That's when he passed out and I said " sweet dreams."
After I dropped Dee off at Strikers Island I returned to the watchtower and went to the sickbay to check on the others, J'onn Informed me that they were just waiting for Hawkgirl to awaken. I went over to sit in the chair ended up Falling into a much-needed asleep
Screen fades to black outro plays
Notes:
E/N Since we don't know were Diana was during this episode I'm going to have it that she was taking some time off and visiting her mother, and that the only Destiny couldn't go after her was because she was protected by Hypnos the lord of sleep.
Chapter 9: Chapter 9: continuing a New Year's tradition
Notes:
A/n This chapter starts out with the traditional Batman meeting up with Jim Gordon on New Year's,Who gives him a video from a man who made a mistake 17 years prior that set off a chain of events in an alternate timeline. Also the Joker's attack on New Year's Eve is meant to mirror what happened in the Batman season Four Episode seconds
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
Year 8: age 25-26 years old
December 31st / January 1st
Bruce P.O.V
After Robin and I put a stop to the Joker scheme rigging the New Year eve ball with his patented Joker venom that would have been dispersed on to the crowd below. I have the Batwing take robin back to the Batcave well I went to meet up with Gordon at the Tavern for are New Year's tradition. I entered through the kitchen door, seeing Gordon sitting in our usual Booth talking to the owner.
"How's your arm" Jim asked "Better than the Joker's" I joked as I sat down and the owner poured me a cup of coffee. "It close one this time." Jim commented I hummed and then said "Between this and the Justice League it was fairly close." Jim smile then said "Well here's to survival hopefully we'll be doing this again next year's eve." We toasted then I smiled and said "Hopefully." Jim then put a cup of coffee down and reach into a trench coat pulling out of a envelope while saying "Oh before you go this was dropped off at gcpd a couple of days ago address to you." I took the envelope from him. I took out some cash that I had stashed in my utility belt and paid for my cup of coffee. and then proceeded to slip away well Gordon was talking to Joe.
I returned to the Batcave and walked over to the batcomputer where I sat down in my chair and opened the envelope inside of which was a dvd that I then inserted into the bat computer and watched the video that played, a man appeared on screen that I recognized instantly he was the clocksmith Alfred had hired to fix the grandfather clock in the entertainment room four days ago.
I watched the man in the video spoke "My name is Francis Grey, but you probably already know that since you are the Batman." He paused for continuing "As you're probably aware I'm a clocksmith who works with his son, but in another timeline another life. I made a mistake that cost me everything. It all started seventeen years ago when I was deep in debt, Trying to make ends meat working at a local antique clock and repair shop."
He took a sip of water before continuing "The shop had an antique pocket watch on display, It was that watch that cost me to make a terrible mistake. You see I was extremely desperate at that point so I decided to steal it, which of caused the alarm in the display case to go off. As I desperately tried to book it but a domino effect seemingly happened around me with a bunch of accidents occurring all at once that I ended up getting blamed for and ended up getting a seventeen year sentence."
He paused again to take another drink and then continued "It's easy to become obsessed with time when that's all you have. It was all I could think of when I was in prison. All the time that was stolen from me. And when it became my job to fix all of the guards, clocks. I was suddenly surrounded by it. Seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years. I was so obsessed with the time I was losing. I began to actually see it unravel before me. I thought I was going mad. That's when I discovered I could turn back time. I spent every day of the next 15 years working on it. One second became five seconds, 10, then 20. I wanted to go back 20 years, before any of this happened. But all I got was 20 seconds."
He then took a breath before continuing thing with his story "In the other timeline last year was when I released from prison on parole, and at that point I was completely obsessed would taking revenge on the people of Gotham for stealing seventeen years of my life away, Deciding to tamper with in New Year's Eve ball drop turning into a nerve gas bomb that would kill everybody in attendance to who was watching ball drop." He paused his face looking grim "I had all but succeed in my plan when your protege Batgirl arrived with Matthew my son who I had not seen in seventeen years. The sad thing is my plan succeeded with my son inhaling the nerve gas and dying in my arms. It was in that moment I was only able to travel seventeen years into the past to the moment where I made the mistake that ruined my life."
He smiled and then said "As I contemplated stealing the antique watch again, I heard your voice in the back of my mind remind me something you told me and that was It's not too late to make the right choice, Francis."
That was where the video ended It made me realize something Joker's New Year's Eve stunts pretty much mirrored the terrorist style attack Francis Grey had performed in an alternate timeline, Which can only mean that the timeline had adjusted itself inserting one of my Rogues gallery in place of Francis. I'll have to make sure to remember this if any other time travel Shenanigans happen in the future.
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Notes:
E/n For those wondering who Francis Grey is he's from the Batman season Four Episode seconds, and with this chapter I conclude the first year of my Justice League fanfic
Chapter 10: chapter 10: Savage time
Notes:
A/N this is the second chapter that will be primarily using Diana's perspective, due to the time travel that happens in the episode she will finding out something very interesting info that her mother never told her and she will also find out the origin of were the Wonder Woman title came from and why the media suddenly started referring to her by the title, this is another chapter where the flash being Barry Allen will come in handy since he has experience dealing with time travel Shenanigans, He knows about Vandal Savage since he met and trained with Jay Garrick During his second year active. Alternate timeline Batman's batsuit is based on the Arkham Knight Batman Beyond skin which in itself was a modified version of Jasons Arkham Knight armor, As well as the Battank from the Arkham Knight)
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse. April 17th (The one-year anniversary of the defeat of the Invaders)
Year 2: age 24-25
Diana POV
The six of use were returning to watchtower after putting a stop to an intergalactic war on the other side of the Galaxy. "Think we'll make it?" Superman asked Green Lantern over the com who gave a cool yet light-hearted response over the com "I should have enough juice to get this home, Though My ring is going to need a serious recharging." Flash then piped in "Hey at least we won that battle" Superman then opened a com channel with the watchtower "Javelin seven to Watchtower, come in." Without even missing a beat Batman responded "Watchtower here." Superman then went on to say "Prepare one of the hangar bays we're coming in." Batman quickly cracked a joke before signing off "Just when I was starting to enjoy the peace and quiet" Superman then chuckled as he took his hand off the com control stating "Same old bats."
Just as the hangar bay door was opening it was a bright flash from the earth below which coused me to shout in shock "Great Hera" That's when all Hades broke loose as the bright flash below seemingly cause a shockwave sending us flying from our seats on to the other side of the javelin cockpit It's seemingly stop moments later as the five of us got to are feet I asked the question that was now on everyone's mind "What was that?" Superman was the one to answer the question " I don't know but look." As he pointed out of the Javelin's dv window at where the Watchtower should have been.
"Where did the Watchtower go?" Flash pointed it out the shock emanating from his voice, Superman thinking quickly activated the javelin's com to see if he could reach batman "Batman, come in. do you read me Batman?" That is when J'onn said ominously "He's gone. and so is the watchtower" As he took his hands off his head and is I stopped blowing. As Lantern used his ring guided the javelin down towards Metropolis I asked the question that I knew was on everyone's mind "How could the entire Watchtower disappear without a trace?" J'onn Answered my question stating "Perhaps we'll find an answer when we locate the source of the mysterious pulse."
J'onn proceeded to activate the landing gear as Green Lantern lowered the javelin to the ground afterwards the five of us made our way to the access ramp Quickly lowering it so we could join Lantern outside. Once we were outside we surveyed our surroundings, The five of us came to a stop on a bridge as we watched a subway pass underneath us "Metropolis." was the only thing I could utter Hawkgirl was quick to follow me up with "But how?" Flash was quick to answer "I have a hypothesis, either the city founders did some high-speed urban renewal while we were away or." He cut himself off taking a quick breath this prompted Green Lantern to ask "Or what?" Flash turned to look at Lantern as he answered "someone tampered with the timeline, wait a minute." He then ran off towards the billboard ripped the poster off and ran back with in front of them so we can get a closer look as he pointed out something crucial "Why the heck is Vandal Savages picture everywhere." "Who's Vandal Savage" I asked quickly
Before Flash could answer we were interrupted "You there!" we turned to look seeing two men in Gray Officer uniforms One of them had his weapon trained on us while the other spoke "Show me your papers." Green Lantern just stared at him and asked "What?" The officer who have been speaking then walked up to us and took the poster flash head ripped off the billboard out of his hands as he spoke "You heard me. Let's see your identity papers now!" That time I realized I had a bit of an accent but I couldn't quite place it.
The Flash quickly count for him by stating "Sorry, but my identity is a secret. and the only people that know are those that I care about and you're not on that list." The officer quickly lost his patience yelling "You think this is a joke, you're under arrest." As he pulled out handcuffs from his belt Hawkgirl quickly intervened Stepping in between the officer and the Flash asking what normally would be a legitimate question "On what charge?" officer tried to shove past Hawkgirl shouting "Out of the way"
However Hawkgirl reacted quickly grabbing the officer's arm and then quickly performing a maneuver send him flying onto a nearby park bench. Of course the other officer quickly reacted using his earpiece "This is unit 295, we need backup." Then fired three shots from his weapon that was actually a flare gun into the air. That's one another officer came running up opening fire with some kind of energy pistol hitting Superman in the chest causing him to collapse to his knee.
Green Lantern acting quickly brought up a shield around us but we knew he could only hold for so long with these officers receiving reinforcements there was only one thing to do "Scatter!" As he dropped the shield and started flying quickly being joined by Superman and Hawkgirl as they intercepted the flying machines Quickie taking them out of the air while flash use his speed to take out the officers on the ground.
We looked up in the sky and saw more but the strange officers coming that's when a voice we all recognized shouted from the Shadows "Over here!" "Bats?" flash called out questioningly the mysterious figure then stepped out of the Shadows he was clearly Batman but different from the one we knew. For example the armor he wore looked more militarized and lacked a cape He also shouted waiting with his arm "Hurry!" We decided not to waste any time and followed this mysterious version of The Dark Knight down the alleyway And followed him down the manhole he it opened Into what appear to be a heavily modified subway car.
"Nice Wheels." Flash commented But we weren't out of the woods yet because more of those officers and gray came down the stairs into the subway opening fire. "Hang on!" Batman shouted as he activated the subway car, Superman Lantern and I were quick to grab onto a handhold while J'onn, Hawkgirl and Flash weren't so lucky as they lost their footing from the sudden burst of speed send them flying to the back of the subway car.
Hawkgirl realized someone's hand should was touching an inappropriate place so she asked "Who's hand is that?" Flash was quick to apologize "Sorry." A few minutes later we reached what appeared to be a dead end in the subway line with a buffer stop in front of a boarded-up tunnel. Within milliseconds of nearly colliding with the buffer it retracted below the ground and the boards lifted up which allowed the subway to enter a hidden station. After coming to complete stop Batman shut down his Subway and we followed him out into the station he continued walking well the six of us came to a stop in are surveyed our surroundings.
There was a massive computer on an upper level, There also appeared to be some sort of bat-tank that was parked to our right. after taking in our new surroundings flash them pointed out "Given what we just saw topside, I'm willing to bet he's a resistance leader." He then proceeded to use to speed to catch up to batman calling out "Hey wait up, I've got one question." Just as he put his hand on Batman shoulder we were suddenly surrounded but people wearing armor similar to the Batman who were also armed to the teeth.
It was then that the Batman spoke "No, I'll ask the questions." Then he turned around and said "Who are you?" The Flash's face Flash quickly answered "Well, Bats You can call me the Flash." I'm assuming what we saw topside was due to someone changing a critical moment in history resulting in this dystopian version of metropolis." This quote Batman off-guard which prompted him to ask "What makes you say dystopian version?" Flash quickly explained "Given what we saw before you brought us to your resistance base, I'm assuming someone changed the outcome of a pivotal moment in history am I on the right track."
It was then that the Batman grabbed a rifle from one of his subordinates and painted it a Green Lantern as he spoke "Why should I believe what you're saying." it was in that Superman stepped in quickly pulling the rifle out of Batman's hands and broke it rendering it useless as he spoke "Listen, if we wanted to hurt you, we would have." It was in there more resistance Fighters surrounded us training the rifles on Superman a Batman then held up his arm quickly giving a signal has he responded to Superman "Let's talk."
Batman then took the six of us up to his computer so we can talk privately he started by explaining a bit of his personal history "The storm troopers came to our house, I was 8 years old." Superman then finished for him "And they murdered your parents why?" Batman quickly answered Superman's question "For speaking out against the regime." I spoke up "That's horrible." Batman then turn around and got out of his chair saying "Indeed it happens every day, It happens every day. That's why I started the resistance, We're all orphans and outsiders fighting the good fight."
Note: The shot of Batman's resistance Fighters is slightly different instead of Richard and Barbara it's Richard and Kori Sharing a kiss, With Cassie sandmarks and Tim running past them.
Green Lantern then asked the question that was on our minds "How long is this regime been in power." The Batman's answer was quite blunt "Since World War II." Flash then spoke up "So it's as I feared, Something has happened to the time-space continum." Superman then pointed out "Probably caused by that disturbance we saw." "Why weren't we affected" I quickly pointed out J'onn made quick hypothesis "Perhaps the aura from Green Lanterns ring protected us." "Wanna share?" Batman asked. Prompting Superman got straight to the point "Have you detected any large electrical or magnetic disturbances recently?" Batman's next response ended with a question "We experienced some interference on our commlinks, why?"
Research Center That night.
The seven of us were standing in an alley way across from a building. Batman quickly gave us a rundown "According to my sources, the pulse emanated from here vandal savage's research center." Green Lanturn who's standing behind him quickly brought up "Vandal Savage, that name sounds familiar." Batman looked at him "You're joking. He's everything I've been fighting against." even got to his feet and pointed at a propaganda poster on a nearby building "The undisputed dictator of this repressive regime."
J'onn was quick to intervene in the conversation "Let's see what's inside." He then proceeded to phase through the ground Which meant the six of us had to bust our way in which was relatively easy. Once we were inside the lab we had to fend off some of the officers, once they were dispatched J'onn Called out to come to his position "Over here." We quickly rushed over to where he was standing "what is that." Superman asked J'onn who filled us in on what he overheard "Heavy matter, like a black hole. They used it as a tunnel into the past." Hawkgirl quickly added "And altered history to change the outcome of the war." "Meaning We could potentially undo the damage and correct the timeline." flash pointed out.
But there was one problem that J'onn was quick to mention "It would be risky we only have 48 hours before it collapses." "We got to try" Green Lantern shouted, Batman then joined our conversation "Wait. Are you saying that my world, my whole life is like this because someone went back in time and changed the past?" J'onn gave him a solemn answer "It appears to be the case." Batman sounded hopeful as he continued "Then doing this could save my parents." I noticed Superman had a pained look as he stated "I can't promise that." This made me wonder if the death of Batman's parents occurred in our timeline as well meaning the event was set in stone.
"Will you come with us." I asked him, He shook his head no Then he looked at me and said "No. If this doesn't work, someone has got to stay here and fight." Flash stepped in and seid "You understand that if we do Restore the past to the way it should be you, this version of you, will never have existed." Batman just looked at us and said "Nothing would make me happier, Now go." Wasting no time the ours jumped into the Time Tunnel. I took a moment to contemplate before jumping in after them.
Note: in this universe the JSA during World War II was divided into sub-teams collectively known as the All-Star Squadron. For the France theater the sub team know as the Freedom Fighters worked closely with Easy Company and the Blackhawks in liberating France, with their Secret Service liaison beings Steve trevor. (since the CIA didn't exist until after the war)
June 7th 1944 24 hours after D-Day
Diana P.O.V
To be quite honest Traveling through time using this method was not the most pleasant experience because the six of us ended up hitting the ground hard we exited the time portal. The Flash was the first of us to get to his feet, "Well I know where we are at least" as he pointed at the sign, we all could hear gunfire in the distance.
so flash ran over to the vantage point to get a good look at the situation outside "Great jumping Mercury!" Hearing him shout it prompted the rest of us to join him From what we could see the battle up here to be a bit of a stalemate "It looks like we just got dropped in the middle of the battle for caen. Everything appears to be correct for the time." Flash explained
"Not quite." Hawkgirl Pointed out That's when a giant wheel with cannons they could easily destroy a tank on its side rolled in. Seeing we had no time to waste, Lantern flew over to the tanks to Shield them, from cannon fire while flash ran up alongside the War wheel shouting "Hey Colonel Klink." Used to speed to keep one of the cannon operators distracted but didn't last long if they managed to have a well in shot that nailed the ground in front of flash sending them flying into the air, I quickly flew in and save them before he got squished by the war wheel Superman tried using his strength as well as his heat vision to penetrate the war wheel but to no avail, best he could do was slow it down.
which gave J'onn enough time to phase inside and disable it. Superman and I then proceeded to topple the war wheel onto its side, The British and Canadian troops we just save started cheering, Some of them even shouting out the name of groups The JSA, All-Star Squadron, Freedom Fighters which to honest I didn't really understand the meaning, I'll probably have to ask flash or Batman about it once history is corrected.
"I feel like roadkill." Flash said jokingly. A few moments later J'onn came up to us with something in his hand "I pulled this from the control panel" he stated. "Transistors, they weren't invented until after the war." Lantern pointed out after getting a look at the circuit board. "So that's what he did." Flash stated out of the blue which caused us to turn our attention to him "What who did" Hawkgirl asked.
Flash rub his neck before saying "I guess I should bring you guys up to speed on Vandal Savage." He took a breath before continuing "You see during my second year active I meant and trained under the Justice Society of America's Flash a man by the name of Jay Garrick, He once told me about Vandal Savage, supposedly he's an immortal northern european from around the time of the Roman Republic." "And this helps us how?" Lantern asked.
"If the rules Time Travel are being followed then the Vandal Savage of our time wouldn't be able to travel back into past to influence events directly since he already exist in this time period, It's more likely he sent a piece of technology into the past that likely has detailed blueprints on future technology." I finally understood what flash was saying "So that would explain the transistors." however before we could discuss things further more war Wheels rolled in and were opening fire on the British and Canadian troops. "Those troops are getting decimated!" Superman shouted. Lantern, Flash, and Hawkgirl rushed in to aid the troops. "You help them. I'll fly to Berlin, and see if I can find what was sent back," "Wait, I can't let you go into enemy territory alone." I wasn't about to let J'onn go off on his own Superman agreed as he said "Go will handle things here." and so we flew off towards Berlin.
It was already Nightfall when we arrived in Berlin's airspace. We witnessed a dog fight going on between a squadron of axis fighters plane and a Damaged fighter plane that was fending them off, The pilots (A man with blond hair and a woman with brown hair) of the damaged fighter decided to perform a form of kamikaze making sure to bailing at the last minute. The man was knocked unconscious piece of plane Debris while the woman appeared to have powers and she flew in after him, J'onn and I wasted no time to fly in and help them.
J'onn use his ability to phase Enter flying straight into the engine of the plane destroying instantly. I flew past the woman with brown hair and succeeded in Catching her blonde hair come Patriot before he went splat on the ground. I briefly carried him Bridal style to a safe location then set him down, As soon as I did so the woman with brown hair brush to his side calling his name " Steve are you all right." Steve growned as his eyes opened and asked "Joan what happened." Joan answered him with concern in her voice "You almost one split on the ground and because of that stunt, You would have been a Splat on the ground and if this woman hadn't shown up." Joan then pointed at me.
After seeing that dog fight all I could ask was "Are you deserters are spies." Joan was the one to answer "Steve is the Spy or rather secret service agent for the federal government, I'm a member of the Freedom Fighters my code name is Miss America, and I must ask why are you dressed like Wonder Woman?" This confused me so I asked "what do you mean when you say dressed like Wonder Woman?" Steve was the one to answer my question "What's Joan means, is the Wonder Woman we know has blond hair and where's Amazonian armor, And she's currently fighting on the African front with her fellow JSA members wildcat and Doctor Fate."
The description he gave made one person come to mind 'Mother, I never knew she came to a man's world during this time of need I wonder what prompted her to leave Themyscira' "I know the identity of the Wonder Woman you're talking about and for all intensive she cannot know I was here." The two of them appeared to figure out what I meant as they both swore together "We promise to take this information to our Graves"
"So why exactly were they trying to shoot you down?" Joan and Steve looked at each other before Steve answered "Just between the three of us, I've got something they want." Joan then prompted him "go on." So Steve continued "They're planning an invasion of England. And I have a way of finding out when and where. But it's not gonna mean a thing unless I get to France, so if you'll excuse us, Oh and the name Steve Trevor and this is my fiance Joan Dale." The two of them then jumped over the fence but before they could get very far J'onn landed in front of them.
Which caused Steve to go for his pistol and Joan to bring up her Fists. I quickly intervened "It's all right he's with me." "you're sure" Joanne said as she lowered her fist's. "These new weapons the axis have, Where did They come from?" Steve Trevor answered the question "Some genius named Vandal Savage. The High Command was so impressed, they made him their new fuehrer." "Vandal Savage must have come up with the weapons in our time and then sent the blueprints back to himself. Only question is where is he manufacturing them." Joan was the one to fill us in on that front "He still got a lab over on Gruene Strasse. But you'll never get in we tried." "I have a feeling it'll be easier for me." as he turned transparent passed there the ground.
Joan and I worked together to Carry Steve to a partially destroyed house. What's Steve saying "Thanks for the lift. Joan and I will take it from here." "If your mission is as important as you say. then it's probably best I stay and help the two of you" I pointed out "What about your green friend?" Joan asked. "J'onn has a way of blending in." I answered "Come on let's get inside." Steve ordered.
Once we were inside Joan and surveyed the room. So I asked a question that was now on my mind "why are we here?" "Joan and I We're supposed to Rendezvous with a man named Ernst. He's a code breaker." Steve Trevor then pulled out a strange piece atech from his suit jacket and showed it to me "It's some kind of new communicator, If we can break the code, We could listen in on axis High command and find out when the invasion is."
"So the question is where is this code breaker?" Which was a fair question for me to ask "He'll be here any time us to make ourselves at home" Joan stated Competently as she and steve sat down on the couch. While we were waiting Steve decided to go scratch through the cupboards and get some food, As we were about to eat we were attacked. Acting quickly Joan and I knocked Steve to the ground, The three of us made our way to a window only to see that we were now surrounded We could hear a SS soldier shining through a microphone "You're completely surrounded, there Is no escape."
"How do they find us?" I asked my to compatriots "They must have captured Ernst." steve answered, I ended up coming to the worst possible conclusion after hearing that " so he betrayed the two of you." Which Joan was quick to clarify "Don't blame him, Ernst just a civilian." Steven took out the device eat show me earlier and hand it to me "This is what they want, Make sure it doesn't fall into their hands." Joan seemed to pick up on what Steve was planning so she removed her trench coat revealing what I'm assuming was her Miss America costume as she put on a blue Domino mask.
"What are you two planning to do?" Miss America was the one to answer " we're going to create a distraction." She then proceeded to Kiss Steve and rush to action. Steve ran out one side of the building drawing the SS Troopers fire, and then proceeded to Loob a grenade under one of the Jeeps. I flew in with Miss America she took out the light with her fist causing it to explode. We proceeded to engage the SS Troopers in hand-to-hand combat, easily dispatching them one of the Troopers tried to flee on a motorcycle so I reacted quickly using my lasso of Truth to lassu the trooper pulling him off the bike.
Steve Trevor emerge from the ditch after witnessing the carnage Miss America and I had caused "Holy toledo." was all he could muster. I've been pulled on my lasso to get the SS Trooper to his feet so that I could interrogate him using its power "Where is Ernst?" And since he was bound by the lasso of Truth he had no choice but to tell me.
the three of us wasted no time making our way to the location where Ernst was being held. "According to that Trooper, Ernst is being held here up in the South Tower." "You think he was telling the truth?" Miss America asked. "He was under the influence of the lasso of truth there's no way he could lie."
We then made our way inside through a hole I made in the wall of Munitions room, As we made our way through the room Steve grabbed a pipe bomb off a table. The three of us exited the room and made our way upstairs, Steve then uses newly-acquired pipe bomb as a bludgeoning tool to knock out a guard. It took us no time to find Ernst cell "there he is." Miss America used her strength rip the door off its hinges I kept an eye on the door to make sure Escape Route was clear, While Miss America and Steve untied Ernst ended up being a bit of a bearer of bad news "You shouldn't have come here." "You can thank us later." Steve said. But Ernst was insistent "No you don't understand. Look" So the three of us looked out the window only to see tanks in war Wheels rolling up on the prison which could only mean one thing "It's a trap." Miss America growled.
"I tried to warn you they know you have the communicator and they want it back." Ernst said disheartenedly, that's when I had an idea "give me the communicator." steve did as instructed. I proceeded to carefully use my strength to remove the cover "What are you doing?" Miss America asked "A little bait-and-switch." It was then that the war wheel started shelling the prison and complex causing debris to collapse in the doorway trapping us in, so Miss America and I grab the bed and use it to Shield Steve and Ernst. As the access continued to Shell the South Tower until it collapsed we then had to work together to keep a war wheel from crushing us, Using my heightened hearing I listened in as the axis Troopers found the bait.
as a result we didn't have to wait too long for them to leave the area, once they were gone is American I busted our way out of the rubble and then helped ernst and Steve to their feet "It's safe now." I stated "well I'm glad you're on our side." Miss America said calmly. The four of us then made our way to a trench and placement, where is Ernst was able to get to work cracking the code on the communication device, "Any luck?" I asked "The code is complicated but, Yes I got it" Ernst answered "What are they saying" Miss America asked Ernst suddenly had a terrified look on his face "Oh,no." "What is it." I asked as I walked over to the table. Ernst thing gave some very Grim news "The Invasion it starting." "Does it say where it's going to land Dover, Brighton?" "Britain is not their target." Ernst said as he took off the headphones before saying "they're invading America."
"I'm not sure if the signal is strong enough" Ernst said sadly "We've got to alert the allies. Keep trying" Miss America pointed out, "It's not too late I can still stop the invasion." I wasted no time going out the door and getting into the air. flying as fast as I could.
As I flew towards the direction of Vandal Savages Invasion Fleet I managed to Rendezvous with my fellow Justice League members. It didn't take too long for us to catch up with the fleet of Jets. Once we reach them we work together to do as much damage as possible. It was also during the battle J'onn discovered lantern was in fact alive and on bored vandals main plane, so hawkgirl flew in and got him out of there before it crashed into the ocean. after the battle was over we returned to the location where we had been dropped into the past at in order to return to our restored present.
April 19th Present day
Diana P.O.V
The six of us jumped out of The Time Tunnel just in time to watch it collapse. "Well home sweet home, But did we succeed." Flash wondered aloud when a familiar voice called out from the Shadows "I should have known you'd be here." That's when our Batman stepped out of the Shadows "The Watchtower sensors picked up this anomaly a few hours ago." He was caught off guard by Superman running up to him and giving him a hug As he shouted "Batman, it's really you."
Batman who is surprised by Superman's reaction "Am I missing something?" Superman let go of him started apologizing "Sorry, it's just that.." He paused to look at us before continuing "Well it's a long story." "You're not going to believe what we've been through." Hawkgirl interjected. Batman just smirked and said "Try me."
After we brought Batman up to speed. I decided to trackdown Steve and Joan, I found that they were living in the rural area outside of Metropolis. when I went to meet with them I ended up meeting their grandson and his fiancé.
Screen fades to black credits play.
Notes:
E/n For those wondering in this universe Miss America/Joan Dale is Steve Trevor's fiance and after the war his wife as well as the mother of his children, Derek Trevor ,Naomi Trevor [She based on the wife of Maxwell Lord the Third] And the youngest Hippolyta "Lyta" Trevor [Daughter of the Pre-crisis Steve Trevor, As well as adopted daughter of the post-crisis Joan Dale-Trevor] she was named after her Godmother and namesake Wonderwoman/Queen Hippolyta. Steve and Joan's grandson is based on the earth one Steve Trevor And his fiance is Etta candy. As one final note this is the start of a three-part Arc that revolves around Savage time, Fury, and maid of honor.
Chapter 11: Chapter 11: Fury
Notes:
A/n This chapter is a course the final follow-up to the events of Paradise Lost this chapter will reveal why I didn't have Diana exiled, I should note that the Injustice gang rosters extremely different. As I stated in the only a dream author's note the copperhead that this universe is based on the female one, I know that the dcau/Other TV series shade is portrayed as a villain but in the comics he has mostly been a neutral character for the past thirty-six years, So I decided to use the female shade from countdown arena comic, There will be no involvement from Star Sapphire/Carol Ferris since because in this universe she is working alongside her love interest Green Lantern/Hal Jordan in deep space, So her dialogue In Fury part 2 is going to be borrowed for the female shade.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse
May 4th-May 6th
Year 8: age 25-26
Bruce P.O.V
An alarm had been tripped at the Gotham biotech plant, I deployed from the Batwing and slipped in through the roof top access point. From the vantage point I had I took note of the assailants who had broken into the vault that house the rare plant, Out of the five there were three I recognized. The first was Solomon Grundy I tangled with him once when his swamp got Disturbed, by an illegal dumping of toxic waste. The second was Copperhead aka larissa diaz, I faced off with her on christmas eve a couple of years back, finally there was Shade ake Ricarda Swift she's one of the Flash's Rogues.
The two women I didn't recognize I had to go off their apparel. One of the women looked like she was wearing ninja like armor so if I had to guess she probably hail from Japan and was probably a merc. the blond woman appeared to be the Mastermind behind the robbery that was taking place, Her outfit was very reminiscent of Diana's armor but I couldn't be certain if she was an Amazon or not.
As they were attempting to flee the scene, I used it as my opportunity to strike. I threw one of my bola successfully snaring Shade. Causing her and Copperhead to come to a stop looking down in surprise While they were distracted I swung in knocking them both out with my feet, landing in a crouched position. I heard someone shout "what?" Which I could only assume belong to the mystery woman with blond hair. the next one to speak I did recognize "Grundy will take care of it." As I rounded the corner Grundy charged at me.
So I had to react quickly dodging his punches, I duct passed him quickly whipping around and through a special Batarang that Grundy caught with his left hand, setting off an electric charge that render the zombie unconscious. That's what I heard a battle cry before I could react the female Ninja jumped into The Fray and nailed me in the head with her foot sending me to the ground.
I was dazed for a second as she approached unsheving her katana I had to react quickly managing to dodge out of the way of her swing her blade however part of my cape was cut off in the process. I tried to performing a karate kick but you don't show the way keeping me on the defensive avoiding her Katana swings. Eventually she managed to trip me up which caused me to fall to the floor, this inversantly gave me an opening when she swings her Katana down in a slicing motion I quickly duct to one side resulting in her to miss. reacting quickly I performed a backwards somersault using my feet to send the ninja flying into a wall at the same time getting to my feet.
Just left the blonde haired woman who tried to flee I called out "Not so fast!" Quickly throwing special batterang that had rope attached to it that tied her up like lassitude cattle and pulled her back towards me so that I could begin my interrogation. "Who are you?" I asked Her answer was swift and two the point "I answer to no man." She then proceeded to break free of the rope charging forward and shoving me into a wall which left me dazed for a few seconds, She grabbed me and hoisted me over her head readying to throw me as she did so I meant she grabbed her necklace Which came with me as I landed on top of some pipes it's around then that I fell unconscious.
The next morning
Year 2: age 24-25
Diana P.O.V
I received an invite to a party that was being held at the end of the month, So I decided to visit what flash referred to as a department store in Gotham to see if I could find an outfit. After I entered the store and started to browse its wares deciding to start with the jewelry section to see if anything caught my interest as I looked at the displays, which nothing did as I was leaving the section I noticed a crowd of people gathering at the window looking at me which to be honest was kind of unnerving.
But I tried to pay them no mind while I continued my browsing. I happened upon a mannequin that appeared to be wearing a swimsuit I happen to turn around to quick and accidentally bumped into the mannequins arm it didn't seem broken so I continued on into the clothing section. I did find a black dress with matching heels that caught my interest, But I wanted to browse a little bit more before I made my decision.
As I was browsing I noticed a woman trying on some makeup, lipstick to be pacific. To be honest I don't think I'll ever understand why the women of man's world, are willing to cover up their natural beauty. I decided to double back and pick up the dress that caught my eye, Afterward made my way to the cashier in paid for it went outside so that I can prepare to fly to the Rendezvous to head back to the Watchtower, When I noticed on the road In front of me traffic seem to be backed up with my heightened hearing I could hear a woman Pleading with a driver in the van that was blocking her "Come on, I'm late for my doctor's appointment."
The driver she was pleading with I could tell from tone of voice was male "Keep your shirt on lady I'm on my break." I let out and annoyed grown I've been walked over and place the bag I was carrying on the ground and proceeded to use my strength tell if the van up over my head, Allowing for the woman in the small blue car to get around the traffic. I've been placed the guys band back down, I quickly grabbed my bag then knocked on his window quickly getting his attention so that he would roll it down.
"Next time mind your manners." I told him sternly. That's what a familiar voice called out " Princess!" I turned around to see Batman standing in a nearby alleyway, I kind of forgot he would be patrolling hang at this hour since I was in his city after all, he beckoned for me to follow with four words "We need to talk."
Bruce P.O.V
I had Diana follow me up to a nearby rooftop where we wouldn't be disturbed it was there that I explained the situation to her. Diana was been quick to point out "Another, Amazon you know that sounds ridiculous right?" I knew she would be skeptical about it so I explained "I don't think so I managed to take this off her." reaching into my utility belt and pulled out the necklace and tossed it to her, she caught and started looking at.
"It's an Amazon design isn't it?" Diana shook her head in affirmative "Yes but it could be a forgery, Amazon's don't steal." She threw the necklace back to me which I caught as she continued "It's against our code and we typically never leave the island." I understood what Diana was coming from so I decide to propose an idea "As you said typically Amazon doesn't leave the island but you know that's not true you and your mother have left themyscira at different points in time and I'm willing to bet there are others out there."
Note: The Reason Hippolyta became Wonder Woman of the JSA from World War II to the late 60s will be revealed here.
Diana P.O.V
I can't believe that Batman managed to talk me into returning home to find out if any other Amazons have left the island since my last visit. As I flew into land I called Batman over the com "Batman I'm about to land." His response was Swift "See if you can turn anything up and if I'm wrong you can say I told you so." Is he flew around the perimeter of my home in his Batwing.
"Rodger that Wonder Woman out." I spotted guard-captain Nubia and a group of her guardswomen were patrolling blow, I landed and ask her what the situation was and she told me that two chests of gold from the palace treasury had been stolen. So I wasted no time getting to the Palace to speak with Mother directly. I believe I caught her off guard since I was popping in unannounced "Why have you decided to come home my sun and stars?" I took a breath before answering her "I really wish this was a social call but it's not, there was a robbery and a biotech plant in the world and Batman suspect an Amazon was leading the villains responsible."
"You know that's a serious Diana, I hope you have evidence to support this claim." I reach into my belt and pulled out the necklace and held out in front of me "Do you recognize this necklace?" From the look on her face mother was taken aback from what she was seeing she didn't got up from her throne training over to me and taking the necklace for my hand She looked at it closely and then gave out an order "Have my horse made ready immediately." She then made a gesture for me to follow.
A few minutes later we arrived at the tower that's out on a cliff overlooking the ocean. "That necklace belongs to Aresia, She's supposed to be here in solitary meditation." We went inside and climb the stairs up to the top of the tower discovering it vacant, while mother went through the process of getting the lights on I looked around noting "It looks like she got tired of meditating. In fact It looks like no one's been here for weeks."
"I feared as much." As soon as the words left my mother's mouth I had to question her "So why exactly was she in here, Is this supposed to be that final test are we putting outsider woman through?" Mother quickly answered my question "Yes this was supposed to be Aresia final steps of rebirth."
mother sat down on the bed and began to give her account about Aresia "As you figured out my sun and stars, Aresia was not born an amazon. She came from man's world during the 1940s, when she was a child her Homeland had been conquered by the Axis during the early years of the second World War. The victors were cruel and denied the basic humanity to their defeated foe, Soon friends, neighbors, and schoolmates were all gone. Her family had no choice but to flee, Eventually they made their way to a refugee ship but even their fate was not kind, an Axis U-boat attacked and sunk the ship. Aresia Survived cling to a piece of floating wreckage, Miraculously she washed ashore here on the themyscira, Nubia found her and nursed her back to health."
Mother paused in her story so I took the opportunity to ask I'm out something that had been on my mind since the time traveling adventure last month "Mother was Aresia the reason you left themyscira, fight the Axis, alongside the Justice Society of America?" Mother was taken aback by my question after contemplating for a moment she answered "yes Aresia was the reason, I chose to venture into man's world for a time fighting alongside a generation of Heroes, much like the team of heroes you fight alongside now. I'm honestly not sure why Aresia has decided to abandon themyscira"
I looked over at the cloth I was covering a chest and walked over pulling it away "Maybe we'll find some answers in here." With little effort I opened the chest, I quickly took note of the contents inside as mother asked "Diana what is it?" I answered by listing off the contents "Books, maps and City Guides." Mother than admit it some more information "These are things I brought back with me when I returned 47 years ago they're supposed to be in the Forbidden section of the archive, only a select few are allowed access." I had to ask "Why are these pieces of literature in the Forbidden section?"
"The Olympians believed contact with the outside world would corrupt us." I quickly looked at the title of the book I gragged out of the chest "History of Germ warfare" I sombrely agreed "It sure is starting to look that way"
After saying my goodbyes I rendezvous with Batman outside of themyscira airspace, where I quickly climbed into the co-pilot seat of the Batwing and started our flight back towards man's world.
Bruce P.O.V
During the flight back to towards Gotham, Diana filled me in on what she was able to learn about our suspect "So this Aresia is not really an Amazon." "She's an orphan, It's hard to imagine what that kind of trauma could you do a child" Diana added after hearing her say that I decided to give her a little bit of information about myself that only Clark and J'onn know "I understand that sort of trauma better than anyone.".
"What do you mean?" Diana asked. So I answered in the most blunt way possible "My parents were murdered in front of me when I was eight years old." I probably shouldn't have been so blunt, because now we were likely going to have a very quiet flight back to gotham a few minutes later the Batwing started picking up an emergency frequency of a woman's voice over the radio "Emergency situation. Repeat this aircraft control, All runways are full we got 30 planes stacked up in the air." The next voice we heard was from female pilot 1 "What's the nearest secondary air strap?" The second female pilot shouted "I'm low on fuel." The third pilot sounded like they were from down south "I've got sick people on board" The female air traffic controller cut through the chatter "Please clear this channel unless absolutely necessary."
I clicked a button that activated the bat wings afterburner a few minutes later we arrived in Gotham, I landed the Batwing on top of an office building. Before we exited the Batwing I reached into my utility belt and pulled out one of my gas masks and placed it on my face, can't be too careful after what we heard over the radio. As we surveyed the Carnage below one thing stood out "It's like some kind of plague and half the city's got it." "Indeed the male half."
Wasting no time Diana and I began aiding the Rescue Personnel, we decide to split up so we could cover more ground, I ended up rushing into an apartment building that was on fire, discovering a boy to be around 11 or 12 who was infected with this mysterious virus I scooped him up and do about a window just as the apartment exploded around me. I fired the grapple on to nearby building and propelled down. Once I reach the ground I encountered Hawkgirl who has landed right behind me.
"Luckily I found this one he's not doing well." As I handed the boy off to her "I'll get them to a hospital." as I watched her fly off with the boy my vision starts to blur. "Batman!" Diana called out as she landed near me prompting me to turn around and regain my focus, "How are you holding up." She asked.
"Even though I've taken precautions. I don't think I have much time until..." Before I could finish an out-of-control bus nearly slammed into us reacting quickly I dove to the right knocking Diana and myself out of the way. Wasting no time I got to my feet and chased after the out-of-control bus, As I gave Chase the bus crashed through offense and damaged a satellite tower that began toppling over and would have landed on some rescue personnel Diana hadn't caught it,
Using my grapple I busted through the rear windshield of the bus, which gave me an opening to jump inside from I made my way to the front of the bus and took control Just in time to because the bus was on a collision course with one of the fire engines The only thing I could do in that situation was deliberately flip the bus onto its side which allowed for it to come to I stopped beside the fire engine Using my food I kicked out the windshield and got the driver who was badly infected out. It was in that moment I started to feel the full effects of this virus, As Diana arrived calling out "Batman.". I only have enough strength to tell her "Get me to the Watchtower." afterwards I lost consciousness
Transition to the Watchtower Medical Bay
Diana P.O.V
"How is he J'onn?" I asked him. He answered the question with a somber response "Just like the others. Whatever they have it appears to be an allergen and not a virus but I can't seem to isolate it, But still every puzzle has a solution." As he perceived to be in looking through a microscope.
"So where do we start?" Hawkgirl asked. So I gave her a simple answer to the question "If we find a Aresia, we could get a direct sample of this allergen and we can work on an vaccine." Hawkgirl and I wasted no time heading to the hangar and launching in one of the javelin's. During the flight PlanetSide I filled Hawkgirl in on What I knew about Aresia "When I was a child, Aresia would sometimes watch me when my mother was meeting with the Senate. Even then I sense there was a bitterness within her, To be honest I don't think she was ever really one of us."
"I think she fits in pretty well." Hearing Hawkgirl say that caught me off guard So I questioned her "What makes you say that?" So she explained "Aresia Is taking your Amazon code to its logical extension." "But we don't teach hatred." I countered "Except when it comes to men." she pointed out. With that we ceased are conversation even though I didn't voice it I did agree with Hawkgirl.
Once we were planet side We flew in the Gotham air space I landed the javelin on top of a office building. We exited and flew down the street level Where we encountered a female firefighter putting away her equipment so I asked her "Do you need any help." She shook her head no and stated "Thanks but we got it contained." Just as the ambulance pulled away Hawkgirl landed stock to the medic "Any remaining victims?" she gave her a quick response "Just sent the last one to Gotham General."
We watched as the women's fire brigade left the area "They seem to be on top of things Impressive." Hawkgirl stated "Reminds me of home" I admitted. though I should have kept my mouth shut because Hawkgirl took another jab at my culture "Yes, but who wants to live in a world without men?" I took a breath before answering her question "To be honest with you my perspectives kind of skewed, due to how I was raised, tI will admit there is one man that has caught my eye."
"And who would that be?" Great now that I've admitted she wants the details so I gave her set details "Batman, he's so dark and mysterious, I guess you could say it runs in the family since my mother was drawn to Lord Hades." "Now that I know you like a guy, let's find Aresia." Hawkgirl stated before taking flight, I wasted no time in flying after her. As we were flying towards the outskirt of the city we to stop and help a helicopter that is hit a power line due to heavy smoke, I flew to catch it but I ended up getting hit by a power line that have been cut by the rotor I ended up falling with the helicopter onto a rooftop, One of the pilots are still awake while her co-pilot have been knocked unconscious, I wasted no time getting her free because we had to the three of us ran to the opposite side of the building Barely avoiding the helicopter exploding, but now there was another problem it toppled off of the building.
As we are flying down to try and catch it a voice called out "Need a hand." that's when shade appeared Flying quickly past us and got in front of the helicopter using her power over Shadows to catch the helicopter in a sphere construct she proceeded to fly back up to the roof with it. She removed her Shadow construct placing the now extinguish helicopter on the roof
We landed behind her readying ourselves for a fight only for her to raise our hands in surrender stating "Relax I'm not here to fight." she paused before continuing turning around to face us "In fact I came to warn you." "About Aresia?" I asked shade nodded in affirmative as she continued "She's crazy she wants to wipe out all men in the world." "We noticed and where is she?" Hawkgirl making sure to ask the all-important question. which shade seem very inclined to answer"She, and Tsukuri are at the Gotham air base, But it may be already too late."
Immediate transition to the Gotham air base
We arrived air Base in time to hear the tail end of Aresia and Tsukuri Conversation I shouted at them as we flew into the hanger "And it will remain on finished" Which caused them to turn in Surprise which allowed me to fly in and perform an uppercut that sent Tsukuri flying into some barrels getting knocked unconscious while Hawkgirl engaged Aresia swinging her mace at her which Aresia easily blocked but she ended up falling to the ground.
As Aresia got to her feet she had a smirk on her face "What took you." Just as I was about to lunge at her when a Semi-transparent barrier created from Shadows. We looked up to see shade floating above us who was smirking as she spoke "Sorry for our little deception." She flotes down to stand next to Aresia. "Diana, I had Shade bring you here so I could offer you a chance to join our noble cause." Aresia stated.
"Man's world may not be perfect, But trying to destroy it will only bring more harm than good." I countered. This however did not satisfy Aresia "So you'll stand against us then?" "Yes." I answered without hesitation. "Pity." Aresia growled with a hint of Venom in her voice that's when she drop the barrier and started firing beams Shadow from the staff she was carrying, this force me onto the defensive using my bracelets to block the beams. Hawkgirl tried to go on the offensive only to be Intercepted by Tsukuri.
Shade was now flying above me continuously firing beans of Shadow keeping me out of the defensive, I had to come up with a quick solution so I grabbed a barrel full of fuel and Tossed it. Shade reacted by firing upon the barrel before it get hit her causing it to explode sending her flying into the back wall of the hanger. Just as I was turning around to check if Hawkgirl had secured Tsukuri, I was suddenly Struck in my jaw and was sent flying landing on my side in front of the bombers boarding ramp.
I went on a grown as I felt the bruise on my cheek. And started to rub the stars out of my eyes, Aresia was now standing over me looking down as she spoke "A valiant effort Diana but you won't stop us. I guarantee it." That is when copperhead emerged from the pilot cabin along with my mother who was tied up, and gagged.
I wasted no time getting to my feet and quickly assessed the situation, mother appeared only be wearing her dress and not wearing her armor which allows her to wield the powers of other demigods. she must have fallen out here using one of our Jets. I clench my fists and growled "Let Her Go."
Aresia pointed at me as she called the stated "You're in no position to be giving out orders." That's when Hawkgirl flew stand beside me. Aresia was not deterred "Don't move I'm warning you I don't want to hurt her but I will." That's when Copperhead flashed her venomous fangs. Realizing we have no choice but to risk it Hawkgirl and I charged. However before we can reach Aresia we were shot in the back and fell unconscious.
We came to a few minutes later but by then it was too late, Aresia and her Femme fatales took off in the stealth bomber. In that moment I felt very hopeless Standing there looking up at the sky, That's when Hawkgirl walked over and place your hand on my shoulder "Diana, I found this inside." That's when she showed me the vile. "The allergen?" I asked, she nodded and answered "Has to be It could be the key to an antidote"
I placed my hand on her shoulder and informed her of our new plan"You take it to J'onn. I'll stop Arisa" "You think you'll be able to catch up to that bomber?" Hawkgirl asked inquisitively "I was able to catch up to Vandal Savages invasion Jets so this should be nothing." As I ran forward quickly taking flight.
It took little over thirty minutes but I managed to catch up the bomber, I flew in and punched one of the Stabilizers damaging it. which sent the plane into a nosedive, nearly colliding with the Atlantic Ocean, whichever Femme Fatale was at the controls was able to pull up in time, I only ended on the right vertical stabilizer grabbing hold of the fin.
As I stood there trying to figure out the best way to get inside that wouldn't involve forcing the plane down into the ocean, That's when shade emerged out from the underside of the bomber She fired upon me so I dodged barely getting out of the way in time. I could see the fin on the right stabilizer have been damaged from that shot. As I've been doing many times before I use my bracelets to deflect the beams back at her.
When out of nowhere of beam of your energy nearly hit her, I looked to where the source of the beam had come from spotting the javelin, flying in. As the javelin engaged shade It had gotten picked up on radar, so Aresia must have ordered for the weapons system to be activated with four panels opening revealing energy cannons That we're now opening fire on the javelin forcing hard curled up form evasive maneuvers putting her on the defensive, Shade was also distracted thinking she now have the upper hand.
I wasted no time exploiting is opening by ripping one of the Cannons out and throwing it Collided sending her falling into the ocean below. That's When Hawkgirl emerged from the Javelin and flew down to join me while the three remaining cannons opened fire on her, I rushed over to one of the Cannons that was firing on her and bent it causing it to explode creating a hole in the plane.
However this left two Cannon still operational, Hawkgirl was hit on her left wing by one of the energy beams sending her plummeting towards the water. I grabbed the lasso truth off my belt and lassoed her left foot I quickly pulled her back up onto the wing, once you've done your footing we made her way inside the bomber through the hole I had made.
One Hawkgirl and I were inside. Copperhead and Tsukuri backflipped out of the pilot chairs, to engage in hand-to-hand combat, Copperhead lunged at me I caught her by the wrist and in one fluid motion through her to the back of the plane. With her taken care of I turn my attention to Aresia who had gotten out of her chair shouting "You fools don't you see we're not the enemy it's the men they must be destroyed."
"You're wrong Aresia, without men you wouldn't be alive right now" We all turned in Surprise to see my mother standing in her armor beside the busted prison cell. she then walked up to Aresia "After the ship sank, You must have lost consciousness As you drifted on your makeshift raft. You would have surely drowned at the ship's Captain not found you and pulled you to safety. Valiantly he struggled to keep you alive, Until he brought you to the shores of themyscira, But the effort was too much for his heart to bear, His final resting place is an unmarked grave He is the only man who has been buried on themyscira. So you see for all your hatred of men, turns out you owe your life to one."
"Why didn't Nubia tell me about this?" Aresia asked bitterly "Nubia didn't think he was important at the time." mother admitted. "Maybe it's about time the amazon's reconsider that stance." Hawkgirl interjected. "So everything you ever preached was a lie." Aresia demanded "Not everything." Mother admitted.
But in the end it seems like mothers plea fell on deaf ears "Still, the acts of one man cannot redeem the sins of his kind. They must all pay." Arissa stated that she reached over to press the launch button "No!" mother Screamed and attempted to stop her only to get tossed out of the open bay door. I watch this hawkgirl dived after her.
Aresia then came up and punched me I knocking my head against the console, Just as I turn around the counter hit me in the face with her knee, She tried to kick me but I caught her leg and caused her to fall to the floor, I got briefly distracted by the launching sequence of the missile giving Aresia opening to Backhand me.
With my heightened hearing I could tell hawkgirl was using her mace to damage the bay doors, Copperhead called out "Bay two won't open" to Aresia. Who responded "try number three" as she hit me with a left hook Knocking me to the floor, I quickly got to my feet and lunged at her only to be swiftly stopped quickly getting free And head-butting me.
She tried to punch me again but I managed to break through and started wailing on her with my fist until she caught my wrist pulling my arm towards her and then back handing me. We ended up in a grapple hold just as the threed bay door was disabled by Hawkgirl.
Aresia was quick to realize the missiles were now going to launch inside the bomber And she shouted "Shut the missle off!" to Copperhead and Tsukuri as the two of them rushed past us with jetpacks Readying to jump out of the bomber, It didn't take long for Aresia to realize what they were doing and she shouted "Wait! You can't leave." Tsukuri dove out without a word, while Copperhead gave a quick for a well "Chica, I like you but not that much." She then proceeded to die bowed and activator Jack packed Fly Away.
I punched Aresia sending her flying into a control panel, I ran over to the Pilot's controls with the intent I'm crashing the bomber into the water, however just as I reach them Aresia Through a panel that collided with me and sent me flying out of the cockpit window. A few seconds later the bomb exploded I pulled over to the javelin where mother and Hawkgirl were waiting. "Poor Aresia. May the gods grant her peace at last." mother sombrely seid
The Watchtower the next morning
Hawkgirl and I were doing some work in the monitor womb coordinating the relief efforts When we were joined by J'onn and Batman "How are you feeling." I asked Batman answered with a subtle smile on his face"Better all things considered, it's a good thing you were able to recover Aresia's notes from her hideout." I couldn't help but smile back as I responded "Yes. without them, we might never have found the antidote."
"Superman and Green Lantern have almost finished distributing it." Hawkgirl stated as we watch the news feed. "If only Aresia could have learned to see the noble qualities in you men." I wondered aloud. "You know I can't help but think Felix Faust is partially responsible for what Aresia did." Batman stated "What makes you say that?" I swiftly asked he turned around to look at me before answering "Think about it, Aresia probably never considered going to such an extreme until after Felix Faust transgression by setting foot on themyscira, and He used Magic temporarily turn the Amazons to Stone."
Faust I had completely forgotten about him, But thinking on it this mess does feel like it's partially his fault "you might be right, Felix Faust was the only man Aresia encountered after her arrival on themyscira, and with her perspective already severely skewed that was all it took for her to go off the deep end." After we finished our discussion I returned to my room to commune with my father on Aresia fate.
Screen fades to black credits play.
Notes:
E/N This is the second part of three-part story arc with the next chapter focusing on maid of honor which will conclude the story arc. There are some differences between Diana's armor and her mother's armor. The only abilites that Diana's armor has is that it can be magically hidden away and when needed she can spin around the changeover civilian attire. since all of her powers were gifts from the Olympians. Her mother armor on the other hand is very different Since Hippolita is a natural-born demigod daughter of Ares the champion armor that Hephaestus made for her acess the powers that would be the gifts other demigods are born with such as flying or hydromancy, both sets of armor do have the achilles heel.
Chapter 12: Chapter 12: Maid of Honor
Notes:
A/N as the name suggests this based Made of Honor two-parter but I plan on bringing my own twists into the episode’s one of those twists which will be pretty obvious is how Diana will find out that Batman and Bruce Wayne are one in the same, As well as the introduction of a future adversary for The Dark Knight who will come into play until much later. Bruce Wayne's public persona, A socialistic/industrialist, He also has a reputation for being a recluse, Only really leaving the manor for work, charity events, Jury duty, and parent-teacher conferences in the case of his wards/son’s, This of course doesn't stop the tabloids from writing Rubbish about him, being a Playboy.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse. A space themed Exhibition Hall May 31st though June 2nd
Year 8: Age 25-26
Bruce P.O.V
I honestly need to stop accepting invites to these sorts of venues, because my appearance here is probably going to end up in some tabloid, filled to the brim with rubbish about my social life. “Bruce Wayne it's been a long time.” I turned around to see who just called my name to my surprise it was William Mallory an old friend of mine from grade school.
I shook his hand, “William Mallory, It's good to see you.” He nodded “Likewise, are you here on another one of your romantic escapades?” I rubbed my eyes before answering with a bitter tone of voice “No, that's a bunch of rubbish spouted by tabloids, but it's my own damn fault since I'm a recluse with little to no social life.” William raised his hands in a mock surrender “Come on Bruce I'm just teasing, to be honest though I can't stay long.”
Now I was intrigued “Why is that if you don't mind me asking.” William took each sip a glass of champagne from the table we were standing next to “If you must know I've got a four year old to worry about and I want to spend as much my free time as I can with him. Oh hey look who just walked in.” I turned around to see who he was talking about.
To my surprise it was Daina to be honest I hadn't expected her to be here, I could already tell she was out of her element and a crowd going to gather at any moment So I figured might as well step in. “If you'll excuse me William, I think my night just got a whole lot more interesting.” he let out a chuckle as I made my way over.
as I neared a crowd had gathered around her and were bon boarding her with questions, I maneuvered my way through the crowd reaching out my right hand and asking a simple question “ may I have this dance?” She turned to look at me and gave her answer “Yes.”
So I wasted no time guiding her on to the dance floor As we started to slow dance As Diana start to offer her thanks “Thank you mister..” I cut her off borrowing the line from James Bond “Wayne, Bruce Wayne.” She smiled and added “Well thank you for the rescue.” as we danced I started a conversation with her.
“To be honest with you I'm surprised to see you here, from what I've heard this isn't your sort of Affair?” She smiled as she answered “I received an invite and I figured might as well Since I needed to get out more and have a little fun.” So I asked “you enjoying yourself so far?” as I pulled her closer to me. “More than I expected, but enough about me what about you what brings you to the City of Lights in love?” Wasn't expecting Diana to put me on the spot so I decide to be honest “Like you I received an invite to this party, but I've also have some business to attend to while I'm in town.”
Our dance ended up getting interrupted by a load crash as the glass ceiling shattered, And six armed men so down the ropes from a helicopter above end quickly surrounded the Princess Audrey and her bodyguards One of the men shouted “Down with the monarchy! Freedom for Kasnia!” As they quickly incapacitated her bodyguards, And they wasted no time forcing her to put on a harness preparing to quickly Evac.
Diana turned to me thinking quickly I suggested a plan “I’ll take care of the Rope you catch Audrey” The two of us rushed over to a nearby table I grabbed the knife out of the cake will Diana rip the bottom of her dress revealing her perfectly tanned legs, And I will be honest that was quite distracting but I remain focused and threw the knife like a Batarang, Slicing the rope with a perfect incision As Audrey fell towards the ground Diana flu in and caught her Bridal Style.
After she got Audrey to the ground, Diana wasted no time flying back up to the Ropes to try and deal with the would-be abductors, She punched one sending them Falling Towards the ground right on the table I was standing next to, While another was not off the roof and landed on the table with a ice sculpture, The two abductors who made it to the ground started opening fire on Diana with their Uzis, That she swiftly blocked with her bracelets.
I Took the opportunity to slip up behind them, I raise my hands to the side of their heads “Pardon me gentlemen." Before they could react I slam their heads together knocking them both out With them taken care of I gave Diana the opening she needed to fly up to the helicopter, And force it to the ground.
About ten to twenty minutes later the Gendarmerie arrived, to remove the would abductors from the premises. Diana made a gesture for me to come over speak with her so I obliged “So Mr. Wayne where did you learn those skills that you used Because they remind me of a certain colleague.” Uh ho I should have remembered she would recognize any skills I use as Batman Because I once told Alfred fighting styles are like fingerprints, I can’t exact reveal my dual identity now I'll have to settle for a half-truth.
“It's possible I trained at the place is your colleague trained at.” She took a moment to contemplate my answer before asking “And what made you decide to want to learn these skills?” Welp This is problematic, but I have to be honest with her. “When I was eight years old my parents were killed in front of me in a mugging gone wrong.” Diana now had a stunned expression on her face “I'm sorry, I asked.” She apologized though this resulted in an awkward silence, Just as the final abductor was taken away.
Before we could resume the conversation we were interrupted by Princess Audrey “That was fabulous, I've never seen someone break a helicopter before.” “It was my first time taking one down.” From her expression I could tell Dianna was out of her comfort zone, Since she was using her eyes to check the state of dress. Audrey's next statement was directed at both of us “Well I can't thank both of you enough. I'm supposed to have guards for this sort of thing you know.”
I decided to ask the question that was on my mind since the incident “I wouldn't blame your guards, some one must have a real large grudge against the Royal Family, to go through a lot of trouble to have you abducted any ideas?”. All three turned her head so that one of her eyes would be looking at me as she answered my question “As you eloquently put Prince of Gotham. I'm the princess of Kasnia, a lot of countries in the world do not like Kasnia, and a lot of citizens don't like Kasnia.” Not surprising given kasnia was under a military dictatorship few years until the monarchy was restored to power five years ago.
Diana finally worked up the nerve to speak “So could you tell me what you know.” However Audrey quickly brush off her request “Not tonight, darling it's still early. I’ve Places to go in parties to crash.” That's when one of her bodyguards cell phone started ringing “On the other hand I've never hung out with the prince of Gotham, and a superhero before excuse me, hello” Audrey stated right before she answered she the phone.
“I'm fine, Daddy.” I could tell from Audrey's tone of voice that she was not thrilled about the conversation she was having. Your father must have said something that caused Audrey to reprimand him “Daddy, no, that’s gauche. We have to prove were better than that.” Audrey's father didn't sound pleased and raised his tone of voice enough that I could hear him from where I was standing “I will not allow these dissidents to ruin the New International Space Station, You are to return home immediately.”
Audrey began to protest “Father let me stay. I couldn't be any safer Wonder Woman will be with me.” She started giving Diana the puppy dog eyes, causing her to gave a nod of approval This seemed to appease her father, They said their goodbyes, then Audrey tossed the cell phone back to her bodyguard.
Audrey then took note Diana's dress, “We need to get you some new clothes, I know this boutique that will open for me if I ask them nicely.” “I thought you were going to tell me about the incident.” Diana introjected. Audrey then turn to face her “No that's just what I want my father to think, So that I could go clubbing tonight.” “Clubbing?” Diana asked with a questioning look. So I answered her question “What she means is she wants to have as much fun as she can in one night, Before she supposed to tie the knot Am I correct in my assumption your highness” Audrey nodded “Indeed, I'm to be married in a few days this is my last night in Paris as a free woman.”
“I'm not really following.” Diana admitted, Audrey continued the conversation “I'm a world-class party girl, And I intend to go out with a bang or several that can be arranged” She then turned around to walk towards a limo calling out “Are you two coming.” Diana and I looked at each other before we followed suit climbing into the limo with her in the bodyguards.
About 20 minutes later we arrived at the boutique, I stud with the bodyguards. While Audrey was helping Diana try on different outfits, Well I waited outside the changing room with with Audrey's bodyguards being asked to judge the outfits. Reminds me of the 22nd of December 3 years back when I got dragged around by Harley and Ivy on a shopping spree.
It wasn't too long before Diana found a dress that caught her interest Quickly making her way back into the changing room to try it on. That's when my phone Batwave went off So I turned to the bodyguards and said “Excuse me gentlemen I need to take this call.” I slipped into the alleyway insert got my phone and clicked the flashing bat symbol, I read the information that was displayed it seems security was being preached at the Star Labs Paris branch With the outside cameras being knocked out, Just like a German Branch last week I got no time to lose.
I climbed up to the Rooftop the storefront next door to the boutique, Having the Batwing fly in to deploy the Pod that has my batsuit which made a loud crash as it collided with the roof, Welp Diana probably heard that and I have no daout she'll be out here any minute so I better suit up. I wasted no time Stripping down to my boxers and began dawning my armor.
The beautique a few seconds after Bruce deployed the pod that houses the batsuit
Year 2 age 24-25
Diana P.O.V
I just finished getting into the red dress that had caught my eye, when I heard boom that was followed by a crash outside made my way over to Audrey to inform her “I heard a crash outside could be nothing but I'm going to go check it out.” She gave a understanding nod. I made my way out of the changing room and noticed Bruce Wayne was no longer present so I asked the bodyguards “Where'd mr. Wayne go?” The Bodyguard with a goatee answered the question “He went outside phone started buzzing, with a very strange ringtone.”
I stepped outside and found Bruce Wayne was nowhere to be found so I decide to check the source of the sound so I flew up, That's when I spotted a strange pod sitting on the rooftop of the building next door and a figure getting dressed In a set of very familiar armor. So I flew in to get a closer look it, I recognized the mysterious figure immediately It was Bruce Wayne and he was dawning the batsuit.
Great Hera Bruce Wayne is the Batman . That's when he dawned the cowl and called out to me “Princess are you going to follow their gocking, or did you have something to say to me.” So I landed on the rooftop in front of him and ask my first question “So Batman and Bruce Wayne are the same man?” He clicked the button on his gauntlet which Summit is batwing overhead has he answered “I'll be honest with you princess it's complicated.” “Try me.” He began to explain as the attached to cables that have been lowered from the Batwing on to the pod.
“The simplest way I can put it is I wear two masks, The mask I use when I'm out in public, Is that at the reclusive Prince of Gotham. When I dawn the cowl I become The Dark Knight who has dedicated himself to ensure no child goes through the traumatic experience I went through when I was eight years old.” That's when he clicked another button on his Gauntlet that caused the table to retract pulling the Pod back up to where it was stored in the Batwing.
“So right now I'm speaking to the real Bruce Wayne the man behind both masks.” He simply nodded yes to confirm so I asked my next question “I assume the reason you just suited it up, Is because of that business you mentioned earlier?” I noticed his right hand reach into his utility belt to pull out of his grapple gun “I don't have much time to explain so I'll give you the short version, I've been tracking a string of robberies involving military-grade tech, and there's just been a security breach at the Star Labs here in Paris, I'm heading over there now to see if I can catch the perpetrators. Once I’ve delt with this I'll meet you at your hotel room and we'll discuss things there”
He wasted no time firing his grapple and propelling himself up to the Batwing And immediately flew off in the direction of starlabs, So I made my way back to the boutique we're Audrey was waiting with the bags full the clothes I tried on, She had her bodyguards place them in the limo, Then the two of us got in and sat down, “So where did the prince of Gotham go” Audrey asked. So I had to come up with a white lie on the spot “He told me something had come up and he had to return to hotel he was staying at, due to some kind of computer error.” With that Audrey told the driver to take us to our next destination.
Bruce P.O.V
After finishing my conversation with Diana I wasted no time getting over to Paris branch of Star Labs, I deployed from the Batwing and landed in front of the loading bay door that been blasted off its hinges I arrived just in time to catch the thieves trying to make a break for it, I threw a battering at them but the one in the middle used his Gauntlet to blast it to dust, The blast would have also hit me if I hadn't dodged out of the way.
As I ran towards them the three of thieves started opening fire on me. I took out my grapple For my utility belt and fired it at the metal walkway above, I swing over the thieves and threw some gas pallets down causing them to cough and gasp. I swung back in and kicked the thief in the middle sending him flying Into a wall causing the misfire destroying, One of the supports on the walkway causing it to collapse it would have fallen on top of him.
If I hadn't quickly swung in and got him out of danger, Launching a supposed to up to the upper level I caught the railing in hoited us up. I removed his Gauntlet and then handcuffed him, I made my way back over to the railing to look at the lower floor only to discover that is a lie I said escaped. I heard a ground and turned my attention to the thief I'd capture so I began my interrogation “Who are you working for?” The thief answered in Kaznian “You don't understand a word I'm saying even if you did I wouldn't tell you anything.” Big mistake I'm fluent in kasnian so I responded in his tongue “I can and you will.” As I gave him a full on bat glare.
Once I was finished with my interrogation I sent word to Interpol, notifying them where they could pick up the kaznia Special Forces officer. I immediately made my way to the hotel room Diana was staying at Silver and she wasn't back yet, So I sat down in the chair took my cowl off and got some shut-eye While I waited for her to return.
Note: Diana and Audrey's ladies night played out the same as it does in the episode.
I woke up a few hours later, the sun had just started to rise and I could hear someone at the door. So I wasted no time grabbing my cowl and putting it back on. A second later the door opened and Diana stepped into the room, and shut the door behind her, As she took off her heels I ordered her to my presence “You're keeping some late hours.” I stated jokingly. Prompting Diana to turn and face me her response came off as quite flirtatiousness “You're one to talk, I wouldn't mind getting a good look at your handsome face again but we discuss the events of last night.”
As much as I wanted to flirt back I had to keep things professional though I did oblige on removal of my cowl “For starters this entire investigation has got a whole lot more complicated.” “What makes you say that?” Daina asked as she sat down in the armchair “The burglar I captured several hours ago, was part of a team that has been stealing classified weapons tech from all over the EU.” “So what makes it so complicated?” I let out of breath as I answered “He's a kazian special forces officer.” I could see Diana's eyes go wide “I don't think Audrey would be Involved in anything like that.”
I nodded in agreement “On that we can agree.” I paused before bringing up something that had been on my mind since last night “I suspect the men who were sent to abduct Audrey last night was ment be a distraction to keep me busy while the kazian spec op team committed the theft at Star Labs.” Diana quickly caught on to my theory “Which could only mean our mastermind is someone within the kazian government.”
I grabbed my cowl and put it back on and activated my gauntlets link to the bat computer and run a search on kasnian government officials. As I reading the list of officials I noticed a name that stood out “Vandal Savage.” written in kazian “Diana did Audrey mention anything about her fiance?” She nodded before answering my question “Audrey invited me to her engagement party tonight to meet her fiance, She also mentioned he's the head of the Kazia Space Program.”
“I have suspect and you're not going to like what you're about to hear.” She smirked “Try me.” I warned you “Audrey's fiance is Vandal Savage.” I could see Diana's face contort with anger “I've got to get over to the Embassy in warren on Audrey” As she prepared to spin Summon her armor. But before she could I put my hand on your shoulder stating “you will do no such thing.” Knowing full well she would turn her anger on me “Why the Hades not, sorry Father. ”
So I did my best to explain “Vandal Savage has had centuries to master the art of deception, if you try to accuse him of what he did during World War II, he'll just brush off the claim as the actions his grandfather.” “So what are we going to do then if I can't confront him.” Diana stated as she glared at me.
“We need to figure out what his end game is.” Diana quickly suggested something that hadn't crossed my mind “Could have something to do with the International Space.” That's it. “You might be onto something, I'll send over all list of the tech that had been stolen, to my protege Red Robin I'll have him run a simulation to find out what will happen to the International Space Station when this tech add to it. Only drawback is he won't be able to get back to us until around 2:30 pm eastern standard time by then it'll be 8:30 pm here, What time do you need to be at the engagement party?”
“I'm supposed to be heading over there around 8:00, and Audrey asked me to bring a date along.” She gave me a look that seem to be dropping a hint. “yes I will accompany you as your date. I have a stake in the new International Space Station my company developed the tech that was used in it. Let's get some rest and then lets meet up in the lobby to head over to the Embassy, Then we'll meet back here to discuss a plan of action”
A few hours later at the kasnia Embassy.
Diana P.O.V
Bruce and I arrived at the embassy at the destiny of time Audrey had given me, while he went to mingle with the other guests who arrived early. While I went up to Audrey's room to have a chat with her. while she got ready for the party.
As we chatted Audrey stuck behind a changing screen and jokingly said “I'm going to be late for my own engagement party.” I realized this the one chance I have to inform Audrey about what Batman had discovered “Audrey, I'm worried about something can we talk.” But much like last night Audrey brushed me off “Relax, Diana. After all going to be marrying an old stiff, and churning out a veritable number of heirs.” as she reached out from behind the dressing screen to grab the heels she was going to wear.
Running out of breath I began to explain “Batman has been following a series of tech related thefts, And he's connected one of the burglars to your government” Audrey came out from behind the dressing screen “You don't believe my father would order such a thing do you?” The question call me off-guard so I came up with a quick response “Batman already has a suspect that's in your government and it's not your father.” this satisfied Audrey “ Good because I know my father wouldn't do such a thing.”
I smiled and did my best to keep up appearances “Honestly I just needed to hear it from you that's all, im sorry.” “There's nothing to be sorry about, now come on let's go meet my ball and chain to be.” Audrey than led me downstairs into the embassy’s convention hall. we made our way through the guest to where Audrey's fiance was standing “Diana, I'd like to introduce you to my fiance.” Even though I knew who he was nothing could have prepared me for coming face-to-face with Vandal Savage, my mind races I tried to figure out how to respond only coming to the conclusion that I should call him out on who he is, Before I could say anything however someone else spoke up.
“I do believe you just rendered wonder woman completely speechless.” I turned my head to look back to see Bruce standing behind me. He was giving me a look that implied he just saved me from making a fool of myself as Vandal turned his attention towards bruce. “That appears to be the case and you are?” Bruce made his way to my right side and introduce himself, “Bruce Wayne, It's nice to finally meet the man responsible for the new International Space Station.”
after Bruce finished talking I Decide to see what vandals lie would be “Mr. Savage I have a question for you. Why exactly do you look like a man I saw in a World War II documentary a few months back care to explain that.” Vandal Savages eyes appear to dark in has he answered the Question “Oh yes that I have a striking resemblance to my grandfather who had briefly taken command of Nazi Germany during World War II. My father and I have spent years rebuild are family's reputation.”
That's when a very strange ringtone went off, I looked over at Bruce who is scrambling to grab his phone. “Sorry one about that, it's mine and is there a place I can take this call in uninterrupted.” Vandal Savage was quick to oblige “There shouldn't be anyone out on the balcony at this moment I'll have Colonel Vox escort you there so you can take your call uninterrupted.” as Bruce slipped away I used it as my opportunity slip away and simply told Audrey that I need to head back to my hotel early.
Note: Audrey and vandals conversation’s play out the same.
Bruce P.O.V
Once I was out on the balcony I answered my phone “All right Tim give me the rundown.” Tim wasted no time answering “I just finished running the simulation that military Tech that's been stolen if added to be new International Space Station would turn the station into a massive railgun that would be capable of fire asteroids directly at the planet.” So that's his end game. So I told Tim the early steps of the plan.
“Tim forward what we've discovered to the watchtower, I'm going to meet with Diana at her hotel room to discuss a plan of action so we can stop Vandal, before he can turn the world into a police state.” I wasted no time hang out my phone. I left the embassy in got back to the hotel in record time, I Suited up and went to Diana's where we start to discuss our next move “You were right Vandal was able to outmaneuver my questioning, If you hadn't been there I probably would have lost my temper, and thrown out of the embassy.”
I began to lay out all the information. “You're welcome, now let's discuss what we know so we can formulate a plan, to stop Vandel Savage.” Diana listed the first bit of information “Well we know Vandal intends to become king of kaznia. Question is how does this fit with The new International Space Station?” So I answered her question with the next bit of information “kaznia has been spearheading the International Space Station, which makes it the perfect cover to allow them to acquire military secrets and tech that is capable of turning the station into a massive railgun.” I took a brief pause before continuing “In summary Vandal intends to hold the entire world at gunpoint, forcing all nations to accept him as the supreme ruler of Earth, Or suffer the consequences.”
I could see the gears turning in Diana's head as she put all the pieces together “So what we should do is forward the information we've gathered to the other founders and have them on standby if we need them...” However before we could get too far into our planning Alfred called me. “Master Bruce” I gave Diana apologetic sorry princess I got to take this. look before responding “Alfred what's the situation.” Alfred wasted no time responding “I advise you and Miss Diana turn on the telly, You need to see this for your selves.” So I grabbed the remote and turn the TV on see newscaster the brief second state “We bring you live to Soroya Bashir at the royal palace in Kaznia.” report jumped Soroya Bashir as she began speaking “Sources confirm reports that King Gustav suffered a serious stroke.”
Damn it I cursed to myself before stating “Well ain't that convenient, we've got no time to lose.” As I turned off the TV and looked at Diana. “I've got to warn Audrey.” she stated Right before she started spinning around Instantly changing out of her dress and into her armor And made her way to the balcony right before she flew off I called out to her “I'll meet you at the Airfield.” I activated my gauntlets Beacon to Signal the Batwing to my location then I called Alfred “Alfred I need you to pack up my luggage and get it back to Gotham. I won't be needing them given the situation at hand.” Once the Batwing arrived I climbed aboard and flew in the direction Diana had flown off in.
By the time I have caught up, her I can only watch as Colonel Vox unleashed a sonic scream, That caused Diana to lose consciousness and plummet straight through the roof of a barn. I wasted no time to plant from the Batwing and glided down to the barn to I landed and made my way over to her checking her pulse which I was relieved to see she still had. I also contacted Lantern and asked him to keep me informed on any news coming out of Kaznia.
Note: It's takes a flight little over two and a half hours to get from Paris France to the Eastern European Balkan countries, so It's sort of a guessing game how long Diana was unconscious for.
Diana P.O.V
I let out a grown as I started to a awaken from being knocked unconscious, to the site of Batman kneeling over me, as he spoke “Easy, there you've been out cold for almost three hours” There was a sound of relief to his voice, As he handed me a canteen, as I took it from him I asked “Did I miss anything?” As I proceeded to begin drinking from the canteen. Batman let out shallow breaths before he answered. “You're not going to like this your friend Audrey has moved up the wedding. It's happening right now.” I finished my sip and glared at him as I got to my feet and stated “Like Hades it is.” “Sorry Father.”
And walked over to a spot where I could fly out to the hole in the barn roof I had created I was about to take off when Batman placed his hand on my shoulder and spoke “If you fly into kaznia uninvited you'll breaking international law, and if you end up incapacitated there's very little I can do to help you.” I knew he was trying to get me to stop to think but in that moment I didn't care, I turned to face him and Stated “when I get my hands on Savage, that's not all I'll be breaking.” As I took off I asked Batman one question “You coming.”
Bruce P.O.V
As I watch Diana take off all I could think was “Damn it, I should have opened with a space station going dark.” As I made my way back to the Batwing I climbed inside and took off wasting no time contacting the watchtower “Batman's Watchtower, J’onn Im issuing a code red. Vandal Savage about to make his move and we need to be ready to act when it happens.” After finishing off the call I continued my flight to Kaznia.
All right in time to see Diana engage engaging in combat with the Kaznian Air Force, looks like I get to test the new weapons system. So I fired the energy cannon at one of the fighter jets which turned out to be a mistake because it blew up the Jet instantaneously “Well that's going to be Weighing on my conscience.” But I can't dwell on it now I had to keep Focus since I was in the middle of a dog fight, One of the Kaznian Fighters fired a heat-seeking missile at the Batwing so why don't maneuver didn't send it flying into a Kaznian Fighter jet. As I was going over the forest I saw Diana was down and partially dazed so I flew overhead and fired a warning shot using a machine gun a Kaznian forces there were trying to surround her.
This ended up being a mistake because it gave the opening for Kaznian Fighter jet to successfully neil the Batwing. I was forced to bail in Parachute and watch as the Batwing crashed into the forest exploding, once I was on the ground I knew I had to find and subdue one of the commanding officers so that I can get access to the militaries communications network. I ditched my parachute and start sneaking through the forest, Eventually come in a cross a Squad of troops with a commander I wasted no time incapacitating them one by one, Before taking down the commander And took the com that was stored on his uniform I ripped it open and pulled the chip I needed and insert it into my cryptograph sensor And used it to decrypt the Kazian military communication frequency.
As I was sending to the communications I heard something most distressing “Wonder Woman have been captured and taken to the dungeon for attempting to attack the royalty.” I knew this was going to happen, But it also caused a thought to pass through my mind “I guess I get to be Diana’s knight in shining armor. Don't worry princess I'm coming.” It took me about forty-five minutes to get to the castle undetected I scaled the wall using my climbing spikes making sure to slip past the guards who were patrolling the battlements. Once I was inside the castle I found a security terminal end used the cryptograph sensor the jack in to the castle security system so I could use the cameras to my advantage.
I could hear guards coming my way so I slipped into the ventilation shaft and begin making my way towards the cell where Diana was being held. Once I was sure is in this spot That didn't have a grait directly below my feet. I activated my left Gauntlet and began looking through the camera feeds, I could see Diana struggling against The energy Shield at cuffs they were keeping her bound to the wall, By switching cameras I could see that there were about five guards in the hallway I could easily incapacitate all of them with a fear takedown, Because at this point I figured It's about time I announce my presence.
But given the situation I figured it would be the best time to contact watchtower again “Batman to watchtower.” Flash with the one to answer my call “Hey Bats hope you and Wondy are having fun trying to stop vandal.” There wasn't much time so I informed him what was going on “Wonder Woman was Incapacitated and captured I'm preparing to free her now, End from the column cheddar I've been hearing it sounds like Vandal Savage is about to make announcement to the entire world.” Flash was about to respond when I heard J’onn call him over the loudspeaker Ask him to join him in the monitor room.
Note: Diana's conversation with Audrey along with Vandal Savages announcement please out the same including his show of force. Which leads to flash, Green Lantern ,and Martian Manhunter boarding the New International Space Station to try and disable the railgun.
As I made my way to the ceiling vent I jumped up and crashed through the stone vent landing right on top of a guard incapacitating him in an instant, Is complete red turned his rifle on me but before he could do anything I was on top of him and incapacitated him. One of the three remaining guards open fire but I wasted no time lunging at him and then taking him down the remaining two I launched a knock the two numbskulls heads together.
I made my way over to the cell door and use the specialized lockpick to get it open, Once I was inside I took out a voice that I could use to disable the field that was keeping Diana bound. I also made a sarcastic/flirtatious remark “Princess your knight has arrived.” As I disable the field on her right hand definitely one of the Guardsman came charging I ducked out of the way whipping around to check the doorway as Diana punched the guard knock him out cold. I saw another guard charging in thinking quickly I handed Diana the tool I was using to free her and wasted no time lunging into the guard and slamming into his compatriots we'll just come up to the open cell door and slammed Them both into a torture cage knocking them out.
That's when I noticed a crack in the elevator door start glowing with the door opening three more guards charged in. With their weapons trained on me All I could think was “three on one now that's terrible loss for them.” As the three of them opened fire Diana came to my rescue using her bracelets to deflect the oncoming fire Giving me an opening to use my graple and launch myself up Taking three batarangs from my utility belt and threw it at them knocking out the three guards simultaneously before landing back on the ground then Diana and I merge with each other, As we were fighting our way through the castle we heard a woman shouting from behind one of the doors.
We open the door and discovered Audrey on the other side who was surprised to see us standing there. Diana was quick to take initiative “Audrey we need your help.” She just stared at us before she answered “I can't even help myself, Vandals usurped my father's throne.” Diana was quick to give Audrey some advice “You're the queen, You have to take command of the situation.” He watches on trees eyes went wide before she asked “How?” I use this as an opportunity to make a suggestion “For starters could you show us where the command center is.” I stayed in a cool charismatic voice.
Audrey was stunned by my statement but she did as instructed and let us do the where the control room is situated, we could see one guard standing at the door so I reached into my utility belt and pulled out a my bolas and through it easily tangling him up and causing him to fall to the floor and pass out. Audrey they made a gesture towards the door and stated “He's in there.” I gave Audrey a stern look before stating “Stay here we'll handle this.” while I got to work spring down the door with explosive gel Diane asked Audrey for something “Audrey can I borrow your earrings.” Audrey made a joke as I finish my work, Out of the corner of my eye I noticed I am a start of smirk.
I proceeded to click the Detonator with my thumb setting off the explosive gel help blowing the doors off their hinges We then raced inside and started fight our way through a few guards in order to reach the door to the control room. Diana punch the door clean off its hinges Causing it to fall to the ground. We proceeded to engage vandals forces inside the control room Two of his troops trying to focus fire on me but I usually I'll move over there bullet spray I even had time to knock out one of the guys on the computer terminals with my foot at the same time Whipping around and throwing a Batarang that hit one of and old men that have been shooting at us while Diana took out the other.
Diana that intercepted the other two easily incapacitating them That's when Colonel Vox Join The Fray As he stepped down from his place beside Vandal Savage you stated “Apparently, you didn't get the message let me make it loud and clear” I watched as he unleashes his uncontrollable metahumans scream Forcing Diana to move forward like she was in a wind tunnel, That's when I noticed out of the corner of my eye one of vandals men Amy a sniper rifle at her but before he could open fire I threw a battering that hit the Barrel which distracted him which gave me the opening I needed to charge in and knock him out cold.
At the same time Diana completed making her way over to Colonel Vox and crushed the neck brace / voice box “Not another word.” she stated right as she punched him sending him flying into Vandal Savages chair As she walked up to the incapacitated colonel Diana remove the diamonds that she had borrowed from Audrey and used as makeshift earplugs joking “They really are a girl's best friend.” That's when Vandal Savage ran over to one of the consoles and typed some kind of command in Once he finished turned around and saw me running up behind him with a desk chair in my hands as I growled “You're in my way.” And proceeded to hit him with a chair studying in then I grabbed his shirt and threw him over me and I wasted no time starting to type into the console, I discovered that I could not stop the countdown but I could redirect the targeting parameters.
Just as the timer hits zero I was called by J’onn “Batman, we couldn't prevent the real gun from discharging” I quickly responded “Me neither but I was able to change the targeting coordinates” Diana walked over to me and asked the all-important question “So where'd you send it?” I turned to her and smirked smugly stating “right here.” I wasted no time busting the glass casing and activating the emency alarm I grabbed the dispatch radio that was attached to it and started speaking in fluent kaznain informing everyone in the castle that they needed to evacuate immediately. I also made sure before we left to disable the Military laptop by putting a batarang through its screen, I started running while Diana use our flight to evacuate the unconscious soldiers, I ended up intercepting Audrey in the Great Hall and took her hand and then let her out of the castle I also noticed one of the guards behind us make sure to go rescue her father we were able to make it to a ditch just as the meteor was about to collide with the castle.
I watched as Diana spoke with Audrey me for a bit right before Vandal Savage emerged from the rubble which gave me an opportunity to witness his extreme metahuman healing factor in action, As well as seeing Audrey stand up for herself hope is the rightful Queen of her country. That is when Diana brought something up that I kind of forgotten about from all the excitement “You know we never did get to finish our dance.” I turned to look at her contemplating on my response before stoically answering “Would you like us to continue our dance here or would you like to hear a suggestion” Diana gave me that look she had given me once you give me a kiss on the cheek several months ago and she answered “What was the suggestion and tail.” I smiled as I answered “How about I bring you to my ancestral home, where we could have dinner and resume our dance uninterrupted.” Diana thought for a moment before answering “ that sounds like a plan let's go.” So we proceeded to walk over to the javelin Mark II that Lucius had sent per my request so I could fly us to gotham so that Diana and I could I guess you could call it a date.
screen bades to black outro plays
Notes:
E/N I will admit I wanted to get the shifter out in June but I was suffering from some heavy writer's block trying to figure out how to approach certain aspects a maid of honor before realizing I could make it a little bit easier on myself and cut out certain parts of the episode that I didn't need so I can focus a little bit more on adding original elements.
Chapter 13: A better world
Notes:
A/n the events on earth 100 take place about 15 years into the future from the main earth 62, Joker tricks Superman into killing Lois Lane (as well as their unborn second child) setting off a nuke in Metropolis. resulting in the Man of Steel going off the deep end and killing Joker. Superman turned the Justice League into the Justice Lords as well as begins constructing his one Earth regime. Batwoman decides to betray her cousin and joins the Justice Lords in order to protect the woman she cares about.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the Justice Lords
Lady Batwoman/Katherine kane her suits based on the dcau Batwoman.
Lady Wonder woman/Diana she looks the same as her appearance in the episode.
Lord Yellow Lantern/Hal Jorden is how he appears in Injustice.
Lord Superman/Kal-El Injustice costume but in his Justice Lords color scheme.
Lord Martian manhunter/J’onn J’ones based on his cartoon appearance.
Lord Flash/Walter West his costumes based on the Dark Flash.
Lady Hawk Woman/Shayera Hall is wearing her Lieutenant armor from starcrossed.
Lord Batman P.O.V
“It's been over six years to the day since the destruction of the JSA and the death of Barry Allen at the hands of the clown Prince of Crime, it's been five years since he caused the man of tomorrow to cross the line. Let it be known that day five years ago will always be my greatest failure.” I would have said more into the recorder but I was interrupted by a knock on the door I deactivated my recorder you called out “What is a robin!” My fifteen-year-old godson was quick to answered.
“Mr. Luther's here to see you in the conference area.” I Stood up from my chair and pressed bat sigil on my chest which activated it causing the Kryptonian bio armor to cover my body and exited my living quarters / office. I made a gesture for Robin to follow me end of the conference area we sat down and begin discussing things with Luther.
“All right Alex what's the Situation.” I asked him point-blank, he let out a tired sigh before he proceeded to answer “Do you remember that project we were working on prior to incident five years ago?” “Oh that project the one we were trying to find a way to view other realities. But what does this have to do with current events” I was quick to answer.
Luther gave me a tired book has he responded “a few months ago your cousin restarted the project, and from what my employees who were working with her on the project told me She's succeeding piercing the bleed, And just found a parallel reality very similar to our own.”
That Sounds very interesting “Okay what are the differences between this reality and ours.” Luther take a breath before answering “For starters this parallel reality is about fithteen years behind ours, one of the difference is that world's Lois Lane appear to have been exposed to platinum Kryptonite. your counterpart there is just as infatuated with Diana as you our. But those things are minor given the what the Justice Lords are enacting as we speak.”
I couldn't help but glare Luther bringing that up After all it still stings that's Superman resorted to brainwashing the woman I care about however whatever the Justice Lords our planning can't be good “What are the Lord's intending to do Alex.” He took a sip of coffee before giving his answered “The lords have constructed a dimensional gate in the Batcave and sent lord martian manhunter over to trick your counterparts into coming to our world, so that they can replace them and bring the regime style justice to their world.” “One Earth being under a police state ruled by the Justice Lords bad enough”
“So do you have a plan in mind?” I asked Alex. Noticing the sly smile coming across his face has he answered the question “Since the Lord's don't want the general public to know there planing to keep your counterparts captive on our Earth, they wasted no time Prepping black gate, complete with the new Power dampeners…”
Note: Some info on the earth 100 Batman He's a mix of The Telltale Batman, The dcau Dark Knight, and injustice Batman. he also used platinum kryptonite on himself in order to level the playing field. And his Robin is John Samuel Kent. the Justice Lords battle with doomsday Plays out the same. Alexander Luthor has a full head of hair and a beard.
July 31st Through August 6th
Year 8: age 25-26
Bruce P.O.V
“Grr...” My head what happened, As I awoke taking stock of my surroundings, First thing I noticed was the heart rate monitor. I also noticed that my arms were restrained, I didn't have much time to grasp the situation Batwoman arrived She appeared to be assessing something on the cell door So I took the opportunity to ask “One question why?” She stared at me before answering “Because you and your friends don't do what needs to be done” As she started to walk away I began assessing my restraints.
“There are Mercury switches at your hands and feet.” I turned my head and glared at Batwoman gritting my teeth “Any motion and I'll know about it.” I stared at her before stating “Sounds like you've thought of everything.” She was quick to shoot back “No just everything you would have thought of cousin.” “Cousin!” Didn't have much time to think about this revelation because I was distracted by The Flash grunts and groans as he struggled against the restraints. When he suddenly pause then stated
“What are you looking at, huh?” Batwoman's answer to flash was very cold “Calm down you'll appreciate this sum day.” Flash was quick to retort “Yeah I don't think Hawkgirls going to appreciate it to much” Batwoman Cooley countered stating “That was an accident, She's Getting treatment are best Hospital..” Flash cut her off “I don't want to hear it.” She was silent for a moment before stating “Believe me the last thing we want is to do you harm Bar..” Flash quickly cut her off again “Hold on why did you just almost say my real name?”
That's when Batwoman turned in left the cell block. So I made a sarcastic remark to flash “I think she likes you.” Flash chuckled before responding “I hope not I'm a married man.” On that light-hearted not I turn the conversation more serious “I wonder if something happened to your counter part on this world.” Flash was quick to pick up on what I was saying
“You think he's dead?” I took a sharp breath before answering “ I do, what I don't understand is the death of your counter part shouldn't have caused them to go over the edge.” Flash was quick to catch on to what I was saying “Do you think something far worse happened?” I quickly answered, “I do. but right now we need to figure out a way out of here to find out more.”
Lord Batman P.O.V
With Alex’s help Robin and I slipped inside Blackgate penitentiary and made are way to cell block 2E. Once we were there we ditched our disguises and activated our bio armors, While Alex used his his access to get the door open. We noticed nere the end of the cell block my cousin Katherine Rushing into one of the cell shouting “Flash, Flash!” I relying my enhance speed I rushed over to see what was going on arriving just in time to see the parallel world the Flash knock my cousin unconscious Then proceeded to waste no time freeing himself and quickly locking my cousin up in the vary restraints that had just held him and stated “You'll appreciate it someday.”
He immediately turned around and saw that's all I standing in the hallway. His eyes went wide before stating “Wait a minute the Bat lady over here said you were dead.” I let out a groan before responding back “Is that what Katherine told you?” The Flash nodded yes so I continued “Well as you can clearly see she lied, but that's not important right now we need to free your allies.”
UIn a matter of milliseconds the leagues flash quickly freed his allies who were quick to turn their attention to Alex, Robin, and I. So I wasted no time bringing them up to speed. once we had finished explaining the situation. Superman was the one to speak “So the reason your world it's a police state it's because Joker decided to give my counterpart one bad day.”
"Yes that about sums it up" I answered that is when Alex spoke up " alright enough history lesson right now we need to focus on getting you lot back to your earth."
"We're not going back without hawkgirl!" Green Lantern firmly stated. "GL is right, the bat lady over there mentioned she was getting medical treatment from where." The flash piped in.
Alex was swift in answering the question "At this moment in time she's in the medical ward katherine intended to transfer her to Arkham asylum to receive further treatment."
"So what's our game plan?" Asked Alex was the one to lay out the plan "The Batmen will infiltrate the batcave and get control the dimensional gate to send you home, well the rest of us will go retrieve hawkgirl and then we'll go to my lab."
"Why do we have to go to your lab Mr Luthor?" Wonder woman asked. There was a brief pause before Alex answered "to put it simply there is a weapon there that I've been developing that will temporarily strip the Lords of their powers, the other reason we have to go to the lab is because that's where the controls are for the zeta beams I need to re-enable Green lanterns ID number so that he'll be able to travel to the batcave."
Wonder woman was lost and thought for a sec before she spoke again "I assume the reason you want us to use this zeta beam, so that are Batman's secret identity can be protected?"
That is when I spoke up again "as I stated earlier my secret identity has been exposed, which it is the same as my counterpart I will hazard a guess that three of you already know who's under the mask." As I looked at Wonder woman, Superman, and Martian manhunter.
Not long after that we put our plan into action I flew myself and my counterpart to the outskirts of Wayne Manor we first disabled the security measures then slipped inside, and went to secure the gateway.
The middle of getting it powered up when we were interrupted
"You won't succeed father, you won't get the chance." lord Nightwing stated
"Damain you're a disgrace to the nightwing identity." I shouted
"Tt, Your just a coward you couldn't bare to kill the Joker after he got away with murdering the JSA." Lord Nightwing countered.
That's when my counterpart piped in "Wait he's your son?" The Batman of Earth 62 asked to confused.
"Yes." I answered.
" But how?" he stated.
"If your history is similar to mine you probably had a fling with talia al goul." I responded.
That's when the realization hit my counterpart "So Talia drugged me that night before I stopped Ra's from Using the Lazarus pits to wipe out a huge portion of Earth's population."
"That would be the most likely scenario." I stated.
"Enough father." lord Nightwing cut in.
"Agreed we must stop them before they get controlled the portal." Lady Batwoman stated.
I quickly pulled the activation lever and shouted "It's too late now!" then my counterpart and I ready ourselves to fight my son and cousin.
Diana P.O.V
Just as he said Alex Luther brought us to his lab to procure the Energy disruptor.
"Here we are" Alex said.
"Where is the disruptor?" Superman asked.
"In the back room" Alex answered.
"Flash go with Mr. Luthor" I stated.
That's when Hawkgirl started to awaken "Uh, Where am I?" she asked.
"In one of Lexcorp's labs" GL answered.
"So why are we here?" hawkgirl asked.
"the Luther of this earth is Retrieving a device That will help us deal with the lords." I explained.
"And the others?" Hawkgirl asked.
" Batman and his counterpart are working on gateway." I stated.
"How long have I been out?" she asked.
"Not too long" GL said.
"But it's been long enough for us to formulate a plan" I said.
"So what are we going to do?" Hawkgirl asked.
"Well I intend to use my lasso truth on my counterpart according to Lord Batman, Lady Wonder Woman has been brainwashed with mind altering nanites, he thinks the lack of truth might be able to free her."
"How exactly will we go about doing that?" GL asked.
"With the energy disruptor" Alex stated has he returned with flash.
"All right let's go meet Superman and Robin at the Zeta Beam entry Point." I addmitted.
Alex nodded in agreement
"Right follow me." Alex said.
So we did.
After a few moments of walking we arrived at the Zeta Beam entrance.
"Here's the Zeta Beam entry point." Alex stated.
Superman was waiting, There with the alternate version of his son as we had come to learn who had been operating under the Robin moniker.
"How long will it take for you to re-enable green lanterns ID number?" Superman asked.
"It should take about 10 seconds, I just need gl to do a retina scan." Alex responded.
"Will do" GL stated.
Alex then opened a console and pulled up the Zeta Beam registry
"Ok GL please place your right eye 6 inches from the scanner." Alex instructed.
Green Lantern did just that and a blue light scanned his right eye.
"Registry confirmed ID number 004 has been reactivated you may proceed into the Zeta Beam." Alex stated.
GL gave a nod and did has he was instructed.
"Good luck" Alex stated.
"Thank you" I responded.
Without the six remaining members of the Earth 62 Justice League along with Lord Robin are transported to the batcave, Arriving in time to see Lord Batman and the earth 62 Batman have incapacitated and tied up lady Batwoman and Lord Knightwing.
"It's good to see you all." Lord Batman stated.
"How's Hawkgirl" he asked.
" I'm fine and ready for action." Hawkgirl stated.
"What's the current situation" GL asked.
"I would suggest you crossover now to your home universe. And stop the Lords before they severely damage your reputations." Lord Batman stated gesturing towards the Dimensional gateway.
"Will do." I stated.
And so we crossed over back to our own world, put our plan into action.
Bruce P.O.V
When we emerge from the dimensional gateway we were back where we had crossed over from in the old Starlabs in Metropolis. It didn't take us long to start putting a plan together.
"Alright we know your lord counterparts, I've already begun the process of instituting their style justice to our world. We probably only have one shot at stopping them here and now." I said.
"How will we be able to stop them though." Wondered GL.
"Simple." Superman began "Martian manhunter will lure them, to that old abandoned house on the Cliffside outside of Metropolis."
"What the power disruptor. Who's gonna be the one to fire it at our lord counterparts" the Flash asked.
"I will." I said.
"Why would you have to fire the disruptor Batman?" The Martian manhunter asked.
"Because my counterpart Is back on earth 100, meaning I have to be the one to fire the disruptor at your counterparts." I explained
"Okay." Superman said.
And so that's what we did.
Superman had Martian manhunter use his phasing ability to Sneak up to the Justice Lord's location and then reveal himself In order to get them to chase him.
Martian Manhunter left to carry out the plan while the other league members got into position ready to reveal themselves when the moment came.
Martian manhunter reached the old abandoned house on the cliff with the Justice Lords on his tail.
He made it inside the house and the Lords followed, Lord Superman took a few steps inside and called out.
"Manhunter come out now?" Lord Superman that's when we revealed ourselves.
" Justice League time to spring the trap." I said.
The Justice Lords turned and saw their counterparts.
"Your not going to get away with this" the Wonder woman of the Justice Lords stated.
"Oh but we are." Superman responded.
"Batman now!" he shouted.
I pulled the trigger and fired the energy disruptor at the Justice lords, I only managed to hit Lady Wonder Woman.
She fell to the ground "My powers what have you done?" She screamed Before she could say more Diana ensnared her with the lasso of truth.
"No! Please" Lady Wonder woman begged.
"Trust in the power of the lasso, you've been living a lie Let it free your mind" Diana instructed.
The nanites controlling her brain begin to dissipate
" What have I done, how could I betray Bruce the man I loved." Her voice was barely a whisper.
"Shhhh." Diana said.
" It wasn't you it was the mind altering nanites controlling your thoughts." Diana stated.
Lady Wonder Woman let out a whimper.
" Now close your eyes, and relax, let the Lasso of truth take care of the rest." Diana instructed.
The rest of the League members We're busy fighting there counterparts overtime giving me openings to use the power disruptor on the rest of the Justice Lords.
The next to go down was Lord Yellow Lantern.
He was fighting against John Stewart.
John managed to knock him out cold with a left hook,
I fired the disruptor and managed to hit him.
"I can't use my powers." He said.
Lord Yellow Lantern attempted to attack Green Lantern using his fists, but failed because he was still not in control of his body.
"I'm so glad Hal's our planet right now. I don't think he would be happy to know that a version of him exists in the multiverse that became a yellow lantern" GL noted.
"True but if he did know I'm sure he would want to be the one to take him down." I said.
"Yeah" GL said.
John knocked the Lord Yellow Lantern out with a left hook.
I took aim at my next target This one happened to be Lord Flash which was probably the only time I Ever be able to hit a speedster.
"You'll regret this Batman" Lord Flash stated.
"No I won't" I responded.
I pulled the trigger and hit the Lord Flash dead center. Stripping him of his powers causing him to go tumbling to a stop. I took out some cuffs for my utility belt and tossed them to the Flash
"Make sure he doesn't get away" I stated.
"I will" the Flash said.
"Good." I said.
After the fight was Nearly over, Three down three to go.
Martian Manhunter and Lord Martian Manhunter we're both constantly shifting between forms which meant discerning who was who very difficult As I took aim with the power disruptor, the Flash had just finished cuffing his counterpart and joined the fight,
The two of them were fighting side by side, I took a shot at the Lord Martian manhunter and managed to hit him.
"No." He muttered.
"This can't be." The lord Martian manhunter cried
"But it is" Martian Manhunter said.
The Lord Martian Manhunter went down and I turned my attention to Lady Hawkgirl.
Hawkgirl and Lady Hawkgirl were fighting in the air I had to tie my shot with the disruptor like a hunter during duck season.
Lady Hawkgirl had the advantage in the air due to having full use of her powers.
But after a while I managed to hit her with the power disruptor.
She crash landed, and was knocked unconscious.
The only one left to take down was Lord Superman who was ranting and raving as he battled our Superman.
"You will pay for this Kal El" he shouted.
"We'll see about that." Superman responded.
Our Superman got a few punches in.
"Now Batman" Superman ordered.
I took aim at the lord Superman,
I took a deep breath and fired the power disruptor.
"This isn't over!" The lord Superman exclaimed.
"Oh but it is" I said.
The power disruptor had the desired effect stripping him of his powers.
"No" he said.
"Yes" Superman said.
"And for the record Superman I'm really hoping we never end up in this sort of situation." I said.
"Don't worry we won't" he said.
"What do we do with them" the Flash asked.
"We're to take them gateway and send them back to there earth." Superman stated.
We wasted no time taking them back to the gateway, It was agreed upon that Diana and I would accompany them through and then return to deal with the PR mess the Lords had caused in our absence.
We passed through the gateway and found ourselves on earth 100 in the bat cave where we handed off the lords to Lord Batman and his insurgents.
"Let's not stay longer then we need to" I said.
"Agreed" Diana said.
So we went back through the gateway and returned to our own earth, and set to work cleaning up the mess, From removing the militarized modifications to the watchtower, to Superman doing a PR campaign, Explaining that we had been temporarily replaced by some morally gray versions of ourselves from an alternate earth, But this whole experience has me concerned If something like that could happen in our universe there has to be plans in place to stop it before it gets out of hand, This is why I've been developing contingency plans though I stopped to decide whether or not to let the others know about the plans.
But that can wait. right now I need to do some digging because If what I've learned from my counterpart is true I've got a son out there somewhere and right now He's probably about four years old at this point Possibly five depending on when he was born, Knowing Talia and Ra's He's possibly being raised as an Assassin maybe even as an heir to his grandfather, that's something no child should go through I have to find him.
Meanwhile back on Earth 100 Lord Batman and Lady Wonder Woman have been given in second chance to be together.
"I'm glad the two of you got a second chance at happiness." Alex stated.
"So are we." Bruce and Diana said in unison.
"But there's something the two of you need to hear." Alex stated.
"What is it." The couple asked.
"It's about the power disruptor" Alex stated.
"What about it." They asked.
"The power source I used was alien in origin, I'm not exactly sure how long the power stripping effects will last" Alex stated.
"What's your rough estimate" Diana asked.
"A few weeks. Possibly even a few months if we're lucky" Alex stated.
"Then what should we do" Diana asked.
"Keep them detained, in the cells that were designed to hold them." Alex stated.
"So we have to put Superman in a cell with red solar lamps running at all times" Bruce asked.
"Yes." Alex stated.
"What about the others?" Diana asked.
"Keep the others in cells that were designed to hold meta humans. Most likely the ones that were used at Bell Reeves for task force X" Alex stated.
"If there's no other options will have to do it." Diana stated.
“I now want to something more pleasant, I do believe it’s time I got you to your long overdue wedding.” Alex stated
Screen fades black into outro plays
Notes:
E/n I have to be honest I cheated a little bit with the second half of this chapter I decided to try my hand at novel AI to see if I could speed up the writing process a little bit and I think it worked for the most part though it was very clunky getting it to generate what I wanted out of it
Chapter 14: secret society
Summary:
(A/n This chapter should be obvious it is based on the secret society episode with one major difference Since Batman's a team player in this continuity he's more willing to take part in the team building exercise.)
Notes:
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
Chapter Text
October 30th through November 24th
Bruce p.o.v
"So I was thinking maybe we could have a team building exercise for the League." John suggested
"What kind of exercise are you talking about." Superman asked
"Considering all seven of us are rarely on a mission together, so that we're able to operate more effectively and not get in each other's way" John stated
"Aside from GL 's military experience, batman and I are probably the only ones here who have the most experienced considering we have protegees." The flash Pointed out
"So where would this team build exercise be held?" Wonder woman Asked
"I can make a few calls and have a specially equipped training course that's primarily used by the feds, Be loaned to us temporarily" I suggested.
"Alright so when do you want to start the exercise Batman" Green Lantern asked
"How about two weeks from now that will give me time to make a few calls." I said
"Sounds like a plan" J'onn agreed
"So what will the point of the training exercise be?" Hawkgirl asked.
"In addition to working as a team, we'll also have to work on our skills to fight together and work together in a large group setting" John explained.
"If we ever have to build a second watchtower maybe I should add a training sim." I I joked before leaving to make the necessary calls.
The Special training field November 13th
For a training exercise things did not go out that smoothly From Superman refusing to let any of us get hit by the projectiles Hawkgirl not waiting for the Intel before charging into attack, It felt like Diana and I were the only ones who managed to coordinate well together because we managed to take down all of our targets.
"Well that could have gone way better." Flash joked
"Seems like Batman and Wonder Woman were the only ones out of the 7 of us there seemed to be on the same wavelength" Green lantern said.
"Well if we had a bit more info we could have done better." Hawkgirl said
"So does anyone else feel like a failure because it's clear that not everyone works well together, But we did learn a few things and maybe in the future we'll be more willing to share the info with others." Flash said
"Maybe but at least we're all getting a little better with working together" Superman stated.
That's when my bat wave went off So I activated my comms direct link to gcpd "Batman speaking." commissioner Gordon was on the other end "Batman Clayface has been cited, we're gonna need your expertise in apprehending him."
"On my way" after the call ended I told the rest of the League "Just got word from gcpd clayface has been cited."
"Last time we encountered clay face was when Felix Faust was trying to bust himself out of prison." Flash said.
"Do you want some help with him Batman." J'onn offered
"Yeah I could use the backup. " I said
"Alright if that's the case then it might be a good idea to have a couple more people with you" John stated.
"How about all 6 of you." As I gestured to Superman Wonder woman Green Lantern Martian Manhunter the flash and Hawkgirl.
"What about you." Diana asked.
"I'm gonna track clay face down if he leads me into a trap we spring it." I pointed out.
"That is true and clay face can change shape and size and turn into other people so we're gonna need you to find him, If it's a trap we're gonna have your back" Superman said.
"Alright we have a plan of action" Green Lantern said.
Immediate transition to Gotham
I managed to track clay face down to a warehouse using a electro shock batarang which would have stunned a clay face If not for the sudden appearance of Sinestro who using his yellow ring negated the effects of the electricity. That's when the rest of clay faces new allies emerged giganta, Killer Frost, Parasite, And shade.
"We have you surrounded Batman." clay face Stated.That's when the rest of the league arrived
"did you really think I would come alone!" I Shouted back.
We proceeded to engage clayface and his allies but that's when everything went wrong. Hawk girl and Wonder Woman crashed into each other while trying to fight giganta Parasite managed to get the drop on Martian Manhunter absorbing a portion of his powers allowing him to go toe to toe with Superman. Flash and Green Lantern end of colliding with one another, That's when I noticed there was someone standing in the shadows watching the fight I activated Detective Vision and noticed it was a gorilla before I could discern more parasite grabbed Superman and threw him at me I could barely dodge out of the way.
As soon as the fight began it was over clay face and his new allies escaped capture. And the other league members were arguing with each other.
"What the hell happened out there!" Superman shouted
"We had a plan of action and you didn't stick to it." J'onn said
"And what's the point of having a plan if we can't even use it." Hawk girl shouted
"Guys enough shouting at each other is not going to solve anything" Flash tried to defuse the situation.
"Maybe we should disband the league" Superman said
That was not a good idea so I deactivated some of the tech in my cowl and opened a mind link with J'onn And told them to link our minds together so I could say something without revealing that I was on to what was going on to our manipulator "Someone's been manipulating us against each other." I said mentally through the link.
"Batman, is there anything you can do about this." Wonder Woman asked through the minds link
"For now we make it look like we're disbanding the league, Then we'll rendezvous back at the watchtower" I said I stated through the mind link.
"Alright then I hereby disband the Justice League" Superman said out loud.
"fine with me I've always worked better alone." I said
"Same here I'm out" Hawk girl said
"This is not what I wanted" Flash said
We all went our separate ways for the time being before we met back up at the watchtower to discuss what happened.
Watchtower A few days later
"So what the hell was that back there" Hawk girl asked.
"It seems like we were all manipulated into disbanding the league" Green Lantern said
"Yeah someone has been manipulating us, For the most part I don't think I've been affected considering my cowls lined with electronics." I staded
"How can you be sure of that" Martian manhunter asked
"J'onn every time we have to do a mind link I have to disable some of the tech in my cowl because otherwise you would just get static interference." I stated
"Good point so how are we going to deal with our little problem." Superman asked
"utilizing my cowls Detective Vision I gotta look at our manipulator I'm about to bring it up on screen now." I said. The image on screen was the skeletal structure of a gorilla
"A gorilla?" Wonder woman asked
"Yes but not just any gorilla I think it's Grodd" I stated
"I thought when the flash defeated him last year he was left a vegetable." Green Lanturn stated
"I'm not 100% sure but I think when Flash messed with Grodd's mind control helmet to defeat him it might be what gave him telepathic powers." I explained
"That would explain how he would have been able to manipulate us" Flash said
"So how are we going to deal with grodd, And the villains working with him?" Hawkgirl asked
"We have to keep up appearances and make it look like we've disbanded." I stated
"Why what good is that gonna do?" Green Lantern asked
"Grodd may not have known that my cowls tech protected me from his manipulations, to turn us against each other." I stated
"So you're saying we pretend that we've disbanded the league, if I had to guess he's gonna try to capture us one by one" Superman said.
"Exactly" I said.
"So were going have to use ourselves as bait." Flash suggested
" I don't like it seems very dishonorable." Wonder woman said
"For the plan to work one of us is gonna have to go undercover and infiltrate Grodd's group of villains." I suggested. All eyes were on Martian Manhunter
"I'll do it." J'onn said
"In order for this to work it would be best that we don't know who J'onn is going to replace" I pointed out.
"Good idea so let's get moving" Superman said.
Transition to the Batcave a few days later.
I received an emergency transmission from the Flash "Bats can you hear me" flash asked
"What is it Flash." I asked
"I'm pinned down at the North Hill subway station in central city." the flash explained
"I'm on my way." I said.
I took off in the bat wing and flew straight for central city It wasn't long before I arrived at the location. Making my way inside I began looking for the Flash I found him but something wasn't right.
"Flash are you okay?" I asked.
"Of course I'm fine why wouldn't I be." the Flash said
"Nice try clay face." I stated
"How." clay face said
"Clay face may have taken Flash's form, but I can see you don't have a skeleton structure" I explained. Unbeknownst to him I had activated detective vision to double check.
"Damn you." Clay face said
That's when Sinestro emerged and blasted at me with his ring, But at the same time I nailed him with a very brutal batarang throw.
"Nice aim but It's a shame we can't kill you since Grodd has plans For you and your former teammates." Sinestro stated.
"So that's it you're working with Grodd." I said
"We've already captured the Flash you're next bats." Clay face stated
That's when the other villains arrived and I got overwhelmed and knocked unconscious.
When I came to, I found myself Restrained in some kind of tube with an energy field to my right I could see Superman and Wonder Woman to my left hawkgirl and Green Lantern were also restrained.
"Any idea where we are?" I asked The others
"We're directly below the Gotham Knights Stadium, I can hear the crowds directly above us." Superman answered
"Hopefully everything's going according to plan because J'onn is currently an icicle." Flash stated.
"It might not be J'onn beside you" Wonder Woman pointed out.
Before we could explore any the theories any further the ceiling suddenly opened and the tubes we were and were lifted up into the stadium Where Grodd and his allies had taken control Boasting how they had bested the Justice League.
"Oh please you're no heroes you're all frauds" I stated
"Silence Batman, Or I will have Giganta squash you like a bug." Grodd threatened
"yeah you and your teammates about to be executed on national television" Killerfrost piped in.
"Enough talk, Clayface would you do the honors."Grodd ordered
Clay face makes his way over to the controls but instead of activating it he phases his hand through and destroys it freeing us before immediately shape shifting into his true form of J'onn J'onzz the Martian manhunter.
"Surprise." J'onn said.
"How the hell is he free" Shade stated
"Simple Clayface was impersonating me so I tricked killer frost into freezing him." J'onn said
"Damn you." Giganta yelled
We proceeded to engage the Secret Society as grodd had christened his group of villains.
I faced off against shade with a quick batarang throw I disarmed her cain that allowed her to summon shadows
"You never learn" I stated. As I move towards her but she was quick thinking and kicked me in the jaw with her high heel sending me tumbling backwards It wasn't long before it was back on my feet.
"Oh, did that hurt." Shade teased.
"No, but this will." I said as I tossed a flash bang pellet at her stunning her giving me an opening to subdue her. As I did so I could see Wonder Woman had parasite under control what better way to keep him from touching anyone than to snare him with her lasso and swing him around the field.
I could see Grodd Jump on J'onn it looked like they had a Brief telepathic battle Before colliding with the ground John morphing into a liquid then reemerging to continue the fight only to get frozen solid by killer frost, flash rushed over And managed to free J'onn from the ice making a pun while he was at it.
"Antifreeze anyone?" The flash joked. martian Manhunter let out a groan before saying "Please, no jokes just get killer Frost." "On it." flash said as he raced after Killer frost getting under her ice trail going at top speed he created a wind tunnel that brought her down.
Green Lantern with hawkgirls' help successfully knocked out Sinestro.
Wonder woman had Finished dealing with parasite though it Resulted in property damage to the stadium.
Superman was in the process of dealing with Giganta right when he was about to throw a punch at her head she stopped him by saying "you wouldn't hit a woman would you." He stopped but then got out of the way just in time for Diana to fly in and knock her out cold.
Superman then came to my aid and we worked together to take down clayface
"This is what happens when you try to imitate a hero." I stated.
"Shut up." clay face said superman Proceeded to use his ice breath freezing clay face in place.
That's when Grodd Pounced on superman "Gotcha." Clasping his hands around Superman's head I see he blasted him with his telepathy.
"You should have stayed out of my mind" SuperMan stated.
"What are you talking about" Grodd stated
"this!" Superman lifted his right hand and flicked Grodd flying into the stadium wall Knocking him out cold.
"I'm guessing you found a way to block out Grodd's telepathy." I stated.
"It took some help from you and the Flash." Superman admitted.
"So are we done here." Hawkgirl asked.
"We're done." The flash stated
We begin making our way out of the stadium with a crowd cheering our victory
"We did it" Flash said.
"Yeah now we have to get these villains back to prison" I stated.
"You know what Batman" Superman said
"what." I said
"I'm glad the league isn't disbanded." Superman said.
"Yeah we make a good team." Wonder woman said.
"You said it Princess." I said.
scene Fades to Black in the outro plays
Chapter 15: Comfort and joy
Notes:
A/n Part of the reason Bruce opted for monitor Duty during Comfort and joy was due to his past experience, one or more of his rogues causing trouble over the holiday season. Which to start this chapter Diana will get to ask him about that. Main reason Diana's on monitor is because the holiday she takes her time off for was the winter solstice, Which one of the few times she visits home and also gets to see her father and stepmother before they head off to mt. Olympus.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
December 24th-25th
Year 8: age 26-27 years old
Bruce P.O.V
“So, Bruce why did you opt for monitor Duty?” I turned the chair I was sitting around to face her As I answered “If you must know it's due to my past experience. One or more of my rogues gallery causing trouble, Knowing my luck it’s usually the Joker, last year he sabotaged the new years ball drop. So I be very vigilant during the holiday season.” As I finish speaking Diana sat down in the chair beside me.
I decided to ask her how her holiday went “So how was your sinter solstice celebration.” Diana was quiet for a moment before answering “it was the usual fare, Father and Persephone stop by before heading off to Mount Olympus to meet with the other Olympians..” But before Diana could elaborate more call came in from the batcave which I was quick to answer “What's the situation Alfred.” We both listened to is Alfred responded “I was heading down to the kitchen to prepare dinner for tonight, discovering two Ruffians had broken in.” Alfred paused so I could ask the critical question “Was anything stolen” Alfred wasted no time resuming “Sir the only thing that was taken from the safe was the gift you got for Miss Diana. I already took the liberty of contacting the gcpd but with the weather conditions they'll be at the manor in about an hour.”
“All right I'll take the Zata bean and get back down to the cave in ten minutes I'll need a change of clothes at the ready.” Alfred responded “It will be done sir.” With that said Alfred and of communications with the watchtower I turned to Diana “Looks like I've got work to do.” As I was getting up to leave the monitor womb. But before I could Diana place her hand on my shoulder “Mind if I come along.” She asked I thought about it for a moment before answering “Sure, fair warning though Gotham's super criminals are very different bread from the meta-human threats that we've had to face princess.”
“So different from Clayface then.” Diana stated I nodded my head before stating “Exactly, if it's who I think it is it's going to be a long night.” with our conversation wrapped up we made her way to The Zeta beam transporter and teleport ourselves to the Bat-cave. Once we were there I got change out of my armor and into The blue dress shirt black slacks and white socks with black shoes I'll bring it laid out for me. before I took the elevator up I had a Quick chat with Diana “Princess, there's something I need you to do.”
“What do you need me to do?” Diana wasted no time asking so I told her “While Alfred and I are meeting with the gcpd, I need you to use the Bat-computer to run a sweep dark web. See if there's any postings about someone hiring thugs to commit robberies over the holiday season.” After I finish stating the plan Diana did as instructed and went over to the bat computer and began searching the dark web, while got into the elevator to go upstairs and wait with Alfred for the gcpd arrival.
It was about fifghty minutes later when detective Ellen Yin and the gcpd arrived to assess the crime scene before questioning Alfred and I. We waited five minutes before detective Yin came up to where we were waiting stating “You might want to double check your alarm system Mr Wayne. The first you some kind of simple joy buzzer to fry the alarm circuits” I had no choice but to put on an act of surprise “Is that a fact detective Yin, Alfred can you inform Lucius Fox on the twenty sixth there's a flaw in the wayne tech alarm system that needs to be corrected.” Alfred was quick to play along “Yes, mr. Wayne.”
Detective Yin then proceeded to ask “Mr. Wayne where were you during the break-in.” Well I can't tell her I was on the Watchtower so white lie. “I was out meeting with a friend I haven't seen since my last visited Greece, the gift in question that have been stolen was for her.” After a few more questions Detective Yin Informed me of something that Alfred hadn't told me “Anyway your Butler reported that An unknown officer caught the perps but here's the problem that Man is not a member of the gcpd.”
“Impersonating an officer only a criminal from Batman's Rogues Gallery would pull something like this Looking like this.” I stated.
After the gcpd left I went to the elevator and back down to the cave check in with Diana “So how did the search go princess.” Diana turned around in my chair to face me before answering “You're right word on the street is someone's hiring hoods to commit the string of robberies over the holiday season, Also the gcpd sent over information about a joy buzzer that was found at the crime scene upstairs.” Diana brought up the specs that had been sent over by the crime lab for me to look at.
I wasted no time looking over the specs before stating “Interesting the device used to scramble the Wayne Tech security system, Looks like some kind of Joy buzzer.” “So what's the next step in this case?” Diana asked I turned to look at her and walked her through the plan “I'm going to use my matches Malone disguise, to go undercover. While you and detective Yin will tail Me from a distance so that we can find the base of operations of the Mastermind behind the string of robberies.”
After getting changed into my disguise Diana and I got into the Batmobile bio on the way to the meet up location, I contacted detective Ian and informed her of the plan. We arrived a block away from the rendezvous I got out of the Bat-mobile and the rest of the Treck on foot to the pink lips bar which was the designated recruit spot.
“They say the boss Is taking meetings tonight the Chortle Portal, And he's paying good money for new recruits you in?” The female recruiter asked I wasted no time answering in my northern Jersey accent “Sold. where do I go to break off my piece?” One of the other guys tried to keep me from leaving saying “You ain't going nowhere new guy, understood.” I brought my fist up without looking and him cleaning the nose breaking his shades and stated “You better get that nose looked at understood?” This interaction seemed to impress the recruiter because she stated “You're definitely in. Let's go”
It took about fiftnteen minutes give or take to reach to Arrived at Chortle Portal The waitress directed us to a Mr. Kard. I could see his hair over the menu that he was using to hide his face which confirmed my suspicions on who we were meeting with in that moment the recruiter attempted to shake his hands only to get zapped by a very powerful Joy buzzer. Joker then drop the menu revealing himself he then proceeded to grab the cream pie that was sitting on the table and smashed it into the face of the guy that I had busted the nose of, Revealing that it was full of Joker venom causing the man to start laughing hysterically forming the messed-up smile on his face.
While Joker was talking I made a break for the bathroom so I didn't hear what Joker was saying to the other hoods, It was there that I contacted detective Yin and gave her the go-ahead while I finished suit it up. Once I had finished shooting up I snuck out through the bathroom window and got myself up to the fire see where I called Diana to back me up we waited up there for a few moments when we spotted the Joker running down the alleyway As he cracked a joke “well that's showbiz, Besides disco is dead.” I called down to a my vantage point “Heads up Joker.”
Joker looked at Diana and I “Oh goody there you are. and you brought a friend this year, I'm surprised you haven't ditched that cape for a wet blanket.” I glared down at him and countered “Save the line material for the Arkham talent show.” That's when Joker booked it for a nearby Warehouse forcing Diana and I to give Chase But he was able to get inside before we could catch him.
Diana got to the door first and held it open for me as I shouted after the Joker “games over Joker There's No Escape!” That's when Diana and I had just walked into a makeshift prison that the Joker it created. We looked up and saw Joker Giving a speech to the criminals he had locked up “Attention J-Mart shoppers, Wondering why I hired you to commit crimes,Then played cop to haul you here to lockup O’laughs. Simple we're having a once-in-a-lifetime shindig with Wondy-Bat special.” That's when he flipped the switch freeing all of the crooks from the holding cells as they slowly began to surround us Diana whispered to me “It seems we're surrounded what terrible odds.” I started smerking and looked at her “for them Princess.”
It took about three minutes for Diana and I to incapacitate all of the crooks joker hired Then we proceeded to apprehend The Joker and while we wait for gcpd to arrive to take all them into custody I was able to recover Diane his Christmas gift and checking the time it was almost midnight so, So I made a gesture for Diana to join me on the roof as we watch Joker get halled of to Arkham. I took the opportunity to give her her Christmas gift
“Princess, Merry Christmas” I stated as I handed her the package since it was technically Christmas day already she wasted no time opening it Seeing the necklace I had gotten her She looked at me and smiled “Bruce it's beautiful thank you.” and then she proceeded to give me a kiss on the lips. I'm not sure how long we stood there before we decided to return to the Batcave, I ended up inviting her to stay for Christmas dinner with Joker back behind bars that meant that the rest of the holiday season would be rather quiet, and I figured this would be the best time to introduce her to the rest of the bat family.
Screen fads to Black outro plays
Notes:
E/N For those wondering why this chapter is being released before chapter 13 and 14 it's because this is the Christmas chapter and I wanted to get it out by Christmas.
Chapter 16: Starcrossed
Summary:
a/n the plot takes inspiration from the three-parter of the same name, but with some twists thrown in to keep things interesting. Also trying a different approach instead of writing in the first person like my previous chapters I'm going to try writing in the third person
Notes:
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
April 17th - April 25th
The watchtower two hours after the arrival of the thanagarians had proclaimed that they had arrived to make the planet Earth a protectorate against their century’s long foe the Gordanians.
Batman called a meeting between six of the leagues founders, excluding Hawkgirl due to the reveal that she was spy for the thanagarian empire.
The meeting started with an awkward silence, when The Flash spoke “Anyone else getting the feeling we were blindsided?” He quickly realized that was a poor choice of words because Green Lantern was glaring at him. He was quick to apologize “Sorry, GL.” there was a long pause, then Superman spoke “I know we are all in the state of shock, but we should focus on why this meeting was called.”
All eyes were now on Batman as he began to speak “I have reason to suspect, that the thanagarians may have a ulterior motive.” “What make you certain of this?” green lantern asked
Batman started clicking on his left gauntlet prompting the table's holographic display to activate showing an audio player as he spoke “I intercepted a heavily encrypted, inbound message from deep space a few days ago. The Bat-computer only finished the description about an hour ago, and is the reason why I called this meeting.” he then proceeded to play the message.
A older female voice began speaking “Shayera Hol do not trust Hro Talak. His plans for Earth are not what they seem.” after hearing the message, Martian manhunter spoke “Why would someone be trying to warn Shayera, not to trust her fiance?”
That's when Wonder woman piped in “perhaps it's her mother.” Batman looked at her and asked “what makes you say that princess?” Wonder woman was quick to answer his question “her tone of voice is very similar, to the one my own mother would use when she was trying to keep me safe.”
Green lantern spoke up in a angry tone, clearly still upset at the news of Shayera being a spy. "How do we know that the message isn't a trick, from the thanagarians?"
Batman was quick to reply "That is a possibility, but I suspect it's the former." Superman then pointed out "If hypothetically speaking, if the speaker is Shayera's mother would this mean there's a possibility that she doesn't approve of Hro Talak?"
That is when the flash realized something "I think I've heard her voice before in some of the old documentaries That were made in the 60s and 70s commemorating the Justice Society of America."
There was a pause before Wonder Woman spoke up again "I don't want to sound rude, but I still know very little about the jsa." Batman then replied "the JSA was the first team of heroes that operated in the United States, The team first appeared in the late 1930s early 1940s prior to World War Two. Most of its members are either retired, Some were killed in action." he paused for a moment before continuing "The children, of the jsa attempted to Create a successor team known as Infinity inc but Both teams ended up dissolving not long after the Watergate scandal, do to both teams having deep ties to the federal government."
Green lantern was quick to respond to Batman's statement "wait a second, are you suggesting that the Shayera's mom may have been a member of the JSA?" The flash piped in "because If that's true, then she must be really old, since the JSA was disbanded over 44 years ago."
That's when Batman revealed what was the most shocking revelation, since the Arrival of the Thanagarians.
"There's only one woman that would come to mind Lady Blackhawk real name is Kendra Saunders, Wife of the deceased Hawkman/Carter Hall."
The room was silent for a moment, before Superman responded "so are you suggesting that Lady Blackhawk is alive and sent the message?"
Wonder woman then stated "but that's impossible, isn't she?"
Martian Manhunter responded "It's not impossible, I am 225 years old I am still fairly young by Martian standards, closest earth equivalent would be about 35."
"Okay, but if Lady Blackhawk is alive wouldn't she be pushing 90?" Green lantern questioned
That's when the flash responded "if she were a human yes, but considering the message came from deep space, perhaps she was Thanagarian."
"That would be a good theory, but a theory isn't going to convince the Security Council that something is amiss." Green lantern retorted
"Perhaps not, that's why I intend to do an autopsy on the Gordanian bodies." Batman pointed out.
Green lantern was skeptical of Batman's idea.
"How is an autopsy going to prove something is amiss." he asked
"The thanagarians said the gordanians were planning an attack, but we need to know if the crew of that gordanian vessel was alive when they reached earth."
Superman responded "Alright then Batman will, examine gordanian the remains We'll keep up appearances by working with the Thanagarian's."
After the meeting ended, The League split up to perform their assignments.
Three days later
Diana of Themyscira better known as Wonder woman to the general public went to check on Batman who was doing his own autopsy on the Gordanian corpses that had been taken from the spacecraft that had attacked Washington DC.
Upon entering the morgue Diana noticed that Batman was wearing the suit he had warn when they teamed up on Christmas Eve last year which was not his typical armor that he normally wore.
“So are you going to fill me in on why you're doing this autopsy?” Diana asked. Prompting Batman to look up at her taking his eyes off the stethoscope he was looking through answering
"The thanagarians aren't as altruistic as they would like us to believe, I'm looking at evidence of foul play."
Diana looked at him with concern "What makes you so certain?"
He let out a breath of air before stating “I know a frozen liver when I see one princess, these Gordanians were dead before their ship made its earth, meaning Hro Talak has an ulterior motive that needs to be uncovered.”
Diana was quick to pick up on what he was saying “So this is some kind of ploy like when Kal tricked by the alien Invaders three years ago?” Batman nodded in agreement before answering.
"That's what I'm hoping to find out, I suspect that thing the thangarians asked us to help build in the Gobi desert is not a defense shield."
The Amazon Princess looked at him and asked "so You're planning to infiltrate the thangarian Mother ship?"
The Dark Knight gave her a look before replying "yes, and I will need your help Princess, in the event I get caught I will need you to warn Superman and the others."
She looked at him with worry in her eyes before asking "What if they catch you, what's to stop them from killing you."
He took his eyes off the stethoscope and looked up at her
"They won't because if they know earth's history the last thing they'd want to do is create a martyr."
Without the two of them split up Diana returned to the watchtower monitor womb, To set up a direct line of communication with Batman. While Batman traveled to The United Nations in New York City donning the disguise of a Russian diplomat he joined the delegation that was being sent to tour the thangarian Mother ship.
As he walked through the halls of the ship he could hear the whispers of the diplomats, as the guide explained the history of the ship, and the thangarian empire. As Batman continued walking through the ship, he noticed an open door which he used to break away from them delegation ditching his disguise in favor of his batsuit It didn't take him long to slip inside the command center where he would overhear Hro Talak Communication with thangarian empire top brass.
"Hro I hope you have good news, the Gordanians are within striking distance of Thanagar." the thangarian General stated
"Everything's going according to plan, the humans have no idea they're helping us construct The final link in the chain that allows us to strike Gordanian home world, and finally bring this thousand year war to an end." Hro Talak Answered
After hearing Hro Talak's speech, Batman turned around to leave the command center only to Be discovered by Kragger who immediately called out.
"You are not supposed to be here!" a brief fight ensues between Batman and the Thanagarian soldiers.
During the fight Batman contents Wonder Woman and informs her that the Thanagarian's are using the Earth, as a pawn in a bigger scheme.
"Superman and the others need to hear this, the thing being constructed in the Gobi Desert does not hold well for Earth..." Before he can say more Kragger manages to knock Batman out cold.
Wonder Woman immediately contact Superman to warn him.
"Kal, Batman's been discovered and he was able to tell me that the Thanagarian's are planning something, the thing that's being constructed in the Gobi Desert, is Something that would allow the Thangarian Empire to reach the Gordanian Home world." Before she can say more the Thangarians using codes that have been provided to them by Shayera attack the watchtower and capture wonder woman
In the Gobi Desert, the Thanagarians turn on the Justice League, destroying the Javelin, before Superman, Green Lantern, Flash, And Martian Manhunter, With the four of them battling against the Thangarians but one by one there Incapacitated except for Green Lantern.
Bing former US military as well as an architect his contracts are nearly indestructible, Nearly escaping until Lieutenant Shayera Hol showed up and managed to trick him into lowering his guard And knocking him out cold with her mace.
The League is taken prisoner and are to be transported to a holding facility aboard a prison shuttle, each specially restrained in a cell according to Hawkgirl's info: Flash in a heavy gravity field, J'onn in a stasis field to nullify his powers, Superman bathed in red sun radiation, and Wonder Woman's torso lashed to a retractable pillar with her own golden lasso. John and Batman's hands and wrists are encased in a restraint handcuff-style, but Batman's are notably held behind his back.
Kragger, show Shayera the League aboard the shuttle, and the Thanagarians laugh as they see the heroes helpless and beaten. Shayera tries to apologize, to John only four Kragger To be in questioning her.
"Shayera, Why are you so sympathetic to the league should just kill them." Kragger questions Shayera
"Because that would cause the humans to rise up against us." She tells him.
"What do you mean." Kragger sneered.
"Human history is full of instances where an important leader was killed Instead of breaking the morale it had the opposite effect leading to the people rising up in fighting harder" Shayera told him.
"So what you're suggesting, is that if the Thanagarians were to kill the heroes the Earth would be against us?" Kragger questioned
Shayera was quick to reply "This is exactly why we need to treat our prisoners fairly it'll keep the humans from revolting that way."
That is when Shayera Communicator that gave her a direct line to Thangarian intelligence started buzzing so she left to check the message from the spy master. The shuttle then takes off for its destination the Thangarian guards start diving out food to the prisoners one of the male guards enters Wonder Woman's cell to bring her food.
"You better eat your meal." the guard snarled at her.
"I'm going to need a little help, considering my arms are tied " Wonder Woman
Replied.
"Why should I?" the guard Questioned.
"Didn't Shayera order you to treat us fairly" Wonder woman Reminded him
"Fine I will assist you with the food." the guard said as he holds out a piece speared on his dagger. Instead of looking the spread off of the dagger Wonder woman bit down the guard's hand.
"AHHH! You will pay for that." the guard yelled at her. As he dropped his dagger only for wonder woman snatching the dagger in her teeth. He charges but she grabs him in a crushing leg lock and headbutts him out cold.
Even though her hands were bound she still able to threw the Nth metal dagger at the control panel, causing the pillar that was being used to keep her bound with the less of truth to retract, She rushes out as the alarm is raised She wasted no time heading over to the cell that was holding Batman to free him.
"Princess." he stated
"you free the other's. I'll handle the guards" she told him.
"Alright, Just don't have too much fun." he replied
"Trust me, I won't." Wonder Woman said with a grin.
Batman downs a guard by Flash's cell, and once released Flash finds the guard's keys and unlocks Batman's wrists. Batman and Flash help the weakened Superman and J'onn respectively out of their cells. Batman then suggests "Grab the guards weapons, those should even the odds with you both being in weakened states"
They all picked up weapons off the ground and Join the melee, Flash frees John, who uses his restraint as a convenient bludgeon. Batman and the Flash are quickly surrounded by the guards. Superman and Wonder Woman are both able to handle their respective groups of guards.
"Now That's more like it." Wonder woman said with a grin on her face. That's when a newly arrived guard tries to shoot Diana with a powerful rifle but is struck with Superman's thrown weapon and the misfire carves a destructive gash through the shuttle's hull.
The resulting vacuum suction pulls everyone toward the hole, Having recovered enough strength to fly, Superman takes Batman and grabs Flash while Diana takes J'onn and Lantern, and they escape through the breach above Metropolis. The shuttle crash lands in the harbor.
"Let's move, the Thanagarians will send reinforcements." Batman said.
"Agreed, we can't stay in the open." Superman added.
Being very familiar with Metropolis the league were able to the evade the Thanagarians patrols that were looking for them, coming across a department store that had closed early Because of the martial law that was being enforced by the Thanagarians. Slipping in through the employee entrance in the back, With Martian Manhunter prompting a dumpster in front of the door hopefully by themselves more time as they discussed a plan.
"We're gonna have to get to the batcave." batman stated.
"How, the thanagarians are all over the city looking for us?" flash questioned.
"They're looking for the Justice League they won't be looking for are civilian guises" Martian manhunter answered. As he shaped shifts into his detective John Jones form.
"I will go with John." Superman responded. As it began to Raise a hand towards his shield to deactivate the bio-armor
"Wait a minute you want me to reveal my secret identity that would put..." Flash tried to protest but before he could finish Batman cut in stating " Clark Kent." Pointing at Superman immediately following that up with "Barry Allen." And finally as he begins removing his cowl "Bruce Wayne." The flash stared at him a moment and then said "show off, also how the hell did you figure out my secret identity?"
Bruce was very blunt to the answer to that question "Did it ever occur to you that showing up late to everything wouldn't look suspicious would."
With that they began changing their attire superman deactivated his Bio-armor revealing he had his regular work clothes on under his armor the whole time reaching to his pocket he took out his glasses case. The flash was even quicker with this costume change with his costume hidden within his ring.
Batman and Green Lantern went over the men's clothing section to grab a change of clothes that they wasted no time changing into wonder Woman doing the same in the women's section. Once they were changed Into some civilian attire Bruce took out some cash that he kept stored in his utility belt to pay for the clothing they were commandeering.
After the league members split up and were going their separate ways, Diana Accompanied Bruce since it would be far less conspicuous for the two of them to walk together, since the average observer it would just look like the Prince of Gotham is on a date.
"Are you alright, Princess?" Bruce questioned as he noticed the concerned look on her face
"I'm fine, but how are we gonna get back to Wayne Manor with thanagarian patrols all over the city." Diana told him
"I've already alerted Alfred, we're to rendezvous with him about two blocks from the Metro-Narrow bridge." Bruce assured her.
"You are really prepared, aren't you?" Diana remarked.
"Yes, but for now we need to try and keep a low profile." he replied
As they walked to location where Alfred was going to pick them up they had been pretty successful at keeping a low profile but that didn't last. A confrontation between some young men and Thanagarian soldiers.
"Hey, watch it." One of the young men said to the soldier.
"Don't worry, you won't be around long enough to see what's going to happen to your planet." the Soldier sneered at the young man.
That's when the first young man pulled out a switchblade and said "that's it you are asking for it."
He tried to stab the soldier only for the soldier to pull out a Thanagarian rifle and fired killing the young man instantly. This prompted the other young men to pull out guns and fire back and the ensuing firefight was putting civilians in danger.
Diana looked at Bruce and Stated "We have to help them." Before Bruce could say anything Diana intervened flying over and getting the couple Who had been caught in the crossfire to safety unfortunately the Thanagarian quickly figured out who she was.
"It's the amazon." one of the thanagarians called out, and then they turned their attention to her.
"take her alive." the commanding officer ordered.
Bruce was quick to react grabbing the switchblade that had been dropped on the ground and threw it at the cable holding the Storefront overhang causing it to swing down trapping the thanagarians, this gave Bruce and Diana enough time to put some distance between them and the thanagarians. As they're running past different restaurants the owner of an Indian restaurant waved to them gesturing to come inside.
"Quick, In here." the owner called out.
Once they were inside the owner closed the door The owners wife took out some green cloth and changed Diana's hairstyle to a ponytail before seating them.
"We'll have a couple of the specials, and keep it coming." the owner's wife said to her husband.
"Okay, I'll have the food ready in just a minute." her husband replied.
The Hostess then returned to her place at the counter. Bruce then reached into One of the trench coat pockets and produced a glasses case and handed it to Diana, she was quick to take it and open it revealing a pair of glasses similar to the ones Clark wore.
"Why are you giving me this." Diana questioned
"It's will help sell the disguise Princess, plus the Thanagarians are going to be searching buildings that we may have ducked into to evade them." Bruce told her
"I guess you are right, the last thing we need is to be discovered." she replied. and she puts the glasses on
That's when the hostess came back and brought a cup of tea and placed it on the table.
"Here drink this, you both look like you could use something hot to drink." the hostess told them.
"Thank you, but aren't you taking a big risk?" Diana questioned
"It's a risk I'm willing to take, the Thanagarians can't have complete control over us." the hostess replied
"Well, thanks." Diana said
"No problem." the hostess stated
While they were waiting for the food Bruce and Diana started having a little bit more intimate conversation.
"Princess, If we weren't in the middle invasion it would have been a good place to go for a proper date." Bruce asked her.
Diana was a little surprised to hear him say that
"So do you mean a romantic dinner?" Diana asked
"Yes, once this invasion's over and I've gotten a civilian identity set up for you since the media seems to have a pretty good idea that Wonder Woman has a thing for Batman." he told her.
Diana couldn't help but giggle a little bit "yes, it's seems that way doesn't it, so a dinner date after the Invasion ends?"
"Yeah." Bruce replied
"Okay, deal." Diana agreed
They end up sharing a passionate kiss as the thanagarian Show up to check the restaurant asking the owner if they've seen any one matching Diana and the man she was with description, The owner tells the Thanagarians nobody had entered recently, most of the other diners match their basic descriptions, and that the "lovebirds" have been there for hours, so the Thanagarians leave.
Upon finishing the meal Bruce and Diana were let out the back through the kitchen to the delivery entrance they made sure to thank the own and his wife, With Bruce also giving I'm a pretty sizable tip
"we really appreciate this." Bruce said to the owner
"No problem, we're happy to help." the owner replied.
As Bruce and Diana were making their way to the alleyway They reached they reached the pickup point where Alfred was waiting with the limo.
"Master Wayne, glad to see that you're unharmed." Alfred said.
"Thanks, Alfred we should be in the clear" Bruce responded.
As the limo pulled away, They could see the Thanagarians searching the area.
"How did the Thanagarians find out about our escape so fast?" Diana questioned.
"The Thanagarians must have hacked into the surveillance cameras all over the city and are using them to track our movements." Bruce told her.
"That explains how they were able to find us." Diana pointed out.
"Yeah, but we need to focus on Get to Wayne Manor we'll wait for the others to rendezvous with us there." Bruce stated.
As Alfred drove them to Wayne manor, He asked Diana "how are you feeling Princess."
"I'm okay, but what about the others are they alright?" Diana asked
"They should be fine, with luck they will arrive at the manor within a couple of hours." Bruce Answered.
"Do you think Barry and John will be the last ones to arrive" Diana joked.
"Yes, considering they won't be able to rely on Barry super speed, until they get out the city limits which will probably take a while." Bruce responded.
As soon as they were safely behind the iron gates of Wayne Manor the eight story building that loomed over Bruce and Diana as they went inside they were greeted by Tim Drake and Barbara Gordon, Tim was the first to greet them.
"Bruce, It's good to see that you're okay." Tim said.
"Good to see you to, Tim." Bruce said as he and Diana came up the stairs.
"So are you're going to introduce us?" Tim questioned
"Yeah, everyone this is Diana of Themyscira better known as Wonder Woman." Bruce stated
"Hi." Barbara and Tim said in unison
"Nice to meet both of you." Diana said.
"I thought that you and Wonder Woman were just a rumor." Tim responded.
"I think he meant, that the tabloids are speculating about a romance between the mysterious Prince of
Gotham and Wonder woman." Bruce replied.
"Isn't it kind of your own fault for being a recluse." Barbara pointed out.
"Yes, but we're not here to discuss my love life, we have a job to do." Bruce told them.
"Speaking of which you haven't properly introduced them to me." Diana pointed out
There was a brief pause before Bruce answered "Ah yes almost forgot, this is my adopted son Tim Drake, He operates under the Red Robin Moniker." Bruce paused before continued introductions "And this is Barbara Gordon aka Batgirl, she was the one I sent to help you stop Felix Faust after he took over Themyscara and turned all the Amazon's to stone."
"I remember her." Diana said.
"Good, Diana and I will head down to the bat-cave to wait for the rest of the League to get here to begin planning a counter offensive." Bruce stated.
"Understood, Bruce." Tim and Barbara said in unison.
Bruce and Diana made their way to the grandfather clock in the sitting room Bruce hit the hidden switch on the clock causing it and the walls lift up revealing the elevator to the Bat-cave.
"I have to say I didn't expect the elevator to the bat-cave would be a real thing." Diana remarked.
"Considering the layout of the manner it would have been impossible to install stairs the elevator at the very least has multiple access points, on one of the floors it's hidden behind a China Cabinet." Bruce said.
As the two stepped into the elevator and headed down to the bat-cave, Once they were in the cave first went over to the back computer and sat down at his chair to wait, About half an hour later Clark Kent and J'onn J'onzz arrived.
"It's good to see that both of you made it out okay." Diana stated
"Yeah, we had to sneak around a lot, the thanagarians are looking all over Metropolis, I had to distract some of the thanagarians at the train stations." Clark remarked.
"Let me guess, Barry Allen and John Stewart where in line to get aboard the train" Bruce surmised
"Yeah, How did you know?" J'onn questioned.
"Because Barry Allen would not be able to leave John Stewart behind, Since his lantern ring is still in the thanagarians postion." Bruce explained
About an hour or so later Barry Allen and John Stewart and are escorted by Alfred Leads the two men to Bruce's study where he hits the panel on the clock revealing the elevator to the bat cave, they stepped inside a few seconds later they arrived in the Batcave .
"Of course we're the last ones to arrive ." Barry groaned.
"Don't worry Barry, Bruce is fairly certain that the thanagarians do not know the bat cave's location." Diana reassured him.
"If they did, the whole of Gotham would be swarming with thanagarian troops." Clark stated.
"What are we waiting for, we've gotta stop the thanagarians." Barry pointed out.
"Let's not get ahead of ourselves first things first, we need to go over what we know and extrapolate a plan from there" Bruce firmly stated.
"Alright then, what is the current situation." John asked.
"From what I overheard on the thanagarian mothership, Hro Talak has Some sort of plan in motion to end the war with the Gordanian." Bruce began to explain As he played back the visual/ Audio recording That was captured by his cowl.
After the audio recording finished the flash had a question for Bruce "So whatever this plan is it most be a desperate gamble if gordanion are within striking distance of Thanigar?"
"You are correct, Mr. Allen." J'onn answered.
"But why is Hro Talak using Earth as a staging ground?" Clark questioned.
Before anyone could throw out a theory the elevator opened with Alfred emerging with a tray of food but he wasn't alone someone they weren't expecting to see again was with him.
"Hawkgirl!" Clark called out
"Wait are you Doing?" John demanded.
"John, I was directed to come here for some reason by my handler." Shayera Hol Answered
"Shayera, Why should we believe you." Bruce stated.
"Alfred, Run the trace program." Bruce said.
"Very well, Master Bruce." Alfred responded.
He ran the trace program and was able to pinpoint the location the old All star squadron headquarters in Washington DC, As the video calls started playing revealing several figures sitting at a table with the camera feed directly on the woman With a hawk symbol on her aviators jacket. Shayera recognize that the woman immediately "Mother!"
"Shayera, my young hawk I wouldn't be here if situation wasn't dire." the woman spoke.
"Lady Blackhawk AKA Kendra Saunders I presume." Bruce stated.
"You are correct, and you are Batman, the one who figured out who I am, correct." she responded.
"Yes, I did." he answered.
"Then I assume the six of you have questions about my daughter's role In all this." Kendra Saunders replied.
"Was she a detective back on thanagar or was that just her cover." Barry asked, Having remembered the conversation he had with Hawkgirl on the watchtower.
"My daughter is the one most skilled investigator in the thangarian Empire's military police." Kendra said.
"How exactly did she become a spy then?" Clark questioned.
"I used my position as spy master to get her to the posting to earth as the new thangarian spy." Kendra answered.
"Why would you send her undercover as a spy." J'onn questioned.
"The reason I did so was because I wanted to get her as far away, from Hro Talak because he had such a toxic influence on her, And there was something always off about him something I wasn't able to confirm until I got back to Earth." she told them.
"Mother, How is my fiance toxic?" Shayera cut in.
"My young hawk, years of experience as a spy taught me how to read people and pick up on if someone's trying to use emotional manipulation." her mother sternly stated.
"But mother..." Shayera tried to protest, but her mother cut her off
"Shayera, listen to me. Hro Talak is manipulating you, In fact what he's been constructing in the Gobi Desert is far from a defense shield." Kendra firmly told her daughter.
"But... the thanagarian Empire's future is at stake." Shayera replied.
"Yes, but at a terrible cost that'll bring the Guardians of the universe down on Thanagar" her mother retorted.
That's one another figure emerged a man with brown hair and a green lantern uniform.
"Hal Jordan?" John Stewart asked there was a hint of surprise in his voice surprise.
"John Stewart, long time no see." the man replied.
"John, How do you know this man." Diana asked.
"His name is Hal Jordan, he's a Green Lantern honor guard who spends most of his time out in deep space with his team." John Stewart answered.
"The Guardians had me looking into a mysterious hyperspace route that suddenly appeared over the last year and a half." Hal Jordan stated.
"What is the significance of a hyperspace route?" Clark questioned.
"Every location where the route had appeared used to be the location of a planet that had been taken under as a protectorate by thanagar, Miss Saunders can fill you in on the nitty gritty details" Hal Stated firmly. As he walked back to where the rest of his team were standing
"What was it?" Diana questioned.
"It all has to do with the fact that Thanagar is losing the war, Hro Talak proposed a plan to create a new hyperspace route that would bypass the front lines and put our ships within striking distance of the Gordanian home world." Kendra explained.
"Wait a minute that means genocide is being committed on a galactic scale." John Stated.
"Yes, and this is why the Guardians of the universe have forbidden the creation of new hyperspace lanes in sectors brimming with life." Hal Jordan stated.
"That doesn't sound good." Barry replied.
"But why did Hro Talak choose earth to be the final link." Bruce asked Directing his question at Kendra.
"I suspect Hro Talak, figured out I have a soft spot for the planet Earth." she told him.
"And why is that mother" Shayera asked.
"Well did you ever wonder why your last name is Hol instead of Saunder." she answered.
"What does that have to do with this Discussion?" Shayera questioned
"Because thangarian equivalent of your father's last name for you see your father was Hawkman/Carter Hall." Kendra revealed
"Carter Hall, how is that possible I was born on Thanagar" Shayera replied.
"That wasn't exactly the whole story, when I originally came to earth as a spy I had an encounter with Carter Hall at a museum was what triggered memories revealing a deep connection between us of a series of death and rebirth." Kendra explained.
" I still don't get what this has to do with what's going on right now?" Shayera questioned.
"Because during our time together, we would come to learn that we weren't the only ones tied into this chain of reincarnation but also our children as well." her mother stated.
"What do you mean by mother that I'm an only child aren't I." Shayera said.
"Shay aren't the only one, for you see you have an older brother I had to leave him behind when I returned to Thanagar after your father's death at the time I didn't know I was pregnant when I went to cryo-sleep." her mother answered.
"What is the name of my brother" Shayera questioned.
"his name is Hector Hall, and he's sitting right beside me" Kendra revealed as she Place a hand on Dr Fate's shoulder.
"Mother, You've gotta be kidding me, Dr fate is my brother." Shayera asked
Dr Fate removes his mask revealing the face of Hector Hall His olive skin and blonde hair and some wrinkles around his eyes He appeared to be a man in his Late 30s.
"It came as a surprise to me as well. But then again mom and dad usually died before either of us could be reincarnated" Hector Hall began to explain.
"Wait does all this talk about reincarnation have to do with the current invasion" John Stewart questioned.
"It is the linchpin for our entire existence for you see this all goes back to 6600 BC, a pair of thangarian police officers by the names of Katar Hol and Chay-Ara Hol got stranded on Earth, becoming the first Pharoh and Queen of Egypt, they would end up siring two children a son and daughter." Hector Pause before continuing.
"The daughter would go on to form a relationship with a human named Bashari who served as captain of the guard." Hector said.
"That sounds a lot like the relationship between Shayera and John." Bruce stated.
"Yes, it does, because John Stewart is the reincarnation of Bashari." Hector paused, Allowing for his mother to speak.
"The five of us were murdered by Hath-Set wielding an nth metal dagger, using our blood to cast a curse of reincarnation" Kendra Stated.
"Okay, how does all this lead to the current invasion?" Clark questioned.
"the fact of the matter is Hro Talak's is the reincarnation of Hath-set Which is why our mother always had an off feeling about him, his previous reincarnation was Dr. Anton Hastor, he killed Hawkman back in 1970 but was then killed by mom." Hector answered.
"Wait a minute if Hro is the reincarnation of Hath-Set and Kendra killed him wouldn't that make him immortal." Barry questioned.
"He's not Immortal, the reincarnation cycle is the only reason he keeps coming back, and I have reason to believe that the cycle is nearing its end." Hector revealed.
"Is there anything else we should know." John Stewart asked.
"We need to take out the hyperspace bypass generator before it comes online." Hector informed them.
"That should be a breeze." Barry remarked.
"No, the generator Has been constructed deep into the ground, and is heavily guarded." Kendra warned them.
" We could crash the watchtower into it." John suggested.
"Not a bad idea." Kendra told them.
"That does present a challenge, since the Watchtower is currently under the control of the Thanagarians." Hal pointed out.
Bruce was quick to answer "it shouldn't be too much of a problem the watchtower is linked to the prototype zeta beam network which uses dna authorization it will allow a small team to slip aboard the watchtower."
"There is also the manner of the force field that's currently protecting the construction site, is being generated by the mothership We're the only shutoff switch being at the core of the ship" Kendra pointed out.
"I guess we have our work cut out for us." John remarked.
"Yes, so let's get ready, and prepare to take down the Thanagarians." Bruce responded.
As the meeting wrapped up, John Stewart asked Shayera a question "So what we had was it fake or real"
Shayera was a little surprised but she answered
"To tell you the truth, what I felt for you was very real."
"I'm glad to hear that" John said feeling more at ease.
"Yeah, I know." Shayera responded. She then reaches into a hidden pouch in her armor and retrieves John's lantern ring handing it to him.
"Here you might want this back." she said
"Thank you." John replied. Dawning his ring he instantaneously suits back up into his Green Lantern attire he also summons his personal lantern battery for a quickly recharge of his ring. while everyone else followed suit Getting changed into their heroic attire with the exception of Shayera Remaining in her Thanagarian armor
"Alright, Batman will take a hand picked team with him onto the wachtower." Superman pause so Batman could list off Who will be joining him to retake the watchtower.
"Martian manhunter, and the Flash will be the ones to accompany me on this mission." Batman stated. Superman then explained the next part of the plan
"Hawkgirl, your task will be to return to the mothership, you need to make things seem like nothing is a miss." Superman told the assembled heroes
"Alright." Shayera replied.
" The rest of us will rendezvous with the JSA in the Gobi desert to launch the assault on the mother ship" Superman
"Let's go people, there is no time to lose." Batman said as the three members of the mission to retake the watchtower headed to the tech lab level of the bat cave to prep the zeta beam. While Superman, Wonder Woman, Green Lantern Left through the tunnels that were used to launch the bat wing, Well Shayera, Was guided back to the elevator by Alfred and left through Wayne Manor.
Once they reached the surface They wasted no time flying towards the gobi Desert it was a few hours later when they arrived At the temporary base camp that the jsa had set up, Diana was surprised to see her mother hippolyta was Speaking with a man wearing a cat like costume there was a young man with black hair standing next to him.
"My daughter, It is good to see you" Hippolyta asked.
"It is good to see you as well mother" Diana responded.
"Mother, Why did you come here?" Diana asked
"I came here for two reasons the first one was as you are well aware from your trip into the past I was the Wonder Woman of the JSA, The second thing is I would like to introduce you to someone your twin brother Jason Grant." Hippolyta replied
Diana was stunned
"Mother, When were you planning on telling me this" Diana questioned.
"when the gods had deemed the time was right, I had to ask someone I trusted for my time with the jsa to raise him." her mother stated.
"So was he a clay statue given life?" Diana asked.
"yes, You were both clay statues of infants given life on the winter solstice in 1990." Hippolyta answered.
"so does he have powers like mine" Diana questioned.
" Your father Lord Hades didn't want either one of you inheriting his powers, Which is why the goddesses gave you your powers Diana, Jason was given powers replied the male side of the Olympian Pantheon though you both share one power flight gifted by Hermes ." her mother explained.
"I have a twin brother, how do you feel about this?" Diana asked Jason.
"Honestly, thanks to Morpheus the god of sleep I've known for a very long time, He created a dreamscape so that mother could be with me growing up even though she was so far away." he responded.
"Mother, What was it like serving with the jsa." Diana questioned.
"Well the best way to explain the jsa is a family, you'll always have each others backs" Hippolyta stated. She suddenly whipped around and kissed the man wearing a cat leotard.
"Mother, That's not appropriate" Jason stated As he watched the man who raised him seem to be enjoying the kiss
"I do believe it's time I properly introduce myself." The man in the cat liotard said
"My name is Ted Grant, better known as wildcat the man with nine lives" he added.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, so you're the one who raised Jason." Diana replied.
"Yes, your mother trusted me enough to keep an eye on him." Ted answered.
"Thank you for doing so." she responded.
"no problem, But I do believe it's time to rejoin the others and begin attack" he said.
"Of course." Hippolyta replied.
As the group walked towards Where the rest of the JSA were standing with superman and Green Lantern.
"Everyone's here." superman said.
"Yes, We're all ready for the attack." Black Canary replied.
"I'm ready to kick some bird butt." Wildcat stated.
"Good, so is everyone familiar with the plan." Superman asked.
"Yes" they all answered in unison.
"Good, I think we should get moving." Clark suggested.
As the league In the Justice Society pressed their attack on the mother ship Batman, The flash, and the martian manhunter had already reached the watchtower using the zeta beam.
"So what's the plan, batman." the flash asked.
" We need to knock out all the Thangarians on board and then get them on board emergency escape pod." Batman instructed
"Sounds easy enough" the Flash commented.
"I hope so" Batman said as the trio made their way deeper into the station, It wasn't long before they ran into resistance, and began to take down all the soldiers that stood in their path, after clearing Out the soldiers that have been stationed on the watchtower the flash and Martian Manhunter quickly took the unconcess to the estate pod only for Batman close the escape pod behind them.
" Batman what the heck are you doing." Flash stated
"J'onn won't be able to handle the heat of reentry, since all green Martians fear fire." Batman told them.
"But I could Pilot the watchtower" Flash tried to protest.
"you're not the one carrying a signal watch" Batman retorted Hitting the switch to launch the escape pod
"You'll be fine Barry, Clark already knows what I'm doing" Batman said With a coolness to his voice.
"Good luck" J'onn replied.
"Alright, Time to take out that hyperspace bypass generator" Batman remarked. As he activated the controls that would allow him to pilot the watchtower into reentry at the same time he activated the signal watch that was in his utility belt.
Meanwhile, back on the ground Shayera made her way to the mothership core I was about to turn off the force field. When she was stopped by Hro Talak, he pulled his dagger out
"So you finally show your true colors" Shayera stated.
"Yes, you were a fool to think that you could stop the conquest." he responded.
"We'll see about that." she replied. As she readied her mace. The two began their fight and as the fight progressed Hro would use the dagger to cut the mace from Shayera's grasp.
"I must admit that I thought you would be a lot more of a challenge" Hro stated. that's when Green Lantern/jon Stewart arrived he blasted hro in the chest sending him flying into the wall.
"Are you okay?" John asked.
"Yes." Shayera replied
"Good, then let's shutdown the force field and finish this." John said. As he turned off the force field and the two flew down to the surface.
As they approached the construction site, they could see the jsa and the league engaged with the thangarian troops, They looked up to see the watchtower on its collision course and Superman suddenly breaking away from the battle and flying straight at it.
"Clark, No!" Shayera yelled
"What is he doing." John asked. superman immediately answers the question via com link
"He's getting Batman out of the watchtower, and to get clear the watchtower is going to impact with the generator in about 30 seconds ." John informed the group
"We need to evacuate the area." Hal responded.
"everyone get clear of the blast zone." Wonder woman ordered. As the heroes and the JSA flew away from the area and watched as the Watchtower impacted the site, blowing up the hyperspace generator in the process.
"The generator has been destroyed." Batman confirmed. As Superman flew him down to the ground.
"Thanks, Clark." Batman stated.
"No problem, I assume J'onn and Barry are still up in space." Superman told him.
"Yeah, they are." Batman answered.
"I'll go retrieve them." Hal Jordan offered
"That would be appreciated, and I'm sure you'd like to check in on Carol." Batman said.
"Sure." Hal replied, As he flew up into space and retrieved the flash and Martian Manhunter. About a day later the league was holding a meeting at Wayne Manor to discuss some things.
"So the Thanagarian forces have been forced to retreat." Bruce began
"Yes, with the destruction of the hyperspace generator they didn't have a reason to remain on Earth." clark responded.
"Good, Looks like we're going to need a new washtower." Bruce informed them.
"We're already working on that" Clark revealed.
"good, I'm glad that's out of the way now we can focus on the next order of business." Bruce told them.
"Which is." Clark asked.
" I completed the civilian identities for Diana and Shayera" Bruce answered, As he handed both Diana and Shayera an envelope
"I hope that these are up to your liking." he told them.
"I'm sure they will be" Shayera stated
"Yeah, thank you." Diana replied. And she looked at the id and noted the name Diana Prince and the photograph that Bruce had taken of her While she was wearing glasses and had her hair done up to change her appearance just enough that she wouldn't be recognizable as Wonder Woman
"So Diana is gonna become the owner of a mod clothing boutique?" Barry asked.
"Yeah, and I'm sure Shayera is gonna be a lawyer." John said
"Actually, I have not decided on a Civilian career just yet I'm probably going to be spending my time lying low at the Tower of fate considering I'm not exactly in the good races in the general public at the moment." Shayera admitted.
"Well, I'm sure whatever you decide will be great." John replied.
"Well, I'm happy for you both." Diana stated.
"Thanks." Shayera said.
"One other thing I'd like you all to meet me at Wayne Tech, In about a week's time there's something I think you all need to see." Bruce told his fellow Justice League founders.
"Well, if that's all I say that the meeting is adjourned." Clark declared, as the league began to disperse.
"Hey, Shayera" John called out.
"What is it?" she asked.
"I'd like to start over" he told her.
"Sure." Shayera replied, And she kissed him.
"What was that for" John questioned.
"I love you, I'm sorry." she answered.
"Don't worry, I love you too." John stated, As the two shared a kiss.
A immediate transition to about a week later.
Clark kent, Diana Prince, John Stewart, Shayera Hol , Barry Allen, and John Jones Arrive at Wayne Tech and are sent up to Bruce Wayne's office where they found the CEO of the company waiting for them
"Hello, and welcome to Wayne Tech." Bruce told them.
"We're happy to be here" Clark replied.
"Glad to hear it, now I'm sure you're all curious as to why I Asked you all to come here today." Bruce stated.
"Yes, we are" Barry remarked.
Bruce Put his hand on the bust of Shakespeare's head flipped it open to reveal a switch that then revealed a hidden elevator that was built into the Wayne Tech building
"What's down there?" John asked.
"You'll soon find out." Bruce said. The Seven heroes stepped into the elevator and the door closed behind them, Bruce hit the switch and the elevator began to descend into the hidden underground armory beneath the Wayne Tech building. With several different types of mechanical bat armors As they walked towards a table they had a cloth over it
"This is the reason I asked you all here" Bruce announced. As he pulled the cloth back Revealing six containers that have the logos of each one of the founders of the league on it.
"Ever since that encounter with the alternate versions of us it made me more determined to prepare contingency plans in the event any one of us were to go rogue." Bruce revealed. He then proceeded to place his hand on the container with the Superman S shield stating " Execute code 001" Suddenly, the container opened revealing a shard blue kryptonite, that was attached to a laser pistol He took it out and fired it at a practiced dummy on the nearby shooting range.
"This weapon has been designed too strip Superman of his power temporarily so that he can be contained." Bruce stated.
"Why does that weapon look familiar?" superman asked
"Well, I had to use it on you once before when you got exposed to that synthetic black kryptonite and it caused your morality to be flipped, And you didn't exactly remember watch after the incident when you returned to normal." Bruce revealed.
"Now that the first one is out of the way, the next one is" Bruce continued. He removed the hand and placed it on the container with the WW logo
"Execute code 001" Bruce stated, the container opened and revealed a silver rope,
"This is the lasso of lie When ensnared by it it will make the person see believe whatever lie the holder has in mind, I figured it be one of the ways to take wonder woman down without harming her." Bruce explained.
"Now onto the next one" Bruce stated as he moved on to the GL container
"Execute Code 001" he told the computer, the container opened up and revealed A small hand cannon Bruce then takes it out and aims at one of the dummies firing it upon impact there's a cloud of yellow powder.
"What is that" John questioned.
"Since your powering doesn't affect anything that's yellow due to its connection to fear, This is another humane way to take you down" Bruce revealed.
"Next, the container with the symbol of the martian manhunter" Bruce remarked, as he placed his hand on it
"Execute Code 001" the computer stated. He takes out a rifle that he unfolds then fires a cartridge at another dummy a small fireball is created
"It's designed to use Special thermite rounds that will create a small fireball that's enough incapacity." Bruce revealed.
"Now onto the Flash, Execute Code 001" He ordered. The last container opens up and reveals a Rifle That had multiple canisters on it when fired One of the practice dummies it created a sticky substance
"What's this for" Barry asked.
"That is a non lethal substance that Has been designed to hold you in place, The more speedster struggles against it the harder it gets to move" Bruce answered.
"Finally the container with the hawk Symbol" Bruce said, as he placed his hand on it
"Code 001" Bruce ordered. The computer acknowledged the order Revealing a net launcher.
"This is a special net launcher, and It's designed to use a special type of rope that is strong enough to hold you and to prevent you from escaping" Bruce explained.
"What gives bruce." berry states with a frown on his face.
"These are all weapons to be used against us" J'onn added.
"Only as a precautionary measure, Considering our encounter with the Justice Lords I think I'm allowed to be ticking steps to prevent that sort of scenario." Bruce remarked.
"Well, I can't deny that you have a point" John responded.
"But what about you Bruce, you've designed all the weapons and plans to use against us what happens if you go rogue." Clark Points out.
" I can answer that question." a voice called out from behind the founders, they all turned around to see an African American man with graying hair walking towards them
"My name is Lucius Fox, and I helped Mr Wayne design these contingency weapons but I've also been working on a failsafe for in the event he were to go rogue" He revealed.
"And What is the failsafe." Barry questioned.
"That's the name of the Android that I've been developing it's been designed to specifically only be activated in the event Batman ever crosses the line." Lucius answered.
"What are the android's capabilities." Clark inquired.
"Its program to know how Batman thinks and how to respond accordingly" Lucius revealed.
"What were to happen if it activated by accident by a News report claiming Batman killed someone" diana asked
" That's why Alfred is always monitoring news feeds to make sure a false alarm doesn't trigger it." Lucius told her.
"Let's say hypothetically speaking a false alarm order occur and Batman calls in the League for help what would happen" Clark asked.
" Failsafe has been programmed to utilize the contingency plans as well, So it may assume that you have also gone rogue and need to be stopped" Lucius stated.
"I understand you're all concerned about this, but I hope I've proven myself to you that I wouldn't do anything without a good reason." Bruce stated.
"Yes." Barry agreed.
"Well, If there is nothing else to be discussed." Bruce said.
"I think that will be all" Clark responded. As the seven heroes left the underground Armory, And the conversation had between the founders, And the creation of the failsafe had put some concern in the members of the Justice League, but none more so than the Batman.
Screen fads to Black outro plays.
Notes:
It will probably be a while before I update this fanfic again, things are currently pretty rough one of our dog has kidney failure, 😭 so she has to be put sleep because her time has come to cross the rainbow bridge tomorrow afternoon.
At least we will get to say goodbye to her.
Chapter 17: Hawk and Dove
Summary:
A/N This chapter picks up a year and one month after the events of Starcrossed. Following the Justice League expansion initiative, after the completion of the second Watchtower. I'll be explaining how Diana got the invisible jet in generations. Also the hawk and Dove I'm using for the story are the female version of the duo Ie Hawk/Holly Granger and her sister Dove/Dawn Granger.
Notes:
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice 2 attire.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in Young Justice, with the only difference being she doesn't wear her mask anymore.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
May 17
Year 4: Age 27-28
Diana P.O.V
it was your average day in Gotham City, Diana Prince was taking a day off from both Justice League related work as well as her mod clothing boutique which was being run by one of her employees for the day, She was just leaving the lunch date she had with Bruce Wayne at one of the local Greek restaurants when the cell phone in her blue jacket started buzzing, she recognize the noise instantly taking out her phone she could see her Wonder Woman logo flashing an alert of bank having been robbed And that the escape vehicle was a few blocks down heading her way.
Looking around she could tell the streets were clear, She quickly looked to make sure no one was watching Quickly taking off her glasses, And quickly stashing them in the glasses case she had with her then proceeded to remove The hairpin letting her hair flow freely into as she walked into the middle of the Street Right in the path of the blue getaway car.
She could see the driver had blonde hair and he appeared to be quite cocky because he started smirking slamming his foot on the throttle picking up more speed. Diana simply raised her right fist and slammed it into the hood of the car destroying the engine and sending the two crooks flying through the windshield.
"Holy shit" The driver of the car screamed.
"Dude, we are so fucked" his companion said as They were both sent flying into a city bus the blond guy partner landing on top of him
"I tried to take a day off, to maintain a semblance of a normal life. But you had to decide today to rob a bank" Diana said As she walked over to where the crooks had been thrown the blonde one in an active desperation because his partner was too heavy to get off of him grab the pistol from the back of his partner's belt and start shooting at Diana.
"Oh, so that's how you want to play it huh?" She said as she used her bracelet that were hidden under her jacket sleeves to deflect the bullets, Because it was a glock it wasn't long till he ran out of ammo.
The blonde criminal then decided he was about to Chuck the spent Glock at Diana Who at that point had her hands on her hips stating "Oh yeah like that's going to work." She then proceeded to reach down with her left hand and pick up the blonde Crook by his Kevlar vest causing him to squirm stating "wait, please I've learned my lesson, I promise."
Se pulled him closer to her face "No you haven't" She then proceeded to throw him at his destroyed getaway vehicle him landing on the roof bending it, She then leapt on top of the wrecked engine Bay getting ready to proceed with a serious pounding with her fist stating " You're kind never learns and it's starting to really get on my nerves."
That's when a familiar shadow appeared overhead
"Batman!" Both of the crooks exclaimed.
he placed his hand on Diana's shoulder stating "That's enough princess, I can take it from here."
"Are you sure?" she asked, he nodded As she stepped away from the car he reached into his utility belt and pulled out some handcuffs.
"You have the right to remain silent anything you say can and will be held against you in a court of law" He read them their rights while cuffing them. Diana watched as Batman Secured the as officers from the gcpd arrived In squad cars to pick up the robbers once he was finished, He passed on the information Martian Manhunter had relayed to him "J'onn received a call from Queen Audrey you're needed Kaznia."
"What's going on, Is this something I should bring my sword and shield for?"
He shook his head. " I don't have all the details but J'onn did mention that you should probably pick up Hawk and Dove on the way."
"Where are they currently?" diana asked.
I don't know, Pretty sure they took the day off as well j'onn will be able to tell you where they are" Batman answered
"Ok I'll be off then, and thank you for the assist" Diana stated as she proceeded to jumping into the air taking flight to find a place to perform a quick change
A few minutes later she landed on a rooftop with a quick spin she was changed into her wonder Woman attire she then summoned the invisible jet to her location and began a flight path that was taken towards Kasnia She then conversed with J'onn J'onzz
J'onn Began the debriefing "Queen Audrey, of Kaznia has asked the leagues help"
"What's going on? " She asked.
" Her nation's being torn apart by two paramilitary groups, Each faction has ties with neighboring countries, If this escalates It could easily ignite the region" He replied
"What's wrong with people J'onn? hostile their answer to everything" she inquired.
"You're not one to talk as of late." He stated It would seem he wasn't too impressed by the excessive force she had just used to stop the robbers. She was not too happy about that criticism stating "What's that supposed to mean?" "Diana you and I have both been affected by our time around humans, It is important that we keep ourselves in check" He stated
"First of all those thugs back there would have gotten what was coming to them either way, I just so happened to intercept them before Bruce did, And don't forget I handled a band of mercenaries last week, And those creatures from the decorin nebula they thought we were food J'onn" She Started ranting.
There was a brief pause before he replied " You are right Diana, None of it has to do with you, I will provide The location of Hawk and dove so you can pick them up before you begin the transatlantic flight to Kaznia" "Thank you, J'onn.""You are welcome" he stated.
Meanwhile at a sports bar in New York City, Sisters Holly and Dawn Granger we're trying to enjoy their day off however the guys at the bar, Didn't like Dawn's comments about the ridiculous military budget.
"What you need is a man to set you straight" a guy said. "What I need is a guy who can think for himself" She replied. "Hey, I have a brain and a dick" He retorted.
Dawn and Holly started walking backwards towards thee trophy case Holly noting "Fine mess you've gotten us into this time sis." "You wanna try talking to them" Dawn replied.
"I think they're done talking sis." Holly stated, Noticing all the guys in the bar we're starting to surround them and they all looked pissed. As they continued to walk backwards Dawn tried to diffuse the situation " This is ridiculous just because I disagree with you about the military spending does not make me unpatriotic we're daughters of a diplomat!"
"Bullshit! You're a traitor and a bitch, I'm going to fuck you up and then we'll see how patriotic you feel." The man threatened. "You are seriously making a mistake here" She said. As she and Holly quickly stepped backwards to avoid getting shoved, But their backs were now up against the trophy cabinet so Holly reacted by punching the prick in the face sending him stumbling backwards into his friends
Dawn stared at her sister in shock.
"He had that preemptive strike coming ." Holly said, At that moment the man stood up taking his beanie off shouting Incoherently. Realizing he and his friends were about to attack them the sisters knew they only had one option. Going into a fighting pose Holly shouted "Hawk!" with her sister taking up a defensive pose calling out "Dove!"
Holly then proceeded to slam her left fist into her right hand causing red energy to glow around her As her clothing instantaneously starts to change Her white shoes were replaced by red-heeled boots increasing her height from 5'4" to 5'9" Her clothing was replaced with a White Leotard that had red in some spots, circle of red energy creating a red glove over her right hand, She now had a red Domino mask and a segmented red cape.
At the same time blue energy flowed over Dawn causing her clothes to be changed into a blue leotard With white gloves, Boots and a feathery cape along with a blue domino mask there's then a blinding flash of light, Completing the transformation. where once stood Holly and Dawn Granger now stood the superhero duo Hawk and Dove.
Hawk ran forward and began throwing out punches nailing the guy that had been threatening them a second time and then punching his friend Who was wearing a green hat square in the face.
Dove was not going to stand by and let her sister fight alone, A Overweight guy charged at her but she easily dodged his attacks Which resulted in him flying onto a pool table. A guy wearing a basketball shirt then tried To attack her but she grabbed him by the wrist and whipped him around drawing him into his friend sending them flying into one of the chairs at the bar wrecking it.
At the same time Hawk slid one of the guys across the bar top, At the exact same time the overweight man tried to attack dove again she dodged and hit him in the back with her left boot, That's when she realized her sister had been itching for a fight "oh, so you wanted to do this sis" Dove Casually asked her sister.
At that moment Hawk grabbed one of the tables tops and used it as a shield to block some Bottles of booze that were being thrown at her "Don't blame me, you're the one who couldn't keep your trap shut." That's when the guy who started the fight and his friend in a red shirt charged at hawk thinking they could easily knock her down only to find out she was way stronger Using the table top for extra leverage she sent them flying through a wall.
the guy wearing the basketball shirt had grabbed a pool cue To try and use it as a weapon against dove running at her with it Only for her to use his momentum against him to send him flying causing him till land head first on one of the pinball machines busting it Then a blonde guy came running up at Dove She quickly gotten him in a hold and whispered in his ear "how about you calm down and I'll let you go." However the man was too angry to see reason saying "How about you kiss my ass bi..." He wasn't able to finish his curse because dove had started applying pressure.
Unbeknownst to them the guy that started the fight in the first place who now had a black eye grabbed a pool cue with the intent of hitting dove over the back of the head however she anticipated this whipping around bringing the blonde guy in front as a result he got nailed in the face, getting knocked out cold.
The guy looked down realizing the pool cue he had just used was now busted hawk then grabbed him by the shirt pulling him towards her, She was about to do something when the door suddenly swung open, Revealing Wonder Woman standing in the doorway and she was not pleased " You didn't respond to J'onn summons."
Hawk decided to be a little bit sassy stating "Look around Princess we kind of had our hands full, But there's enough to go around if you'd like a piece." However Wonder Woman was not amused "We're leaving now." Dove made a gesture implying well you tried to her sister Through the guy that was the reason the fight started in the first place off to the side.
the two sisters then walked to the doors To follow Wonder Woman to the invisible jet climbing aboard to their surprise the interior of the jet was visible But they didn't bother to question it as they got into the air, Wonder Woman then set the plane to autopilot since it was going to be a few hours flight from the US to kaznia they'd be arriving Tomorrow morning.
"So what's the mission?" Dove inquired.
"Paramilitary factions are tearing Kaznia apart, Queen Audrey has requested the leagues aid" Wonder Woman explained "And The current instability is preventing kasnia from joining the European Union?" Hawk guessed Wonder Woman nodded, "Correct."
"We should probably look over the information J'onn Sent about this situation" Dove stated
"Agreed." Wonder woman replied, According to the information there was some military forces that from southern Kasnia led by one General Olanic, had gone rogue and were trying to conquer the northern portion of Kaznia, A man named Nardoc was the leader of the northern faction that we're putting up a resistance against Olanic.
"Well looks like we'll be doing our own research, when we get there" Hawk said.
"Yeah, We should be arriving sometime tomorrow morning." Wonder Woman informed the girls, She had set the auto pilot to fly at mach 9.6.
The next morning
They passed through Kaznia and airspace completely undetected Due to the permanent cloaking device on the invisible jet and touched down, near an active of battle between the northern and southern forces, it appeared that Nardoc Faction had launched a counteroffensive but something was really off about the battle, They could tell just from their position above the battle the Northern faction was using What looked to be a mechanical battle suit which was turning the tide of the battle in their favor,
"It would appear this is the wrong side of the fight to be on" Dove commented.
"You think?" Hawk stated.
"Let's not waste time." Wonder woman declared, As she set the invisible jet to autopilot before opening the canopy and deploying onto the battlefield hawk and dove following suit. Arriving on the battlefield hawk was the first realize something was up "Who do you think's wearing that suit"
"Whoever it, is these people aren't gonna stand a chance against it" Wonder Woman stated, Watching as the battle suit lifted up a tank and threw it like a toy, So she gave out orders "Hawk you're with me Dove.." Before Wonder Woman could even finish her statement Dove used her enhanced speed to race over to a southerner and northerner who are fighting over a rifle the southerner trooper had gotten the upper hand and was about to use it only to get disarmed by dove, She brought the assault rifle down on her knee breaking in half stating "Both of you scram."
They were shocked and confused, but when she pointed her hand at them they got the message and fled. She then looked over to see the battle suit tearing through the tanks her sister tried to distract it by throwing debris at it, Successfully getting its attention hawk began to lure it away from the battle giving Wonder woman time to fly in And grab it by the leg to toss it through the air sending it crashing into a nearby ruined building.
wonder woman landed beside Hawk "Looks like you've..." Hawk Started to say only for the battle suit to emerge from the rubble. That's when they noticed the faceplate had been knocked open revealing nobody was inside. "How is this possible?" hawk asked.
"I don't know, At this point we hit it till it breaks" wonder woman answered. As they engage the battle suit it closes its faceplate grabbing the barrel of a nearby tank and began to use it as a weapon Sending both Wonder Woman and Hawk flying through some nearby rubble as it walked up to them raising the tank over its head.
That is when Wonder Woman noticed, A familiar Craftsman's mark on the chest plate recognizing it immediately she knew what she had to do reacting she flu hawk out of the way, Dove walked up to them a few seconds later the battlesuit through the tank in their direction so Diana grabbed on to dove and flew her and hawk to safety,
landing on a hill nearby hawk lost her temper.
"what are you doing princess, You just pulled us right out of the battle." She screamed
"she just saved, our lives Holly" Dove interjected
" Two yards would have done that, This is what's called a retreat Dawn!" Hawk shot back.
"there was no point in continuing the battle, We're having no effect on that thing, If anything it seems like it's getting stronger." Wonder woman spoke firmly.
That's when Dove proposed an idea " There has to be a way to stop this conflict perhaps if we could get the leaders to sit down together and talk." Hawk seemed to grasp what her sister was proposing remembering that their mother was a diplomat "Yeah like that'll work in this situation unless you want to kidnap them and make them talk?"
"Then go for it, It should buy me some time." Wonder woman replied, Hawk was quick to ask "To do what exactly." "I need to have a chat with Lord Hephaestus." Wonder woman answered, As she started flying off into the distance. "Great." Hawk said,"So how are we going to do this?" Dove inquired.
"You go after Nardoc, I'll go after Olanic" Hawk stated, Dove looked a bit uneasy because she didn't like the idea of splitting up. "Ok." She reluctantly agreed.
The sisters were both quick to take action, Hawk ran south towards the location of Olanic forward camp and dove made her way into the nearby village she that was Nardoc base of operations.
Meanwhile wonder Woman arrived at in Hephaestus Forge in Lemnos.
"Diana." he said.
"Hello, Uncle" she replied. Like most of the Greek gods Hephaestus had adapted to wearing modern clothing, he was dressed in the standard protective equipment for working at a forge.
" What brings you to my domain niece?" he inquired."there's an armored suit fighting in Kaznia, that needs no wearer and bears your mark?" Diana was straight to the point with her question.
"The annihilator" He answered. This confirmed Diana's suspicion "So you did make it for who?"
"Your grandfather Lord Ares, commissioned it is probably one of my finest creations." Hephaestus replied. Diana's eyes go wide upon hearing her grandfather's name, it's been roughly three years since he had escaped Tartarus only to end up in a mortal prison thanks to her father Lord Hades placing specialized bracelets on Ares wrists.
that restrict God of war's power to that of a demigod, but that can only mean he must have escaped during The chaos caused by the thangarian invasion last year.
"Is there a way to stop the Annihilator?" Diana questioned.
"Of course, like all my other creations it has an Achilles heel, but I cannot disclose it to you must figure it out on your own." Hephaestus answered.
"Very well" Diana said, Before she exited the forge she looked over her shoulder saying "Thank you uncle." Hephaestus simply replied, "Be careful"
Back in Kaznia
Dove had successfully infiltrated the village that was being used as the north forces camp, She had spotted Nardoc walking across the street into a building that was probably being used as a command center for the northern forces.
"Ok, here we go" Dove whispered, to herself. Using her ability to fly she flew up to one of the open windows on the second floor and slipped inside She quietly opened the door and peeked out into the hallway seeing no one she slowly crept towards the stairwell, She slowly climbed the stairs stopping on the second to last step to listen for anyone coming toward the staircase. "You hear something?" One of the northerner soldiers asked.
"No, it's probably just a rat" another one replied."Fair point besides we have our orders we're deploying at dawn to crush the southerners" the third soldier said. Dove realized she needed to move quickly, She then proceeded to climb the rest of the steps and peeked out the door she sees Nardoc he appeared to be looking at one of the maps for coordinating battle plans.
She quietly crept up behind him when she was close enough she spoke "Don't be afraid.My name is Dove. I'm not here to hurt you. I'd like you to come with me. It's time to try a new path."
Nardoc turns around to look directly at her and calmly asks "and what path is that?" So she gives a straightforward with a smile answer "Piece."
However that is when Nardoc's face contorts into a very disturbing Grin as he begins to speak he with a Greek accent "Hm, not really my thing." That is when he suddenly erupts in flames shutting the face of Nardoc revealing his true form of the Lord Ares. With lightning speed he had his hand on doves neck stating "but since you're into it I can arrange for you to have eternal piece once I'm done with you"
Mean while Hawk had found the Olanic forward camp, however it was more like a fortress than a simple camp, The entrance was guarded by some machine guns and a few soldiers, It was the early hours of the morning when she slipped inside the camp and located the command tent. "Olanic you bastard, where are you" she whispered to herself.
As she was creeping through the camp she heard some commotion coming from the entrance. The sun was just beginning to rise over the hill but that wasn't what was causing the commotion, Nardoc Forces We're launching an attack "Damn it" hawk muttered, She ran over to the fence and jumped it To get a better look at what was going on.
"I see Dawn's social skills have had their usual effect." she stated, That's when she saw Dove was tied up Her arms and legs tied in such a way to create a living shield on the Armored suit. Her anger takes over and with a burst of speed runs over to the Annihilator and quickly breaks the bonds that were holding her sister tied to it.
"What happened?" Hawk asked, As she pulled the gag out of her sister's mouth.
"it was a trap, the guy I thought was Nardoc turned out to be Lord Ares" dove replied.
"Lord Ares. As in the one from the Greek myths?"
"Yeah, hopefully Wonder Woman gets back soon we're gonna need her insight on how to stop that thing." Dove explained, Hawk helped her sister to her feet and then looked over her shoulder "In the meantime I'm going to try and slow that armored suit down""Be careful" Dove warned.
"When am I not." Hawk retorted, She took off running straight towards the armored suit.
"You have got to be kidding me." Dove sighed, That is when Wonder Woman finally arrived as she landed she started calling out to the two armies " Lay down your arms you're being used." Only to get trimmed out by an explosion that occurs close by,
Dove flies in asking "were you able to find out anything about that armored suit?"
"Hephaestus built an Achilles heel built into the suit I just don't know what it is." Wonder woman replied.
"Well, let's hope we can figure it out Dove said.
"Yeah, let's go" Wonder woman stated, As the duo flew To catch up the hawk who had already made it back to the camp I was trying her best to keep the Annihilator at Bay Dove stopped briefly to prevent soldier from throwing a grenade briefly Wonder Woman tried to talk to one of the soldiers To try and get him to see reason but he told her "I don't take orders from woman."
This caused Wonder Woman to glare at him and grab his rifle from him coming really close to having him with it that's when she realized it remembering her grandfather's domain of war and how he fed off it for power it caused her to have an idea What the weakness of the annihilator could be, And one fluid motion she bent the rifle handed it back to the soldier and ran calling out to dove.
"Dove." Wonder woman called. "Yes." she answered,"the Annihilator. It's fueled by the rage of war we need to get everyone to stop fighting" Wonder woman requested.
"Right." Dove agreed. She knew what she had to do and a blink of an eye she made her way straight to the camp getting right in the path of the annihilator and started shouting at the soldiers that were training their rifles on it "Lower your weapons, You don't have a chance like that so try it my way lower your weapons!" She then proceeded to turn around and stare At the oncoming annihilator hawk came running up from behind trying to attack the annihilator again only to be stopped by Wonder Woman coming up behind her and holding her back.
"No she'll get herself killed." hawk exclaimed. "I think not." Wonder Woman responded.
Dove Stood firm as the annihilator came close it stopped right in front of her and began to raise its fist before it could bring it down however the southern soldiers Decided to fall dove's example let it go of the need to fight Laying down their arms in that moment the annihilator's began lowering its fist in a calm fashion back to its side as the light within the visor diminished and went out.
dove let out a sire relief as she was then joined by wonder Woman and her sister as well as the other soldiers from both sides with the conflict hawk then asked "Anybody want to give me a clue on what just happened?" Wonder Woman gave her a straightforward answer "Sometimes it takes more strength not to fight."
That is when Wonder Woman's grandfather Lord Aries came walking up
"What is the matter with you people, You're supposed to keep fighting!" He replied, With a hint of disappointment in his voice.
"Give it up grandfather it's over you lose." Wonder woman Stated with her arms crossed.
"All right, this time but I will be back sooner than you think, Wherever there is prejudice, Ignorance, inequality. I will be there" he retorted.
Wonder Woman was quick to counter "And I'll be waiting" That is when lord Aries vanish in a pillar of fire.
A couple weeks later
"I would like to thank you, for all your help in restoring order to Kaznia" Queen Audrey said.
"It's our pleasure Audrey" Wonder Woman replied, "Please let me know if there is anything we can ever do for you" She requested, "Just make sure the peace holds" Hawk suggested, "
Diana if you don't mind me asking what is going to be done with the annihilator" Queen Audrey stated.
"It's Been transported to the watchtower to be studied by some of the magical members of the league" Wonder Woman answered.
"We will be in touch." Dove said.
"Farewell." Queen Audrey stated.
Notes:
It should be noted that Lex Luthor is currently president of the United States he ran on a platform to improve United States defenses against alien invasion. As well as improve the live of American citizens. It should also be noted that Lex currently believes he dying from Kryptonite poisoning and is not yet aware that he's been cured, The main events of the cadmus arc will begin when Lex begins campaigning In his third year for a second term which will be on a platform of anti-meta humans after he is miraculously cured from his Kryptonite poisoning.
Chapter 18: Time warped
Summary:
I realize it's been a long time since the last chapter update it'll most likely be a while before the next one since it's going to be a partial reimagining of This Little Piggy but with a Twist
Notes:
A/N It should be noted the conversation Bruce and John have before Diana arrives at their table, will be Slightly different since in this universe shayera and John's relationship is still fairly strong, this will also be the only chapter that has a midpoint note Due to the traveling to the Beyond era, and the Cronos they faced off against Walker Gabriel, Since I need the present day cronos for a planed crossover, I've decided to skip over once and Future things part 1: wild West tales because it would just be a total retread the episodes since It pretty much all plays out the same.
(See the end of the chapter for more notes.)
Chapter Text
The suits/armor of the JL founders
Batman the batsuit he is wearing is based on the armor he wore in the Arkham Knight.
Wonder woman her armor is based on the WW Odyssey armor with all the gold replaced with silver of her new 52 armor.
green lantern/John stewart his Green Lantern attire is based on his Injustice Gods Among Us attire from the game/comic series.
Superman he's wearing his new 52 armor.
Martian Manhunter/J'onn J'onzz is wearing his uniform that he wears in the young justice cartoon/mid-2000s comic.
The Flash is wearing his arrowverse suit with some elements from the comics that being he can hide the suit in a ring.
Hawkgirl She's wearing the armor that she wears in the arrowverse.
July 15th
Year 9: age 29-30
Bruce P.O.V
The scene opens in the second watchtowers cafeteria as Batman and Green Lantern are eating lunch together, when Shayera walked past them with a tray of food leaving the cafeteria
Batman: "How are things going between you and Shayera?"
Green Lantern: "Well we're still taking things slowly but we're doing good, I heard b'wana beast and Vixen got engaged."
Batman: "Good for them they seem to be a good match for each other." he smiles then takes a sip of his drink, and Green Lantern "Anyway how have things been going on between you and Diana?" Batman is caught off guard for a moment before he speaks "I would say nothing but that would be a lie."
Lantern finishes his drink He placed it down and starts wiping his hands with a napkin catching out of the corner of his eye wonder Woman walking up to the table as Batman starts listing " Diana is a remarkable
woman, she's a valued friend." He pauses realizing his cowl had picked up the audible sound of a particular pair of boots.
The hint of a smile starts to appear on the Dark Knight's face as he finally resume speaking "She's standing right behind me isn't she?"
Diana: "Don't let that stop you keep digging" She quickly placed her tray on the table then places her left arm around Batman's shoulder however that is when An intruder alert goes off The location being the Watchtowers dormitory.
Batman Wonder woman and Green Lantern Waste no time leaving the cafeteria and heading to the dormitory, Once they got there They discovered a man in a strange suit had broken into Batman's corridors and was trying to steal one of his spare utility belts. Batman wasted no time throwing a battering knocking the belt out of the intruder's hands
Batman: "Stop now!"
Intruder: "Stay away! no one was supposed to know I was here" He clicks his belt and causing a portal to open behind him that he quickly jumps through.
Batman Wonder Woman in Green Lantern give chase jumping into the portal This portal as it would turn out ended up being a time tunnel into the past ending up in the Wild West.
where they would team up with legendary bounty Hunter Jonah Hex, El Diablo, and Batlash While in the past they would Find the man that tried to steal Batman's utility belt his name was Walker Gabriel, and find out that the time traveling belt He had taken from the retired David Clinton in his time once they bested the outlaw who had stolen the time belt from walker and destroyed the technology he had stolen with lantern jettisoning it into deep space the plan was to return to their own time only that didn't happen walker Gabriel betrayed them temporarily shocking Batman. Before fleeing through a time tunnel back to his own time the three Justice League members give Chase ending up in the future they suddenly get surrounded by a group of criminals who seem to be themed to the Joker that's when a group of Six heroes drop down from above one of them they recognize.
Mid/Note: the Justice League Unlimited members that show up to save Batman Wonder Woman and Green Lantern are of course Static, Warhawk/Rex Stewart, The Batman of Metropolis [His unique batsuit as seen on the cover of Book 3 of Superman Batman Generations], Fury [her outfit appears Superman Batman Generations 2 book 3], Batman Beyond, Robin Beyond [his Robin Beyond suit is based on the one that was introduced in Batman Beyond rebirth].
Green Lantern calls out "Static shock what's going on?" This caused the man wearing hawk armor utter one word "Dad?" Gl's jaw drops and eyes go wide. That's when the Blonde woman Wearing Amazonian armor and a domino mask speaks " We need to get outta here now!" However the Jokerz known as Ghoul Speaks "Leaving so soon You didn't even take any party favors" as he starts running he throws his pumpkin Into the air and it starts dumping glowing balls of energy that start melting "Incoming" The Batman with a blue Cape shouts GL wastes no time putting up a shield Around the heroes to protect them however the balls of energy are starting Weaken the shield Warhawk Panics stating "It's not going to hold."
The heroes had no choice but to scramble to get out of the way as Green Lantern's field gave out, wonder Woman flies to one side Immediately upon landing Chukko rolls over Calling out to her "Where do you think you're going sugar." He then proceeds to ignite what would best be described as a double bladed laser staff, She raises her bracelets to block only for it to electrocute her upon contact, it wasn't long before she was nearly incapacitated luckily fury reaction quickly to the situation flying over and taking her cape and throwing it on top of chukko distracting him just long enough for Wonder woman too overcome the stunning effect of the blade.
At the same time the Dee Dee twins perform gymnastics one commenting "another lantern Dee Dee." her sister replies that she lands next to her "He's much cuter than the last one we killed, don't you think, Dee Dee?"
batman beyond and Robin beyond rush forward in tandem to attack the twins, one of the Dee Dee twin uses her gymnastics training and a set of energy wipes to parry and block the attacks. Robin Beyond attempts a punch which she dodges, but she is knocked off her feet by the Batman's boot knocking her into her sister sending the both of them flying backwards and colliding with the wall.
realizing the fight was taking too long and that they needed to regroup, the Batman of Metropolis calls out for everyone to fall back and retreat, the two beyond's follow orders and retreat, while the others continue fighting until the Batman with the blue cape shouts the word "NOW" and the heroes quickly make their escape, as the two Batman's throw down a set Smoke pellets, Along with static shock creating a bright ball of light, and the other's start their jet boots. Once in the air Wonder Woman asks "Are we headed to the watchtower", the Batman of Metropolis replied "Not exactly."
They arrive at the Abandoned Hamilton Hill High School Static was the one to open the door As they made their way through the hallways they could see graffiti on the lockers and walls. The Batman of Metropolis explains "This school is a refuge for What's left of the Justice League." As static activates the computer terminal Fury was the one to drop the bombshell "The three of you have traveled about Twenty seven years into your future"
Green Lantern then walked over to static stating " Last time I saw you you were too young to drive, You're looking good for a man your age." Static smiles in response "Miracles and modern medicine 45 the new 20." Batman then asked thee critical question " And the watchtower"
Batman beyond answered his question "it's gone, We lost a lot of good people that day." Wonder Woman followed up the question with " You mean Superman J'onn all the others" Warhawk then removed his helmet and looked at his father stating "You were killed too." Batman then asked "and the batcave?"
That's when two figures emerge from the shadows The man his face was unmistakable He was Bruce Wayne just with the graying hairs of being in his late 50s he was wearing a black suit with a mechanical frame strapped to his body, The Woman next Was unmistakable she was an older version of Diana, She was the one to speak "This is all we have left now." With older Bruce following her up with "Deal with it."
Batman and Wonder Woman then walk over to get a closer look at their future selves
Wonder woman: "So that's how I'll look 27 years from now."
Older Diana: "Not bad huh?"
older Bruce: "Surprised to see me?" Directing his question at his younger self.
Batman: "A little, I'm more surprised that I'm going to end up living this long."
That's when Batman beyond Walked up and started cracking a joke " Batman, Bruce Wayne, Wonder woman, Diana or have you met" The four of them got quickly annoyed and at the same time stated "Not now." Though Batman and Wonder Woman both noticed their older selves catch themselves like they were about to say something they didn't want to be revealed.
Warhawk and Fury at least tried to break the ice a little bit more "This is all little bit weird for everybody"
Warhawk: "I'm Warhawk Rex Stewart." As he proceeds to shake his father's hand. Green Lantern put the pieces together on his own in that instance "Your mother is she who I think it is?" Rex gave a simple nod yes.
That's when the older Brucw spoke again "that's enough our past selves do not need to know anymore about their futures"
Batman of metropolis: "right we need a plan for taking down Chronos, before the fabric of reality becomes completely undone"
Static shock: " before you ask the original chronos/David Clinton is retired, he was the one who informed us that one of his old suits along it's time belt was missing, he suspected that his live-in caretaker Walker Gabriel had stolen it."
Fury:" we suspect Mr Gabriel used the time belt to travel back in time and steal artifacts that wouldn't have been missed"
Diana: "but something changed after he got trapped in the past for several weeks"
The Batman of metropolis: "exactly considering he's been taking different historical monuments and placing them all over Neo Gotham, as far as we can tell the more things he takes from the past the more the present becomes unstable."
Fury: "and if it's not stopped soon the entire universe will collapse in on itself causing a Big Bang."
Batman: so what you're saying is we a small window to find him and reverse the damage
Fury: "Yes that's correct."
The older version of Diana begins coordinating a plan
Older Diana: "we need you all to begin search..." but at that same moment she fades out of existence.
"Mom!" Robin Beyond scream's everyone turns to look at him.
Batman beyond: "seriously matt you had to let the bat out of the bag" Though his voice came across as on in shock.
Robin Beyond: "I didn't do anything"
older bruce walks over to Matt placing his hand on his shoulder stating "It looks like I have to make some quick introductions."
Diana and bruce's future children the youngest was named Matthew or as the young teen preferred Matt, the son of Diana Prince and Bruce Wayne his older brother Terry Wayne, was the Batman of neo Gotham.
Older Bruce proceeded to reveal that Fury was they're older sister Stephanie wayne with the Batman of metropolis being the eldest son BJ Wayne.
Batman and Wonder Woman were shocked by the revelation.
Fury then spoke up "um Dad, If mom's been erased from existence, how come we're still here."
Be for older bruce can begin to think of the answer, only for him to phase out of existence as well, this was when the younger versions of the duo realized the implications.
Wonder Woman: "We have to find walker and stop him, Before everything disappears"
Batman: "princess, I have an idea"
The heroes would spend the next five minutes explaining their plan to the others.
Not long after that they began scouring the city for one of the Jokerz gang member, the one question was known as Ghoul, Wonder Woman successfully lassoed him. With Batman interrogating him
Batman: "Were is chronos?"
Ghoul: "I don't know, at this hour he's sleeping at one of the historic structures that he's transplanted
throughout the city."
Batman: "in that case, is there someone close to Kronos who would know his exact location"
Ghoul: "the only one close to him is his wife Enid"
Batman: "Where do we find her?"
Ghoul: "at her place a few blocks away"
The one of the younger Batman then knocks Ghoul out, and the young heroes begin their trek. Arriving at a palace that looked like it belonged in ancient Egypt, and inside the Palace was Enid Gabriel.
Wonder Woman: "we need to ask you about your husband."
Enid raised her left eyebrow as she answered "let me guess, you want to know which historical site he's using as a hideout?"
The heroes nodded yes.
Enid: "well my dear, He's actually going to be sleeping at the same location he sleeps at every night, a jail from the old west that he's placed inside the Roman Coliseum."
They thanked her and left immediately as they were making their way over to the Roman Colosseum they noticed in the distance a blanket of white on the horizon.
Fury: "oh no the universe is starting to collapse in on itself."
That's when wonder woman spoke up "how long do we have?"
Batman beyond: "I guess about 20 to 30 minutes give or take"
Batman: "We'll need to work fast."
As they arrived at the coliseum the sky was became a white void, as they entered the coliseum they had no trouble finding the old jail which was situated right in the middle of the arena, and walker Gabriel was asleep inside a cell.
However before they could grab the time belt off of him the entire jail faded out of existence causing the sleeping Walker Gabriel to fall to the ground, causing him to wake up.
Walker: "What the hell happened?"
Batman: "it's the end of the world, and you're going to help us stop it."
Walker: "I'll never help you" it is at that very moment that void of white start stretching across the sky.
Upon witnessing this Walker activates his time belt creating a time portal behind him and runs into it.
Fury: "what are you waiting for go after him."
Wonder Woman "but what about the rest of you"
Terry: " the only way we'll live is it this day never comes"
Matt: "you have to stop him before he reaches the beginning of time"
Batman: "you heard them princess, John lets go."
As the pair jumped into the portal they could see the universe start to fall apart around them. They spotted Walker Gabriel he wasn't that far ahead they managed to catch up to to him with Green Lantern creating a bubble to try and slow there movement through the time tunnel hoping to get Batman enough time to reprogram the Time belt
Batman: "I hope the calculations are correct."
Lantern: "hope you're right, because the Guardians have a saying no one should ever see the beginning of time"
At that moment Batman finished re-coding the time belt and everything went dark for a Split Second then everything changed, As Time instantaneously corrected itself returning the three Heroes back to the second watchtowers cafeteria
Batman and Green Lantern were now back to sitting at the table where they had initially been having their lunch, they both took a breath of relief.
Shayera walked past the table, she noticed something was up but didn't bother saying anything.
Green Lantern: "That was one hell of a wild ride"
Batman: "no kidding." He smiles as Diana walks back to the table with her lunch tray.
Wonder Woman: "so what exactly did you do to the time belt"
Batman: "I recoded the time belt, programming in a failsafe that is preventing Walker from traveling back in time to our era ."
Green Lantern: "that means no more chronos, and no more threat of the universe falling apart"
Diana: "Well that's a relief" she sat down and began eating her food.
Batman: "speaking of things coming to an end, it's probably best that we do not mention anything to anyone else, since the knowledge that we were sent forward in time would change history."
John: "I have to agree."
Diana: "Then It's agreed no one needs to know what happened."
Notes:
E/N I hope you liked my work around by having a older version of Diana [who of course was wearing her armor from the tail end of the New 52 just with all the gold of the armor replacement silver] and old Bruce get erased instead of the present day one. so that Bruce and Diana retain their memories which you could say is to help push them closer together. I guess it should be noted that Stephanie Wayne is Based on Stephanie Trevor from the Superman Batman Generations story line, I chose her because she's one of the few kids that Diana actually has in the Multiverse.
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