Title: 24 Hours
Summary: Morgana and Modred cause chaos in central Gotham, causing Batman and Flash to save the day. But whilst they were distracted, Morgana casts a spell on the hero's which causes them to switch bodies for 24 hours.
Note: First Justice League Fanfic! Enjoy! Takes Place after Season 1 and before season 2.
"Hey oh! That's not supposed to happen." Flash muttered, frowning as he watched the readings on the screen.
"What's not supposed to happen?" Batman asked, walking forwards. At the moment, they were the only two apart from Martian Manhunter The rest were dealing with businesses of their own and Batman and Flash were the only ones available for the time being.
"Readings of high-hurricanes and earth-quakes in central Gotham." Flash chirped as he typed away, zooming in on the screen. "Fancy a peak Bats?"
Batman glared at him. "Don't call me that." He replied rather coldly. "Yes, let's take a look." He began to walk away but he stopped and turned to look at Flash. "But don't screw up."
Flash sent him a grin and rubbed the back of his neck. "Hey! When have I ever screw up?"
Batman narrowed his eyes at him and Flash began to protest. "Okay, that was just the one time! One time! I swear! I won't screw up on this one!"
They arrived in central Gotham without any trouble but once they got to there destination, it was disastrous. People were running in all directions, mainly running away from the giant hurricane that was heading towards them and the mess that surrounded them was unbelievable.
"I am so not cleaning up the mess after this." Flash grumbled as he raced after Batman.
They arrived to the centre of the trouble. Batman's cape billowing behind him and he crouched, surveying the area and he looked up only to see Morgana Le Fay and her son Mordred waving their hands above their heads and electric blue lights seemed to appear and crackle between them.
"So, what's the plan?" Flash asked, glaring at the young wizard. Boy, the amount of trouble Mordred has caused to the Justice League team...Flash almost despised the spoilt brat.
After a moment's pause, Batman replied. "I want you to distract the pair whilst I'll try and trap them."
Flash nodded. "Sounds good to me." He clapped his hands and smirked at Batman who ran back the way they came. Flash sighed and looked towards Morgana and Mordred. "Show time." He gave a slight grin and ran towards them.
"Hey! You do know you're causing a mess around here?" Flash shouted and Morgana turned to look at him and sent him a smirk. "I really don't fancy cleaning up after you two y'know. Unlike you two, I do actually have a life."
Mordred sent a electric yellow light towards him but missed as Flash ran to the left. "Missed!" Flashed chirped and Mordred sent another but he missed again as Flash ran around. "And again! You know, they do call me Flash for a reason."
"Enough child's play!" Morgana snapped, resting her palms on her son's shoulders.
Flash shrugged. "Yeah you're right. Now, let's settle this like adults shall we?" He turned to gaze at Mordred. "Except you kid."
Mordred scowled. "I am not a child!" He protested and turned to his mother. "Mother! Do you think I'm a child?"
She shook her head. "No my love. You are far more than a child." Mordred sent a smirk at Flash before sending another bolt towards him but again, Flash dashed out of the way just in time.
"So, what are you're intentions tonight huh?" Flash yelled and looked towards the spinning hurricane that was in the distance. "As much as I admire your hurricane, is there really any point to it?"
At that moment there was a loud and sharp snap and Flash looked up to see Morgana and Mordred entangled in Batman's rope and Batman stepped out of the shadows.
Morgana merely laughed. "Is that the best you can do? Really?" She closed her eyes and her eyebrows knotted together before there was a bright emerald light and Flash lifted his arm above his eyes as if to protect them from the light and suddenly, Batman's rope was broken and Morgana and Mordred were free.
Flash gave a slight scoff. "You really want to ask that?" He looked over to Batman who gave an approving nod and Flash began to run around in in a tight circle around the trio, causing a hurricane of sorts.
Batman lunged at Morgana who toppled over onto the ground and began throwing punches at her, not keeping an eye on Mordred who stood there watching, an evil glint in his eye and a smirk placed upon his face.
Flash closed on them even closer and Mordred and he lifted his arm towards Flash who was nearing Batman. "Permuto!" He yelled an a bright turquoise light escaped from his fingers and latched onto Flash and Batman, knocking them both unconscious causing Flash's mini hurricane to stop.
Morgana looked up from her position and smiled. "Well done my son." She picked herself up and looked at the two unconscious superheroes on the ground. "They wouldn't know what hit them."
Mordred kicked Flash's ribs. "Will the spell last forever mother?"
"Oh yes." Morgana nodded and she took her son's hand. "Until their last breath.
Mordred looked satisfied.
"He's up." Hawkgirl called to Martian Manhunter. Flash groaned and he rubbed his head. It was a lot worse than having a hangover and Flash vowed to never complain about a hangover again.
Martian handed him a vial containing a azure liquid and Flash drank it in one gulp without question, hoping it would take away the pain in his head.
"How are you feeling?" Martian asked calmly, his eyes studying him carefully. Hawkgirl peered at him.
Flash swung his legs over the hospital bed and gave out another groan. "Feels like I've had one too many beers."
Hawkgirl and Martian shared an uneasy glance with each other before Martian looked back. "What's the last thing you remember?"
Flash frowned. "Erm, me and Bats were in Gotham central trying to tackle Morganna and her son." He raised an eyebrow. "Hey, what happened to them anyway?"
Martian sighed and looked back to Hawkgirl. "I was afraid this would happen." He walked over to get a portable mirror.
"What would happen?" Martian held up the mirror and there, staring straight back was Batman.
"Whoa!" Flash snatched the mirror out of his friend's hands, noticing his movements were slower than usual. "Is this some sort of joke? Come on guys, this ain't funny okay?"
Hawkgirl shook her head, her mace at her side. "No, I'm afraid it's not Flash."
He then looked down at himself to see if it was true and he discovered that they were right.
He was not Flash anymore. He was Batman.
At that moment, the door opened and out came Flash. Well, whoever was in Flash's body in that case.
Flash put down the mirror and walked up to himself. He gave a slight chuckle, he'll think of that again.
"Okay mister, who are you?" Flash demanded.
The Flash before him narrowed his eyes and straightened up. Oh, that didn't suit him at all! He was always a relaxed kind of guy, not some stuck up and snotty one.
"Batman." He replied rather coldly.
Hawkgirl turned to Martian. "So let me get this straight. Morgana must have cast a spell on them which caused them to switch bodies?"
Martian nodded. "We did something similar like this back on mars but that was only for extreme emergencies."
Flash and Batman turned to look. Flash tried to run towards him, his cape billowing as he did so but he tripped over the cape and tumbled down. He turned to glare at it before picking himself up and looked towards Batman. "You see, this is why I don't wear capes." He looked down at the armour Batman wore. "Man, this is sure some heavy stuff."
"Flash, Batman, Martian may have some information you may need to listen to." Hawkgirl cut in, as she saw Batman was about to retort. They both nodded.
"Since my people were telepathic, we liked to experiment with minds." Martian began. "When I was a small child, there was a laboratory not far from where I lived and they experimented to see if it was possible to swap minds." He looked at Flash and Batman. "Over the years they worked and it wasn't until I was an adult did they manage to complete their experiment. However it only lasted for a certain amount of time."
"How long?" Batman asked sharply.
"Usually it lasted for twenty-four hours. Perhaps even up to thirty-six hours but with the spell Morgana or Mordred used, I can't tell."
"Are there any side affects to this?" Hawkgirl questioned, gently twirling her mace on her palms and feeling the metal surface.
"Apart from severe headaches, nothing that I know of."
Flash sighed. "I'm gonna kill that little brat next time I see him." He muttered, clearly unhappy. "So we're stuck like this for twenty four hours?"
Martian nodded. "Or longer, it varies."
Flash rubbed the back of his neck, only to realize Batman's armour had covered it up and put his arm down. "What do we do for twenty-four hours then?"
"Stay out of trouble." Hawkgirl chirped. "Although, we do do that very badly."
Flash scratched his chin, thinking. "I think I know what to do for twenty-four hours." He smirked towards Batman's direction and Batman growled.
"No!" He made his way towards Flash only to find that Flash had ran out of the room, laughing, picking up his cape and flapping it like a bird.
But with him being Batman, he did not run as fast as he would of done if he was in his own body.
"You can never catch me Batman because face it, I am Flash! The fastest superhero around!"
"And the most idiotic superhero around." Batman replied, heading after Flash.
"Oi! I heard that!"
Side-note: Permuto means swap in latin