I don't own Justice League nor do I own Batman Beyond. This is just my version of what the future would be like without the Justice League and what would happen if their children took over. Thank you.
These are archive records about the members of the Justice League Unlimited who are crystal carriers and the ones whose destiny is to save the Earth from the ultimate evil. These records are only to be viewed by members with Level One clearance and to be used in the defense of the JLU members during persecution. With that said lets begin. The year is 2039.
My name is Terrence "Terry" McGinnis. I am seventeen years old. I have short black hair and light blue eyes. I live in Gotham city with my mother, little brother, and my twin sister. I'm also Batman.
My life has been a hard and difficult one. All my life I thought everything was unfair. That someone was watching me waiting for me to fail. But I was only half right. Someone was watching me, but instead of wanting me to fail they were waiting for me to succeed. Guiding me through my path of life preparing me for my destiny. But I haven't always been a hero.
I admit it. I am the only member of the Justice League Unlimited with a criminal record. Three months in Juvi for breaking and entering. It wasn't my proudest moment in my life that's for certain. But I have to admit if I didn't see what kind of trouble I could get into for breaking the law I may never have changed. Little did I know that it would take a more tragic event in my young life as well as a once in a lifetime encounter to turn me into the person I am today.
It all started at school. I was angry and frustrated a lot by my life. I hated the fact my parents were divorce and I hated that I had a record. My friends were leery of me and my city was crawling with dangers. Jokers, T's, corrupted businessmen. The city of Gotham had really lost it since the Batman had disappeared twenty years ago. I got into some trouble with Nelson Nash at school and took out my anger out on my father. We had a fight and ran out of the house. That was the last time I saw my father alive.
I met up with my girlfriend Dana Tan at a dance club. I was having fun when a bunch of Jokers decided to crash the party. One of them tried to hurt Dana, but I showed him I was the boss. I borrowed a motorcycle and led them away from my friends. I just wanted to get away from them. When I came to a side road some voice inside of me yelled to take it. I did and nearly ran over my future mentor Bruce Wayne. He saved my life from those Jokers and I helped him get his medicine for his heart. That's when I discovered his secret and he kicked me out of his house. I didn't get what I did wrong, but I felt funny. A slight shock went through my body and I could have sworn I heard someone say, "It has begun." I shrugged it off and went home.
When I got home I was met with the worst news possible. My father was dead. He had been murdered. It looked like the Joker gang had done it, but I had a nagging feeling that wasn't true. When I was unpacking my stuff I found a computer CD that contain some pretty heavy stuff. I needed to talk to someone who could do something and I knew only one person who might be able to help me. I had Dana drive me out to Wayne Manor and I pressed the intercom button. "Listen to me. Something stinks in your company. I think it cost my old man his life. The answers are on this. Why did I bother? Your no Batman you old fraud!" I yelled frustrated. I turned to leave when the gate swung open. Steadying myself I entered hoping he could help.
What that disk contained was information on a newly developed nerve gas that completely devastated its victims within twenty four hours. Derek Powers the co-owner of Wayne Powers was going to sell this weapon to an over sea's madmen so he could make a huge profit. That angered Mr. Wayne a lot. He then saw me near the case containing the Batsuit and ordered me away.
"Bio enhanced muscles, flight capabilities, synaptic controls. This thing may be twenty years old but its still cutting edge. Now how are we going to stop Powers?" I asked eagerly.
"Were not. Take this to Commissioner Barbara Gordon. Tell her I sent you." Bruce told me handing me the disk.
I was shocked. We had proof that Powers had broken the law and was the one behind my father's murder and he was going to do nothing? No way not going to happen. "You're not going to do anything about this? But Powers is using your company for illegal purposes and besides your Batman." I told him shocked and desperate.
"I was Batman." Bruce said sadly. He looked at me hard and I knew this was the end of the discussion. I took the disk angrily from him and said coldly, "Something happened to you didn't it? That's why you won't do anything." I then turned and raced out of the cave.
On my way home Derek Powers and his muscle man Mr. Fixit attacked me. They wanted the disk I had, but I wasn't about to give it to them. I used every move I knew to get away from them. Finally I was able to escape, but I lost the disk. That's when I decided enough was enough. "If Mr. Wayne won't help me. Then I'll avenge my father's murder myself." I knew that I had to have solid evidence and there was only one way I could stand up to Power's men and live to tell the tale. So I raced back towards Wayne Manor and using my delinquent skills broke into his house and stole the suit.
I know what your thinking. Two wrongs don't make a right, but right then I didn't care at all about the ethics of the situation. I just cared about getting justice for my dad. The hard part was figuring out how to use the suit. Let me tell you something important, never ever take something that doesn't belong to you unless you know how it works. The first time I used that suit I could barely control it. It was more difficult to operate then I thought it would be. I nearly killed myself a dozen times before I reached the top floor of the Wayne Powers Building. Pressing myself against the wall and praying I wouldn't fall I put my two fingers with receivers against the window and listened in.
Powers was telling his guest all about the specially designed gas he himself had designed. He showed videos of him destroying plants and livestock. But it was the photos of my dad's friend Harry dying because of the disease that made him especially interested. He left the room saying he be waiting for the delivery, which was being shipped out, on the hover transport docks that night. After he left Fixit came in and Powers demand to know the status of things.
"Relax boss. Everything is going according to plan. No one will ever suspect us transporting a deadly virus through the city. Not at this late hour." Fixit assured him.
"What about the McGinnis boy? Where you able to find him? If he tells the police what he knows were in real hot water." Powers told him.
"Don't worry he's just a street punk. Besides if he causes any trouble I'll just kill him like I did his old man." Fixit told him laughing.
I removed my fingers and clenched my fist angrily. So Power's had ordered my father's murder and Fixit had done it. Now I had the proof I needed. Suddenly I was surrounded by security. "It's a little early for Halloween." One of them said.
I turned my back to the open air and smiled. "But just in time for fall." I fell off the side and flew away desperately trying to avoid being shot. I managed to hide in a warehouse. Then I got the shock of my life when I heard Wayne voice inside my head! Turns out there was a radio receiver in the cowl. Wayne wanted the suit back but I was to busy arguing and fighting to listen. Then he activated the kill switch that shut down the suit. I was in deep trouble. I thought I was going to die. I pleaded with Wayne to reactivate the suit and he did. I then got out of there and into a secret passage way.
Wayne still wanted me to return the suit. He thought I done enough and that the police could handle it from there. I told him that wasn't an option. Powers was shipping out the gas tonight and that I could do it. I could stop him. I sensed he was about to disable the suit permently when I spoke up. I had one last card to play. "I read up on you Mr. Wayne. I know how you lost your folks. The guy who murdered my dad is on that transport. This is my one chance to nail him. Please." I begged him.
I waited for an eternity for him to respond. I didn't know what he would do, but I knew this. I was going to stop Powers at all costs. Even if I had to do it as just plain Terry I would complete what I started. This wasn't about revenge anymore. It was about doing the right thing. "The hover transports are at the north east side of the building." Bruce told me.
"Thanks. Wish me luck." I said as I rushed off to battle. I heard him faintly wish me luck. I sneaked into the transport room and was able to stop all but one of the transports from leaving. Fixit was on that hover vehicle. I flew after it and got inside. Suddenly was being attacked by a taser gripped Fixit. He was trying to crush me and electrocute me at the same time. "Your pretty strong for some clown who thinks he's Batman." He said to me in a cynical voice.
"I am Batman!" I declared. It was like I had been hit by bolt of lighting. The moment I said those words I felt a force of unknown power rush through my body. I saw a vision of future events all fly pass my eyes at tremendous speeds. I summoned up an incredible force and pushed Fixit into the control counsel. He short-circuited the controls crashing the hover vehicle into the river with both him and the nerve gas. I barely managed to escape. When I looked at what I done I felt a feeling of satisfaction. True I had avenged my father's murder, but I had done more then that. I had caused the rebirth of Gotham's greatest hero and maybe just maybe given this city a new hope of ridding it of all its problems.
I don't know how I got home that night. I don't remember anything passed hiding the suit under my bed and falling asleep in my bed. All I know is I woke up with my mom knocking at my door saying I had to get dressed because we had an important visitor. I groaned outloud. Who could possibly be visiting us this early in the morning?
I stared in amazement at the sight of Bruce Wayne drinking tea in my living room as I walked in. What in the world was the old man doing here in my house and how had he tracked me down? Mentally I slapped myself. This guy had been Batman for over twenty years. How hard would it be for him to track down one kid? "You didn't tell me you knew Bruce Wayne." My mom said in wonder.
I opened my mouth to speak, but nothing came out. What could I say to her? Fortunately I didn't have to say anything at all.
"Why this young man saved my life from a bunch of hoodlums. I tried to repay him, but he absolutely refused." Bruce said winking at me.
"Mr. Wayne here wants to offer you a job." My mom said happily. She looked so proud of me.
"A job?" I inquired. I was confused as hell. What was he getting at? I mean who in there right mind would higher a kid with my track record.
"As an assistant. In my age I find I need a gopher. You know go for this go for that." Bruce explained.
"It would be an exciting opportunity." My mom said pleased. She was actually smiling. The first time she smiled since my dad died.
"I warn you. I can be a demanding boss. The job will require a lot of hard work and determination."
I smirked at him. I knew that he was talking about both a job as his assistant and also continuing being Batman. I had proven myself capable of the job. "I think I can handle it." I said in a smug tone of voice.
He set down his cup and stood up. "Very good then. Welcome to my world Mr. McGinnis." He said extending his hand. I took it and shook it knowing that I had finally found my purpose in life.
Bruce wasn't kidding when he said welcome to his world. Right from the start it meant that if I was going to be Batman I had to do things his way or not at all. I was resentful and annoyed. I mean hadn't I proven that I could handle things by myself. Like all good students I didn't really appreciate what he was trying to teach me. I know I messed up on my first few battles with Inque, Spellbinder, and of course the Royal Flush gang before I got the hang of this superhero business.
I really messed up with the last one, the Royal Flush Gang. I had fallen in love with a member of the gang, Melanie, who was number Ten. I regret the things I said to Bruce after I had a late night date with Melanie. After I discovered the truth I felt awful and extremely gullible. I was feeling low. How could I had been so stupid? As I watched the police load the walkers into the transport I turned to Mr. Wayne who had appeared next to me. "Look Mr. Wayne. I'm sorry about what I said to you earlier. Did anything like this ever happen to you in your day?"
He smiled and put an arm around my shoulder. "Let me tell you about a women named Selena Kyles." After that Bruce started treating me differently. He seemed to me that he was trying to be more understanding and he became more patient with me. He seemed to realize what had worked for him might not always work for him.
I came to respect Bruce Wayne. He was like a second father to me. He never gave up on me. He knew about my past, but it didn't matter to him. Bruce knew there was something inside of me that made me different then the people who had been part of his team. I was family to him and the same was true. The man was extremely lonely in his mansion all by himself save for Ace his dog. I sometimes come up to visit when there wasn't anything to do just to keep him company and hear stories about what things were like in his day.
It was shortly after we started viewing each other more as family then friends when something amazing happen. The second biggest shock of my life occurred. It was right after I had stopped the Terrific Trio when I met my female counterpart, my twin sister Terra from a paralle dimension.
She can tell you more about what happened in her bio. For now I'll just give you a brief summery of what happened that night when she first arrived. I was battling a bunch of Jokers and was seriously outnumbered when a strange light appeared in the sky and a second Batmobile appeared. Out popped Batgirl in all her glory. She single handily took out ten Jokers. I took her back to Bruce to see what he thought we should do.
Shortly after she arrived she explained what happened to her. That's when both of us had an appendicitis attack. Bruce rushed us to the hospital and called my mom. I don't know how he did it but he faked all of Terra's records and convinced my mom that she must have had twins and Terra had been separated from us. After our release from the hospital she moved in with us and started attending my school. She also started working for Bruce.
It was amazing having a partner to work with. The news reports named us the Bat Twins because we worked together like siblings and not partners. There were complications and difficulties. Terra and I fought constantly at first. I was more serious and rebellious. She was free spirited and caring. Sibling rivalry took a whole new meaning with us. Finally Bruce threaten to take away both our suits and throw us down a crevice in the Batcave if we didn't learn to get along. He wasn't kidding so we set aside our difference and learned to tolarate one another.
I have to admit that if it wasn't for Bruce I might never had met Terra nor would I learn to be confident in myself. Those two things are very important to me. When Bruce risked his life to save Terra's and mine from Inque I realized just how much we had come to mean to him and vice versa. I really wanted to repay him somehow to show how much he had come to mean to me. My chance came when Ace his was stolen. I risked life and limb to rescue him from his original owner, man who ran dog fights. I felt I finally had repaid my debt to him.
When my friend Max found out the truth about Terra and me I was worried about what he would do. He was quite clear about her not getting involved. Max was very resourceful. She found ways to assist me without becoming too much of a problem. When Zander, the leader of Kobra kidnapped her Bruce went of his way to help me rescue her. It was after that mission when I discovered my true destiny.
The older part of Gotham had recently been restored after Bruce's company had saved it from being torn down. Someone was vandalizing the company's attempts to restore the place. That was really making Bruce angry. I decided to check it out and Terra came along with me. I was scanning the area by the old theater when I spotted something glittering in the alley. "Batgirl I think I see something. I'm going in for a closer look." I said over our comlink.
"Wait for me. It could be an explosive or something." Batgirl ordered. She flew down to meet me in the alley. Even with her mask on I could tell she was wrinkling her nose in disgust. "They can refurbish the area, but they can't clean up one stinking alley? So what did you find?"
"This. Its some kind of crystal necklace." I told her showing her my discovery. It was a necklace with a pure gold chain with a pale blue crystal on it. When I turned the crystal over I saw to my surprise the old symbol of Batman on it.
"I'm calling Wayne about this. He might know what this is." I informed her. Pressing my comlink I signaled to Bruce I wanted to talk to him. "Hey Wayne I found something by the old theater. It seems to be some kind of crystal necklace. It has your symbol on it."
"A crystal necklace with the Bat symbol on it? It can't be. Terry whatever you do don't put it on!" Bruce ordered me. But it was to late. I had already slipped it around my neck. Suddenly Batgirl and I were surrounded in a bright blue glow and we disappeared.
I woke up with a headache the size of Gotham. I looked around and saw to my surprise that I was in some kind of warehouse. My com was out so I couldn't contact Batgirl. I started walking around when someone wearing Amazon armor attacked me from behind.
After much fighting and talking I discovered that Terra, myself, and six other teenage superheroes had been transported from our time to the past. They were all the children of the Justice League and they also had crystals. We were discussing a way to get back home when the Justice League members found us. We were all shocked. In our time there was no Justice League and hadn't been for twenty years.
I remember with perfect clarity what happened next. That adventure will be discussed in another file codenamed The Rebirth of the Justice League. What I will tell you is this. We learned a lot from our parents in the past and came to terms with several issues we had. Also when they were kidnapped Star the Spirit of Justice revealed our destiny to us. Each of us had two destines. One was a personal destiny the other was a group destiny.
I was thrown for a loop when I learned mine. It seems I was destined to restore peace and order to Gotham City and make it the way it once was before all the psycho freaks took it over. It was also revealed to me that I would one day be the Head of the Wayne Powers Corporation and turn it back into just plain Wayne Enterprises. The most shocking part of my destiny is that the eight of us plus two other's not present would form the new Justice League Unlimited and restore peace and justice to our planet Earth.
I have to say I nearly fainted when I learned the whole truth. The kid with the criminal past and worst luck of them all was going to be a great hero and the president of one of the worlds largest companies one day? I was in denial. Still I knew that the news could wait. We had a kidnapping to deal with.
I lead my new friends on a rescue mission that pushed us to our limits. Our enemies were extremely powerful, determined, and were not above killing to get what they wanted. They wanted to prevent the forming of the new league. I was the one who discovered their weakness and with Star's help we sent them packing. After saying good-bye to our future parents we went back to our own time where we upgraded the old Watchtower.
In the conference room we all sat down. The eight of us looked at one another. All of us were seventeen years old and we had amazing powers not to mention equally great histories. Working together we had managed to secure our future. "Twenty years ago certain circumstances caused our parents to disband the Justice League. Since then the world has fallen into chaos. We witnessed that when we work together there's nothing we can't accomplish. So with certain guidelines in place and other procedures we cannot only have a normal life we can also protect the world. Who's with me?" I asked
"We all are Terry. We would also like to nominate you as team leader. After all it was your leadership skills that helped save our parents and beat our foes." Terra told me.
I was shocked by the news. Me team leader? I was certain they would name Superman daughter Kara-El as team leader seeing as how he was the old Justice League leader. But Kara-El was adminent about me being leader so I accepted the job. A warm feeling spread through my body making me feel all warm and happy inside. I never even dreamed that something like this could happen to me.
It was shortly after the League formed that my biggest adventure as Batman took place. Max had recently joined my team as Mystic Robin. Turns out she's the Chosen One. The most magical being ever to be born. Bruce gave her a job as a computer programmer at his company.
We were attending a banquet being held in his honor of returning to Wayne Enterprises. He was also going to make an announcement saying that Terra, Max, and I would inherit the company. All was going fine until a bunch of Joker's crashed the party. But that wasn't the worst because the real Joker suddenly appeared. We sprung into action regardless of the danger.
Terra fired one of her Batarangs at him to get him to leave Bruce alone. We then formed a triangle around him to prevent him from escaping. Then that clown decided that he was going mock us. "Hmm. The ears are to long and I miss the cape. You are such a bat freak. Then there's you isn't there Miss Batgirl. What's with the hair? You couldn't find someone who wanted to snip it? And oh boy this is a joke. An African American Robin in all the wrong colors, and to boot you're a girl! How standards have fallen since I ran this town."
"Are you here to joke or are you here to play!" I demanded. I signaled my team to get him but he just had his little pals distract us so he got away. When we tried to talk to Bruce about it he wouldn't discuss it. That's when he demanded the suit back telling us we had done enough. I couldn't believe it! He was trying to take away my destiny! I just didn't understand him at all. I tried to reason with him. "Every time I put on that suit it makes me feel worth wild. I'm trying to make up for past sins and your taking that away. If that's the way you feel then here!" I yelled tossing my backpack to the ground and storming out of the place upset. Terra and Max followed me leaving him alone in the cave.
It wasn't until much later that I learned the real reason behind Bruce asking us not to go up against the Joker. The Joker had tortured Robin II and Bruce ended up killing him. We decided that we would take care of this Clown Prince once and for all for Bruce. After Max perfected the anti toxin to the Joker formula to help Bruce recover faster she took off with Terra to locate someone important. It was a secret so I interviewed Tim Drake the former Robin. I couldn't understand why he was angry about his time as a hero. From what I knew he had loved playing the hero. That incident with Joker must have really changed him.
Max and Terra had completed their mission by the time we returned. Max suggested we go after Vincent Price the one person who had the chance to gain control if Bruce was dead. But it turned out it wasn't him pretending to be the Joker although we did convict him of trying to hurt Wayne.
When the three of realized that Tim Drake was the only logical solution we went after him with Ace the Bat hound along for the ride. While Max desperately tried to gain control of the military satellite laser, Terra and I took out the Jokers. Finally the three of us faced Tim and learned the awful truth. The Joker had downloaded himself into Tim and was going to use the laser to hurt the people we loved.
We couldn't fight him physically because he knew all of our moves. That's when I signaled that we would fight him physiologically. "The old Batman never talked to you much. That must have annoyed you a lot. You couldn't make him laugh." I began hoping the other two would follow my lead.
"You claim to be the most funniest person alive. That's the real joke. You're an idiot if you think you could make Bruce Wayne laugh. I mean that guy barely can crack a smile let alone chuckle." Batgirl taunted as she circled around in the opposite direction.
"Maybe instead of calling yourself the Clown Prince of Crime you should call yourself the Clown Prince of Failure! You never once managed to stop Batman or his team. Even what you attempted to do to Robin failed. Face it chalk face you're a loser!" Mystic Robin teased safely hidden in the shadows.
That did it. The Joker attacked me pinning me to the ground ripped off my mask. He wanted to see my face when he defeated me. "You failed you miserable brat. Any last words?" He demanded.
"Yeah Hah hah hah. Now!" I shouted zapping him with his joy buzzer. Batgirl fired an electric Batarang at him while Mystic Robin let loose a huge burst of energy. All three attacks combined together destroyed the microchip and freed Tim. "We got to get out of here now!" I commanded.
"Lets go. I'll carry Ace. Mystic Robin what about the satellite?" Batgirl inquired.
"Don't worry once the Joker's override is fried I've programmed it to drift into deep space were it will exploded. Now come on I can't keep up this force field forever." Mystic Robin commanded us.
Later at the hospital we managed to arrange for the entire old team of Dark Knights to get together. The girls had tracked down Dick Grayson and convinced him to come visit Tim, Barbara, and Bruce. We smiled knowing that these four old friends had a lot to talk about.
As we turned to leave Bruce halted us. "We all have something to say, but I think I'm the best person to say it. Each of you three have proven time and time again that you are worthy of the mantles you have taken up. I know that their will always be dangers, but you have shown me that you can handle it. Thank you."
"No thank you Bruce. You changed my life and help me turned it around. It may have been my destiny to meet you, but I still like to think without your support and encouragement I wouldn't have a future." I told him. The others nodded and we left. I had one more person to see.
I found Dana in her hospital bed reading a book. She smiled at me when I entered the room. "Terry! I was wondering when I see you. What's wrong is there something you want to say to me?"
I took a deep breath and let it out. "What I'm about to say will be hard for you to hear and once I'm done you have every reason in the world not to speak to me again. I only ask that you forgive me for not telling you sooner."
"Terry what's going on? Please tell me." Dana asked gently.
"Remember when I first got my job as Mr. Wayne personal assistant? Well that's not the whole truth. I found out a big secret. He was Batman all those years ago. I learned that Derek Powers orchestrated my father's murder. I wanted revenge and justice so I stole the Batsuit and became Batman. After I stopped him I became Batman full time and now I'm the leader of the Justice League. I will have a lot of time for you since we worked out a schedule, but I won't be available all the time. So I understand if you want to break up." I told her sadly.
She looked at me shocked by the news. I could tell she was angry with me for keeping the truth from her for so long. I got up to leave when she took my hand to stop me. I looked at her and saw her eyes were full of understanding. "It must have taken a lot courage to tell me the truth. Yes I'm upset that you wait so long, but I understand. I'm proud of what you've accomplished. Look at you, being Batman has changed you. I know that you won't be there for me all the time, but if you will be there for me when it matters that's all that counts. The League needs you, the city of Gotham needs you, and I need you. I promise I will never tell a soul what you told me." She then leaned in and kissed me.
I have come a long way from the angry street punk to the smart semi reliable guy I am today. I am now a true hero with a future. I have responsibilities and duties, which I take care off. My grades have improved as well as my relationship with my friends, family, and Dana. My life is finally working out. I will fulfill my destiny and with the help of the League save the world. That's a promise I intend to keep.