Justice League: Off the Clock

Friday Morning, Outer Space, The Watchtower

Batman and J'ohn stood on the bridge, overlooking any problems that might be facing the earth. But as of now, there were none.

"Morning." Said Superman as he walked up to the two, holding two hot cups of coffee in his hands.

"Morning." The two others greeted. Superman walked over and handed one of the cups to Batman who took it.

"How's everything looking?" asked Superman to J'ohn.

"Nothing yet. It appears to be a calm morning." Replied the Martian.

"Good." Said Superman sounding relieved. Then he took a sip of his coffee.

"Let's not get too careless." Said Batman coldly." We don't know when the next problem might arise."

"Lighten up Bruce." Said Superman as he gave Batman a friendly pat on the back, but with his strength it nearly knocked Batman over." Let's enjoy this peace while we can."

Batman straightened himself out after being hit and glared at Superman.

"Let's turn on the news." Said Superman as he reached for the control panel." See what's going on in the world." Batman suddenly shot up.

"NO!" he exclaimed as he reached over and slapped Superman's hand.

"Hey." Groaned the man of steel as he retracted his hand and then looked at Batman." What gives." Batman was now suddenly on the spot, both Superman and the Martian Manhunter looking at him questionably.

"Incoming watchtower." Came a charismatic voice on the speaker." Party of two."

"Enter now." Came the voice on the computer." Two incoming."

"Two?" asked Superman confused, and suddenly forgetting about Batman." Did I hear that right?"

"You did." Said J'ohn." Flash is being sent up now, with someone else."

"But who could-" began Superman but stopped himself suddenly as his eyes bugged open.

Right at that moment on the landing deck the Flash was teleported up along with Dr. Doris Zeul but the Justice League knew her better as Giganta.

"And this." Said the Flash as they appeared on the deck." Is the watchtower." Giganta looked around and marveled at it. The sheer size and spectacle of it was truly a wonder in and of itself." And." Said the Flash coming up next to her and putting his arm around her." Check out the view." He then pointed her in the direction of the window, looking down on planet earth.

"It's beautiful." Said Giganta in awe. "I've never seen anything like it."

"Yea." Exhaled Flash as he stood next to her." Beautiful." Then she turned to him and the two looked each other in the eyes. Then slowly they began to inch their faces towards each other.

Then right before their moment of passion suddenly Giganta disappeared.

"Hey!" exclaimed Flash at suddenly seeing her gone." What the-" He then turned around and saw Batman at the control booth, his hand on the pad." What did you do that for bats?" Batman turned and walked over to him." I was about to-"

"Don't ever bring her up here." Said Batman in a threatening tone as he stood over Wally." EVER."

"But I-"

"Do you understand?"

"Y-Yes." Flash stammered. Then Batman turned and walked off. Flash stood there still shaken up by the encounter as Superman walked over to him." He's a real charmer." He said crossing his arms.

"You know how he is." Said Superman.

"I just wanted to show her where we work." Said Flash turning to the man of steel.

"You know that's a bad idea. She's a super villain, you know that."

"Used to. I mean after we-"

"Let it go Kid." Said Superman putting his hand on Flash's shoulder. Flash let out a sigh." C'mon, get to watch duty." Superman gave Flash a friendly shove but once again his strength was too much and nearly caused Flash to stumble over himself.

Meanwhile in the wreck room.

Amazo the Android sat across from Aquaman. The two hunched over, Aquaman rubbing his chin while Amazo sat there with his hands together waiting. Aquaman looked up at Amazo and tried to read him, thought the Android was very unreadable. Aquaman then turned his attention back to the object of his stress.

Between them was a small chess board with Amazo as the black pieces and Aquaman the white. And now it was Aquaman's move.

With not to many good options he grabbed his rook and moved it several spaces forward. Then he sat back and waited for the Android's turn. Using his powers Amazo levitated his queen over several spaces away from Aquaman's Queen.

"Checkmate." Said Amazo. Aquaman looked down in disbelief but it was true. Then he turned and glared at the Android." That makes the score 24-0. Shall we play again?"

Suddenly enraged by Amazo's calm tone of voice and his losing Aquaman swung his arm and knocked the chess board to the ground, it's pieces scattering everywhere. Then Aquaman turned and walked away.

"Is that a No?" asked Amazo naively as Aquaman walked away. Amazo watched him leave and as he did his eyes were drawn to something else.

He looked over and saw Hawk and SuperGirl walking together. Not knowing the boundaries of personal space he used his super hearing and listened in on them.

He heard mutters at first but when he really cued in he heard Hawk say "I'm going to make you scream." And the two walked off together.

Amazo not knowing the true motive behind those words was under the assumption something bad was about to happen. Then right on cue Superman happened to walk by.

"Superman." Said Amazo getting his attention.

"Amazo." Said Superman turning and facing him." What can I do for you?"

"I think something bad is about to happen to SuperGirl." Superman quickly perked up and listened for more details.

Meanwhile Flash was stuck on watch duty on the bridge. He sat with his arms and legs crossed and a scowl on his face. But then he got an idea, a wonderful awful idea.

He looked over his shoulder and saw nothing, nobody else was around. Flash gave a snicker and a sneer and he leaned forward and grabbed the phone. Then he began dialing Giganta's number. She might not be allowed up here but nobody said he couldn't call her.

So he dialed her number and put the phone to his ear." Hey baby." He said into the phone." Sorry about what happened before, I just want you to know it wasn't my fault. And I also want to tell you I miss you, yea? Do you miss daddy?"

"Flash." Came a deep voice on the other end." Get off the Phone."

"AH!" exclaimed Flash as he slammed the phone down and jerked back. But when he did he felt something behind him." AH!" he yelled again looking up to see Vigilante, his watch relief looking down at him.

Meanwhile Superman flew across the watchtower, making his way to SuperGirl's room. He stopped just before it and began pounding on the door.

"Kara!" he yelled as he did so." Kara!" Then with no effort at all he punched the door, and sent it off its hinges and to the ground below. Then he stepped inside turning on the lights as he did, and he did not like what he saw.

There in Kara's bed was Kara herself and a half-naked Hank Hall or Hawk. The two sat there stunned while Superman stood up and crossed his arms.

"I'm going to close my eyes and count to ten." He said closing his eyes." And when I do, this mess better be cleaned up. One."

Hawk quickly moved and rolled over Supergirl and off the bed, but landed on his back on the floor.

"Two." Supergirl looked at Hawk waving her arms telling him to hurry up. Hawk was jumping up and down trying to get his left leg into his pants."Three." Hawk was now moving back and forth around the floor grabbing whatever of his cloths he could grab."Four." Hawk quickly sidestepped Superman and headed out the door, but stopped in it's doorway." Five, Six." He turned back to Supergirl who made her hand look like a phone and mouth 'call me'." Seven, Eight." Hawk gave her a thumbs up but looked at her cousin's back frightened, then he turned and left." Nine, Ten." Then Superman opened his eyes to see only Kara in the room.

"Hehe." She chuckled nervously.

Back on the bridge were Vigilante and Shinning Knight.

"Dang it!" exclaimed Vigilante as he stood over the control panel. He pressed a mesh of buttons but the system only blinked it's lights back at him." Gosh darn thing is busted." He gave another jab at the buttons, now so aggravated he was just slamming down on the keyboard. The lights only continued to blink at him." Dang it!" he yelled and gave a kick at the machine.

He stepped back and started panting as Shining Knight came to his side.

"What troubles you?" he asked.

"This Gosh Darn contraption!" Vigilante yelled pointing a finger at the control panel." Darn thing's broken!" The two both looked at the control panel and saw it's complicated patterns of blinking lights turning on and off in a pattern."

"Tis always been strange sorcery behind these relics." Said Shining Knight." We need an expert in these matters."

"I'll call the Question on it." Said Vigilante. Then he turned away from the control panel and over to the telephone. After pressing the keys a hologram of all the members of the Justice League appeared. Scrolling down with his Index finger he went all the way down to 'Q' and pressed the Question's name.

Elsewhere on the watchtower in Questions room his phone located on his desk was ringing. And it continued to ring until it was forced to go the answering machine.

"Question." Came the martian's voice." It's Vigilante." Right next to the desk where the phone sat was the bed. Separated by several feet of floor, normally a red color but nobody could see that now because the floor was covered with discarded clothing.

Then there was the bed which was occupied by two people. At hearing the Martian's voice one of them groaned and rolled over, facing the phone. The woman sat herself up and listened on as the message continued.

"We need you to report to the hanger bay as soon as you can. Vigilante out."

The woman sat there with a dazed look on her face. A strand of her black hair fell down over her eyes and she blew air out of her mouth to move it. She looked over and noticed the time on the clock said '5:30'. Then she turned over and noticed the sleeping Question right next to her.

"Too early for a wakeup call." She yawned. Then she rested her head back down against the pillow and prepared to go back to sleep. All was quiet for the next few seconds.

The clock she just looked at then changed from '5:30' to '5:31'. And then the alarm went off.

"It's a Quarter After One, I'm a little drunk and I Need You Now. Said I wouldn't call but I lost all control and I Need You Now!" Huntress' eyes shot open at the sound of the song playing. Question came to life as well and quickly jumped out of bed and onto his feet." And I don't know how I can do without, I just Need You Now!"

Huntress sat herself up and rested her elbows on the bed, looking up to see Question dressing himself. But he moved very casually, tapping his foot against the floor his body rocking back and forth as he sang along to the song.

"I thought we determined you couldn't dance." Huntress said. But he didn't appear to take noticed as he tied his tie.

"Yes I'd rather hurt than feel nothing at all." Question sang along. Huntress scolded him for not listening to her. Then she turned over and looked at the alarm clock.

"It's a Quarter After One, I'm all along and I Need You Now!" it sang with Question going along with it.

Huntress quickly reached over and smacked down on the alarm, silencing the song.

"And I said I wouldn't call, but I'm a little-" Question continued to sing but stopped once he realized that the song had suddenly stopped. He stood himself up straight and looked over at Huntress.

She smiled with one arm crossed over her chest and in the other hand she held the alarm clock.

"I was listening to that." He said casually.

"It's 5:31 in the morning." She said to him." Who wakes up at 5:31 in the morning?!"

"Evidentially you do." He said turning away and continued tying his tie. Huntress scolded him as she turned her attention to the alarm. She began looking and noticed the song he had set to wake himself up this morning.

"Need You Now by Lady Antebellum." She said.

Question did not look at her but he did reply." Hm, my favorite song."

"I can't believe you listen to that crap." She said. And then she gave the alarm a toss across the room.

Out of the corner of his eyes Question saw it flying across the room."NO!" he shouted as he jumped for it. But he was too late, the alarm flew across the room and then hit the floor shattering into several different pieces. Question stood over the alarm and then fell to his knees over the shattered pieces.

"Oops." Said Huntress with her index finger on her lips. Question grabbed onto the shattered pieces, most likely shattered himself as he stood there panting. Huntress once again not liked being ignored made her move." Chill out." She said kicking up her legs and dangling them off the side of the bed." I've got a better wakeup call than that." Then she stood up, and the blanket which was the only thing she had had on fell off showing her naked figure to the whole world.

She walked up behind Question, although he didn't appear aware of her advance until she was right behind him. Then she reached down and put her arms around him and pressed her body against his. At feeling her touch he quickly shot up.

"So what do you say?" she asked seductively as she put her head between his shoulder and neck. Then she turned to him and stuck out her tongue. Then she licked him from his neck until she came to his ear. Question shivered at the feeling, much to Huntress' liking. Then she came to his ear and began nibbling on it.

But then another noise rang out, this time much louder than before." JUST LIKE DRIVING ON AN OPEN HIGHWAY! NEVER KNOWING WHAT WE'RE GONNA FIND!"

At the sound of it Huntress suddenly shot back and onto the floor, covering her ears." What is that noise?!" she called to Question.

"Back up alarm." Said Question standing up and straightening out his tie.

"Where's it coming from?!"

"Can't tell." Said Question walking away from her and to the door, where he had his coat and hat hung up, then grabbed the two." You might break that too."

"JUST LIKE TO KIDS BABY ALWAYS TRYING TO LVIE IT UP!" sang the second alarm.

"Why you-"

"Tell you what thought." Said Question turning to her as he rolled his shoulders causing his coat to fall onto him." If you can find it, you can shut it off." Huntress only glared at him." You have a nice day." He said putting on his hat and then heading out the door, leaving Huntress on the floor.

"MH, OH YEA THAT'S OUR KIND OF LOVE!" sang the alarm before the door shut.

Meanwhile back in the wreck room.

Amazo was still sitting there, doing nothing. His sat up straight his head follow all the different people who would walk by him. But they didn't noticed him because they were too busy talking to each other.

Then Amazo turned his head and saw Supergirl dressed in her bath robe marching over to him.

"YOU!" she said pointing at him." Did you rat out what I was doing to my cousin?"

"Rat out?" said Amazo." There are no rats aboard this vessel."

"You know what I mean." Supergirl quickly responded." I can't believe you would do something like that." Amazo just sat back and let her say what she had to say." What do you even do around here?! All you do is just sit around in that chair all day. Why don't you find a friend or someone else to annoy?!"

"Friend?" said Amazo softly." Will you be my friend?" he asked to Supergirl. She only growled and then marched off, leaving behind one very confused Android.

He looked to his left and looked to his right. Then he sat back down in his chair, standing much taller than any user was intended for it.

Then the next person he saw was Etrigan.

"Will you be my friend?" asked Amazo as he bent over and looked at the demon. Etrigan however only growled in response and kept on walking.