Chapter 1: The New Beginning
It was a subterranean location. A series of caves were present with frequent places offering space for waterfalls. It was dark and an aquatic area with several places of land. It was the Batcave.
The Batcave, a secret headquarters under the Wayne Manor, was a secret location, which Gotham City's hero, Batman, would use for upgrading his vehicles, deciding on his plans and many other activities. It was midnight, and the lift of Wayne Manor was used to come down to visit the Batcave. Tim Drake had visited The Batcave.
With two cups of tea in his hand, he started walking towards the cave's centrepiece, where there was a supercomputer. Before it was a man wearing black suit, and black trousers. It was Bruce Wayne, the multimillionaire.
"Here's your tea, Bruce" said Tim, offering one of the tea cups to Wayne.
"Thanks, mate" said Bruce, taking the tea.
"So, what's next?" asked Tim. "I mean, any other crimes seen?"
"Yeah, I saw three robbers robbing a bank, and I went after them and caught them and Commissioner Gordon had them in jail" explained Bruce.
"What? You fought crime without me?" asked Robin, shocked. "We are a team, aren't we? Whatever we do, we have to do together"
"I won't from now" said Bruce. "Even you won't"
Drake looked shocked. "What happened? Are going out of Gotham?"
"We are getting older day by day. We cannot save the entire world alone"
"Now what? Now, are you going to add members?" asked Drake.
"No, but I have decided that we organise a new group, like the Justice League, to save minor and localised resources. We can solve the most dangerous and threatening ones" explained Bruce.
"What does 'we' mean? Does that mean that all of the Justice League members have accepted this?" asked Drake.
"No, but I'm sure that Superman would be understanding it" thought Bruce.
The Daily Planet opened. Reporter Clark Kent was ready for the news bulletin. After a long thirty-minute news reading, he took a break from his news, and sat in a chair, and just relaxed. Just then, his phone rang.
"Hey, Kent, are you free this evening?" came Bruce's voice through the phone.
"Yep, why so?" asked Kent.
"No, just want you to meet me today evening. An important one"
"Sure"
As planned, Clark Kent wore his suit – a blue one with a red cape attached, with an 'S' symbol in the centre. He set off to meet his mate. He flew out of the window, with both his hands placed forward. In twenty minutes, he reached Wayne Manor. He was welcomed by Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne's family butler.
"Welcome, sir. Master Wayne is waiting for you downstairs" Alfred gave a pleasant welcoming.
He guided Superman into the lift which led to The Batcave, and in seconds, Superman was in The Batcave. He walked forward to Bruce Wayne, who was also dressed in his superhero form, Batman, who wore a black suit with a black cape, and wore a black helmet (mask).
"So, what's that you wanted to… umm… confess?" asked Superman.
"Well, I wanted to quit majority of my time in saving the world, as I have much business work to do" said Batman.
"So, you wanted to quit fighting crime?" asked Superman.
"No, all of us, you, me, Prince, Curry, Allen, we are getting older and it's time for us to spend more time in our personal lives" said Batman, hoping to get a positive reply from Superman.
"So, you want us to stop fighting criminals?" asked Superman.
"No, not like that, but stop fighting even smaller cases. We can give opportunities to the young ones also" explained Batman
"You want to say that we must encourage people in doing things like this?"
"Whatever you think"
"Fine, what must be do? Pick some random large and huge-looking wrestlers and make a team through them?" asked Superman.
"No, just like Barry was struck by the lightning, and gained superhuman speed, Stone was recreated by his dad and gained biomechatronic powers. There may be some other people like these who may be wanting to fight crime"
"Well, I've gained interest now. So, how about we conduct auditions?" proposed Superman.
"Yeah, in this same place" said Batman.
Superman, though not having an excellent impression on the Batcave, disapprovingly agreed.
Alfred was told to announce that auditions for superheroes would be held at Wayne Manor, and he did so. The next evening, many people were seated in Wayne Manor for wanting to be selected to save the world. Nearly fifty people were seated, many did not come as they did not want to risk their lives in this battle.
One by one, everyone was allowed in the Batcave, guided by Alfred, and showed their talents. Batman and Superman were wanting to select the best from all, so they applied their complete concentration. Nearly ten people had been rejected, some of whom had been wrestlers and lacked intelligence, and some of them came with machine guns, claiming they were experts.
Then came the eleventh one. He wore a brown tee-shirt, and over it was a warm fur coat. He was looking quite handsome, for the judges.
"What's your name, buddy?" asked Batman.
"Hal Jordan, sir" he replied.
"What are your powers?" asked Superman.
"Well, I can manipulate anything green in thin air and use it to fight m opponents" Jordan replied.
"Is it?" asked Superman, with a glance at Batman. "Can you show it?"
Jordan nodded. He placed his hands vertically opposite to each other and created a green ball of energy. It was spinning and spinning, until it grew into a large car. Jordan sat in it and even showed that he could drive it.
"Well, how did you get those, though?" asked Batman.
"Well, I'm a cocky test pilot working at Ferris Aircraft, and one day a 'power ring' chose me and attracted me towards it and with this power ring," he pointed to the ring he had worn around his left wrist, "I can manipulate anything in air, or turn green-coloured objects into anything I wish"
Batman was impressed. He immediately selected him, and Jordan was happy to be so. He was asked to wait in a room, to which he was guided by Alfred, and waited there.
"Well, here goes the first one" said Superman.
The next one came in.
"Who are you?" asked Superman.
"I'm Carter Hall, and I can fly" he said, and immediately two black-coloured hawk wings emerged from his back. He flew for a distance.
"Well, is that all you can do?" asked Batman.
"Not entirely, sir" Hall said. "I even have a set of weapons, which include a mace, spear, sword and everything"
"He's just ordinary" Batman whispered into Superman's ear.
"Well, what else can you do, Bruce?" asked Superman, who developed a liking on Hall. Batman sat quiet at this. Superman selected Hall, and he was guided into the same room that Jordan as guided into.
The next one to come was Oliver Queen.
"Well, Queen explain yourself" said Batman.
"I was lost in a shipwreck and spent five years on a mysterious island, where I learnt the art of archery, and acrobatics, and learnt that human strength consisted of some traditional technique" Queen explained.
"Oh, you are an archer expert? Can you shoot a bat in this cave?" Batman asked.
It was all dark there, and so were the bats. Queen closed his eyes and concentrated. He kept his ears open. After a while, he took one of his bows and shot it with his arrow. It shot the bat to the judges' left. Batman was amazed by his concentration skills, and praised him, and he was selected.
The waiting room's next visitor was Queen.
The next one to come was a woman, the first one to come.
"What do you do?" asked Superman.
"My name is Dinah Lance, sir, and I can emit supersonic rays from my mouth, and I can even detect voices below the infrasonic range" said she.
She then took a glass bowl from her pocket and kept her mouth open towards it. Rings of echoes were appearing, and sound could be heard, and in a few seconds, the glass broke.
Both the judges liked her skill and selected her. Alfred guided her to the waiting room.
"Well, now we have to select the last one" said Superman.
"Are you kidding? There must be at least seven to eight members in a team. The strength depends"
"No, you're wrong. Excess of members in a team even leads to non-cooperation and fight. Five members is enough for them" explained Superman.
Batman nodded.
Next came a person with a laboratory suit. He was Dr. John Thompson.
"Well, what have scientists got to do here?" Batman asked.
"I was a scientist sir" replied Thompson. "I've been expelled from my lab for causing an electric circuit, which damaged my lab and took away the lives of my colleagues"
"Fine, what can you do?" asked Superman.
"As I told you sir, the accident in the lab gave me electric powers. I can release strong, electrical charges from my body, and I can even absorb electricity from an electrical object. Not only this, I can even change the charges contained within a body" he said.
Ultimately, he was selected. Thompson was also guided to the waiting room, and Alfred was told to ask the guests to leave. He did so.
"Well, that was cool" said Superman, stretching his hands.
"Now, we have to visit the heroes" said Batman.
Batman and Superman went back up to the Wayne Manor, and went to the waiting room. Thompson, Hall, Lance, Jordan and Queen, all were seated there, busy on their cell phones.
"Excuse me, can I have your attention?" announced Superman.
Everyone turned their phones off and looked at Superman.
"You all have been selected to save the world, and now you have to apply your team work and cooperation together know each other's weaknesses and adjust accordingly" said Superman.
"And not just that, you must become something else in order to fight crimes" said Batman. "Like, you have to prepare your costumes, and carry necessary equipment, and change yourselves"
The five people were looking interested.
"Well, we have decided that you take a home at River City and fight crime there" said Superman.
Jordan and Thompson looked a bit dull.
"And from today, you are The Junior League" said Batman.