Batman groaned and attempted to move his arms but found that he couldn't. He snapped awake and realized that he was in a cell similar to the one during the Thanagarian Invasion. He looked around to see he was in a glass cell. In fact, it wasn't just him that was in his own glass cell. The whole of the Justice League were in their own form of containment cells. Superman and Supergirl were in a cell with red radiation keeping them in check. J'onn and Aquaman were similarly restrained in which heaters made sure to keep them weak but alive. Scott Master and Big Barda had a ring around their heads that would often light up and make the heroes twitch in response. Diana was strapped down but had needles sticking out of her arms, which Bruce deduced was a way to keep the Amazonian sedated. Flash was kept in a biofilm adhesive, which he can't vibrate away from. Every single member of the Justice League were contained in their own unique holding cells. Batman could feel his hands and feet restrained even at their fingers and toes. All of his high-tech was removed, which rendered him useless as long as he was contained. Whoever their captor was, they did their homework.
"Batman?" he heard Green Arrow call out to him.
"Yes?" said Batman.
"I'm going to be the stickler here and say that there was no 'supreme army'." said Green Arrow.
"What tipped you off genius?" said Huntress, "Was it when the entire army turned out to be a hologram or when we got taken down by one sniper?"
Batman and Mr. Terrific had began to see anomalies when a worldwide massive bank heist took place a couple of months ago. High-powered war machines were being stolen from labs and an unforeseen ghost was stealing information. Batman began to suspect Cadmus when agents were properly prepared with weapons similar to the stolen tech, but he had no way to prove his theory as Amanda easily deflected his accusations by stating that she has a team of scientists that worked in similar projects. He sent Question to investigate who came back with disturbing news. He had confronted Superman and Batman about the Justice Lords, prompting Batman to believe that Cadmus was organizing an army to fight against the Justice League in the event that the League ever turned like their counterparts.
When Mr. Terrific managed to hack into one of Cadmus's servers, he discovered that Waller had the full support of the United States government and was supported financially by Lex Luthor. Batman knew that the day would come when the public will put all members of the Justice League under scrutiny when the League refused to turn themselves in under the authority of the US Government. Terrific and Diana proved to be excellent lawyers and representatives to the League when they had presented their case to the court, but much of the world now is wary of having a team of super powered individuals refusing to listen to the government. Superman made sure that everybody stayed on their best behavior after the incident and the year passed by. After Waller discovered that Question was the one involved in the break-in at Cadmus, she had issued an arrest warrant for him but the League refused to give him up.
When Luthor was elected President though, Question became almost a shadow to the founding members. It was frustrating but Batman allowed for it to happen in order to give Question a sense of security. Batman looked over to see that Question was in a similar cell has he was and called out to him, "Question! Do you remember any of the information that you had acquired?"
"Honestly, a little. There were only two types of projects that I can remember. The ARGUS project which I will assume is in full effect right now and a very obscure file I found that went by the name of Splitter." said Question.
"What's the ARGUS project about?" asked Terrific.
"Well as you all know, Amanda Waller is constantly chomping at our heels and she gained approval from Luthor to head her own department titled ARGUS. With this department, they're ready for an event that will either resemble the Justice Lords or if we even step a toe out of line from Amanda Waller's books. Splitter is a project that is just as obscure as my face." said Question, earning a couple of chuckles from the others that were awake. A good handful of the League remained unconscious such as John Stewart who was casually shackled to the ground in his cell without his ring or Aztec who looked like he was being pumped full of sedatives.
"Do you believe Splitter has any connection with ARGUS?" asked Superman.
"Not sure," said Question, trying to flex his shoulders, "As I've said before, the whole project is extremely obscure. I was only able to make off with the name of the project and the names of several doctors involved."
"Then chances are it has no connection to this then." said Batman, dismissing the Splitter project from his mind. He was replaying the events that led up to their capture in his head. It wasn't as though the army overpowered them and had defeated the League. Rather the League had underestimated their opponents greatly and didn't anticipate the outliers. While not surprised at seeing Deathstroke and Deadshot in the army, he didn't anticipate in seeing the unknown six women dressed in high-tech armor.
Batman and Terrific were monitoring up in the Watchtower when the alarm had sounded off in the room and a red alert flashing across the screens. Batman opened up on the alert and they were greeted with a satellite view of an army mobilizing in the Great Basin Desert. Batman and Terrific quickly went through several government files to see if this was just a routine but they were shocked to discover that Cadmus had their whole arsenal stolen from an unknown group. It had seemed at the time that they were intent on beginning a hostile takeover. Superman saw the alert and had rounded up all the heroes of the new Justice League to the Great Basin Desert.
Batman tried to talk Superman out of it, but Wonder Woman, J'onn, Lantern, and Flash were backing up Superman's decision. They were all feeling resentful towards Cadmus and they were feeling that by defeating this army, they can finally show Cadmus that they were wrong about the Justice League. All the heroes agreed with Superman's plan, with the exception of Question, Huntress, Canary, Batman, and Mr. Terrific. There was a quick argument about how they shouldn't rush into the battle, but Superman, for once, was the paranoid one and had overruled the argument and gathered all the heroes to fight. The skeptical ones joined in, but they remained wary.
When they had reached the middle of the Great Basin Desert, they were met with the sight of an army. They had stood in a Mexican stand off until the tanks began to roll in. Batman had tried to stop Superman, Supergirl, and Captain Marvel from flying in and attempting to stop the tanks but they tanks fired red radiation lasers at the trio, knocking them unconscious and out of the fight. Soldiers had quickly restrained the fallen heroes prompting the rest of the League to rush in and attempt to rescue their comrades. Batman followed after them, batarangs and flash pellets in hand, knowing it was a stupid idea but not wanting to abandon his friends in the fight.
To their shock and surprise, the army that was in front of them shimmered and revealed to be a hologram with the exception of one tank, one squadron of soldiers, two very well-known assassins, and the six women in their armor. Batman almost didn't believe that they had been tricked by a very well designed hologram as the satellite images detected heat signatures in what looked like a legion of soldiers.
The rushing heroes were almost crushed by an airdrop canister that unleashed a gas to the frontline. The gas incapacitated more than half of the League but Red Tornado quickly used his skills to suck up the remaining gas so the last heroes standing can still fight. The only ones left standing were twelve heroes, including Batman and Flash. Deadshot though took advantage of their surprise and was quick to tranquilize Flash, Canary, Question, and Huntress. Deathstroke made quick work of Red Tornado, slicing off his limbs and rendering him useless on the ground. Batman and Diana attempted to help Green Arrow fight off Deadshot, but the six women were suddenly in play.
They split off to three against Batman and three against Diana. Diana was having her work cut out as the three women she was up against proved to be very resilient. Their armor helped them absorb her blows and Diana didn't see one of them take out a sledgehammer and knock her upside the head. Diana wasn't knocked unconscious but it did allow for Deathstroke to grab her lasso and tie her up with it. Diana tried to break free from her restraint but the magic lasso held against her, allowing for one of the women to quickly spray a drug in her face. Diana tried not to breathe in but kick to the stomach made her gasp in the gas and she was knocked out.
The only heroes left standing were Batman, Green Arrow, Mr. Terrific, Vigilante, Green Lantern, and Vixen. Green Arrow ran out of his arrows and was quickly tranquilized by Deadshot while Vigilante lost in the fight against Deathstroke. The three women who had knocked Wonder Woman unconscious were fighting against Mr. Terrific. He was quickly electrocuted as he was distracted in covering for Vixen who was almost beheaded by Deathstroke. Green Lantern and Vixen were fighting against the women and victory seemed to be in their grasp when Lantern exposed his back to Deadshot, allowing for the master sniper to tranquilize him. Vixen was suddenly met with Deadshot's gun to her face while Deathstroke had his katana on Vigilante's neck, ready to impale him. Vixen was quick to allow them to restrain her and knock her out, with Deadshot taking her Anansi totem away.
Batman had to admit that he had fought in even greater odds, but the three women he was up against were almost immune to his batarangs and was not fazed by his flash pellets. His more high-tech gadgetry were useless against them as it required him to stop and aim. Batman made the mistake of trying to block and protect his head from two of the women that attacked at him in sync but he left himself exposed on his back when he was too busy focusing on the front. He felt his cape flip over his head and a high-powered shock rendered him immobile. He tried to fight against the unconsciousness that was slowly winning over when a kick to the face finally did.
Now here they were, each in their own unique cells and rendered helpless and weak. Batman tried to flex his shoulders, but could only move them a little. He and the others were right to remain wary and when they get out of this, he was going to have a conference with the other founders about this. He was not going to let them live this down. Batman heard doors open and turned his head to the left to see Amanda Waller walk in with four of the armored women in tow behind her. Waller walked to the middle of the room so all the conscious heroes can see her.
"I played nice for a while and let all of you continue your activities, but after ignoring my arrest warrant for one Victor Sage, then you can understand that I don't like to be ignored." said Waller.
"H-How do you know me?" asked Question.
"Please," snorted Amanda, "We know all about your identities in Cadmus. We have decided to keep your identities secret for the sake of balance in this world, but again, after ignoring the last arrest warrant then you had forced me to play my hand."
"Which was what? Arrest the whole League?," said Green Arrow, "Lady, once people find out about how you—"
"—the people already know about this," interrupted Amanda, "They know that the League is currently under the government's hold, awaiting their trials. I have told you all before, you may wear a costume but it doesn't grant you the right to believe you are above the law."
"Isn't that what you're doing?" said Huntress, "Under what right do you have to hold all of us if Question was the one who you wanted to arrest?"
"For harboring a fugitive and for sending said fugitive in the mission in the first place." said Waller.
"You have nothing to prove that." said Batman.
"On the contrary," said Amanda as she gestured to one of the women to step forward, "Delta here has managed to find the evidence in your computers at your cave five months ago and it was enough to have the support of not only the President but the whole Department of Defense."
Batman remained silent at this new information that was given to him. He wasn't alerted that his systems were hacked. He looked at the woman, Delta, with narrowed eyes. She wore armor similar to the other women behind her. The armor was colored different shades of green, with neon green the color of the Delta's visor. Her helmet's visor actually covered most of the helmet with the neon green glowing. She had on a cloak and hood that covered the rest of herself and her gauntlets looked as though they were designed as a compartment extension instead of actual armor. Batman was proven right when Delta opened up one of the compartments and brought out a small drive. She clicked it on and they were greeted with a holographic screen. Batman recognized several files and saw that not only had Delta copied some files, but she had deleted several files from his computer that he had originally blamed on a system back up and had kept them.
"You all have trials coming up in two months time and you will be staying here for the duration of time." said Waller.
"So what? You're just going to leave us hanging here then for two months? You're abusing your power over us." said Green Arrow.
"Goodness no," mocked Waller, "by tomorrow morning all of you will have special collars that will allow us to track you, make sure you're all behaving, and hell, give me evidence to show that you will be resisting arrest, misbehaving, or even look at me the wrong way and I can blow you heads off."
Silence was met after Waller gave her explanation, all the heroes shocked that she will actually step over the line and can potentially blow them up. Batman remembered Deathstroke and Deadshot earlier in the fight and asked, "So what happened to your lap dogs?"
"They have already served their purpose and are back on their way to prison," said Waller, "In the meantime, I'll leave it in the capable hands of Delta, Kappa and her team to keep an eye on all of you."
Waller left the room, leaving Delta and the three other women behind her. Silence soon reigned over the room and they were left with the armored women. Delta remained standing for a while before turning to one of the women, the one wearing red and grey armor.
"Kappa," said the electronic voice of Delta, "I will look over the monitors."
"Ok, send in Omicron and Sigma in here. I don't plan on staying very long. Waller has already sent me and the others on a new mission," said Kappa, with a slight authoritative voice. Delta walked out of the room leaving Kappa and the two other women behind. She turned to the other two women. One of the women was wearing gold and black armor while the other wore teal armor.
"Eta, Iota." said Kappa. The two women, the ones Batman recognized as the two who attacked him in sync, marched forward with matching steps and identical movements. It was as though one was mirroring the other. Kappa looked at them and said, "Eta, take the west hallway. Iota, take the east."
The gold and black armored woman, Eta, walked militaristic towards the left door while the teal armored woman, Iota, walked to the right. Kappa remained in the middle of the room and sat down, Indian style, before taking out her hidden sledgehammer.
The League was left speechless after all that had transpired. With Kappa in the room, they had no way of communicating with each other. J'onn was too weak to do anything except glance outside his cell in defeat. The heaters were almost unbearable, but it wasn't to the point where it could kill him. Batman looked at all his fellow teammates and felt partially responsible for them being here. He should have argued harder in stopping them from rushing in. Superman was feeling the same way except it was almost ten times more. He shouldn't have acted on his instinct and he shouldn't have allowed himself to be influenced by the thought of showing the world how ineffective Luthor is as President. Flash was still trying to vibrate his way out of the adhesive but it remained stuck on him and he eventually tired out. Diana was too tired to think about anything. She spent the last few hours fighting against the sedatives but she was now starting to feel the drowsiness that came with sleep. John was starting to wake up and groaned. He wasn't the only hero who was just starting to awaken.
By five minutes, all heroes of the Justice League were awake. Murmurs were heard all around with the unconscious heroes asking questions left and right. John looked around and tried to form a construct with his ring but found himself empty-handed. He struggled against his restraints and called out, "Is everyone ok?" Murmurs passed by as everybody confirmed they were alright. He felt relief when he heard Mari's voice and calmed down a little. He looked to see an armored woman sitting in the middle of the room with a sledgehammer on her lap. This was the same woman who was fighting against Wonder Woman and he wondered how she defeated her.
He looked to the left of him and saw Flash and asked, "Flash, what's going on?" After getting the run down of all that is happening, John felt a little deflated at hearing the news. He looked over at the woman, Kappa, and something familiar struck within him but he brushed it aside. He fought against his restraints for a while before he tired himself out. He was starting to feel bored when the left door opened up and three more armored women walked in. The gold and black one he was told was named Eta, while the other two must be newcomers. Eta stood behind the other two and remained guarding the door as the other two approached Kappa. One wore a white and light grey armor with a black visor on her helmet while the other one wore a red and gold armor with a maroon visor. All the women wore their own colored cloaks and hoods that matched the color of their armor and John was left wondering who these women are and what kind of training they had.
"Omicron, Sigma." greeted Kappa.
"Yo," said the red and gold armored woman as she threw herself on the ground and playfully grabbed Kappa's sledgehammer, "Delta said you asked us to take over?"
"For only a short time," said Kappa, "All you have to do is make sure they don't get out."
"Easy-peasy." said the red and gold armored woman.
"Are you ok with this type of mission, Omicron? Or is it perhaps too extreme?" said Kappa mockingly as she looked at the white and grey armored woman.
"It's fine with me." said Omicron, refusing to rise to Kappa's taunt. Kappa stood up and grabbed her sledgehammer from the red and gold armored woman, Sigma, and gestured to Eta to follow her. They exited out of the right door and soon it was just Omicron and Sigma left with the League. Sigma remained lying on the floor as Omicron walked up to her and sat down beside her. Silence reigned in the room again but it didn't seem to bother the two women. John, feeling a little brave, asked, "You and that Kappa woman don't like each other."
Omicron remained sitting on the floor as though in deep thought and ignored John, but Sigma curiously looked over to him and said, "What's it to you?"
"Nothing," said John, "Just… wanting to break the silence."
Sigma just continued to stare at John but John felt a little uncomfortable seeing as how he can't see her face the same way she can see his. She tilted her head to the side and said, "You're cute."
John sputtered at her words while Flash snorted out a laugh. Mari was two cells down from John but she was feeling a little hostile at the Sigma woman. Who did she think she is? Batman observed at Omicron and Sigma, trying to determine what kind of people they were left with. Kappa, Eta, Iota, and Delta looked as though they were born to be soldiers while Sigma and Omicron seemed more or less relaxed a little. He can see that Omicron had a weapon strapped to her back but she didn't bring out as a show of threat like Kappa did with her sledgehammer.
"Sorry," said Sigma as she watched John try to hide his fluster, "I wanted to see if I could make you blush, but you reigned that in really fast. I'm impressed."
"So, what do you think of me babe?" asked Flash. Sigma looked over at the Flash and said, "Loose the mask and let's see honey-bunch." Flash grinned and tried to move his arms, but remembered that he was glued to the ground. Sigma laughed at his expression and said, "I wanted to see if you remembered but you didn't. I'm sorry!"
"Uhh, I like your armor." said Flash.
"Thanks! I like your costume! Good choice of colors!"
"I know, right?"
"Excuse me?" said Question. Omicron looked up as Sigma remained on the floor talking with Flash about colors.
"Yes?" said Omicron.
"I was wondering if you can answer a question for me."
"Depends on the question."
"I was wondering if you know or have met anyone who goes by the name of Shayera Hol?"
Batman, Diana, J'onn, Lantern, Flash, and Superman looked up in shock at Question's question. Dread, guilt, and shame filled Batman's head as he looked at Omicron who shrugged her shoulders and said, "Name doesn't ring a bell. Sigma?"
"Nah," said Sigma, "that's a funny yet very unique name. I like unique names. I would remember a unique name. Like Ramsey!"
"Why do you ask?" asked Omicron.
"Just… a name I read in a file." said Question looking down on the floor a little dejectedly. Shayera Hol was the name that was connected to the Splitter File and he kept a secret from the others until now. Wherever the former Hawkgirl was, she was involved in this somehow. Perhaps she gave intelligence to Cadmus and it was why they were so quick to capture the League. But Shayera has never met any of the new League members so that theory was out of bag.
"Was she important?" asked Sigma.
"I... don't know yet." confessed Question, "Maybe you could help me find out her whereabouts."
"Listen buddy," said Sigma was she stood up and walked in front of him, "In case you forgot, you're our prisoner. We don't do favors or help prisoners. So whoever this Shayera person is, I think you can assume that she's not important right now." Question was surprised at her words but he sighed in agreement. Omicron was walking around the cells making sure that they were in working order while Sigma removed her cloak and took off her backpack. She put her cloak back on and took out a pencil and a sketchbook as the hours dragged by.
Batman met Superman's look and they both wondered what information Question was holding back. They wanted to ask but with Sigma and Omicron in the room, they decided to wait until the right time and ask Question what he found about Shayera Hol.
Hey readers, so I finished watching Red vs. Blue season 13 and I wanted to make my own little tribute by writing fanfiction using Justice League characters and my favorite Shayera Hol :3. To those who have seen Red vs. Blue, you can see where I am taking this story and to those who haven't seen Red vs. Blue, I suggest you do if you want to find spoilers :3 until then, please leave a review and tell me how I did because I'm honestly a little nervous about posting this.
