The seven core members of the Justice League stood battered and bruised on the equally battered streets of Central City. Grodd had been captured, all his gorilla minions rounded up, and the seven of them finally had a little bit of time to themselves. They all looked over as a loud growling sound came from Flash's stomach.

Flash's blush was just visible under his cowl, "ha ha, I guess I'm hungry. Hey! I know this great place downtown. Why don't we all go there for some dinner?"

John shrugged, "Sure I'm in, I'm getting hungry myself. What about you, Shay?"

"Why not, it's not like I have anything better to do."

All but Batman all nodded, agreeing that dinner sounded good right then. "I have to go." The Dark Knight turned to leave, only to be stopped by a red gloved hand on his arm.

"Oh, come on, Bats! It'll be fun," Flash gave him a smile, which was returned by the patented Batglare. "Please?" The glare softened a little and Batman relaxed just slightly.

"Fine," cape wrapped tight around his shoulders, Batman followed the group towards the restaurant.

The Flash took them to a small pizzeria on the outskirts of the destruction the battle had left. "This place serves some of the best pizzas. You can get anything you want on them," He grinned at them before looking at the waitress coming to seat them, "There's seven of us." The waitress led them to a large table at the back of the empty restaurant, most of the patrons having fled during the battle that had taken place. The weary heroes sat at the table, picking up the menus the bored looking waitress handed them.

"Can I get you guys anything to drink?"

Flash smiled at her, "I'll have a Coke."

Shayera looked at her, "Do you have beer?" the woman stopped writing and just stared at her, "Um, I'll take that as a no…I'll just have lemonade then."

John looked over the menu, "Do you have Vernors?" The waitress shook her head at him, "Ok, I'll have some iced tea."

"Isn't Vernors only made in Michigan?" Wally smirked at Green Lantern.

"Shut it, Hot Shot."

Wonder Woman looked up at the waitress uncertainly, "I'll have a Coke as well."

"Me as well," J'onn looked back at the menu, unsure of what he should be getting to eat.

"Coffee," Superman and Batman answered simultaneously. The waitress nodded, before heading off to the kitchen and giving them some time to decide what they wanted.

Flash had his menu closed, already knowing what he wanted, "So, that was quite the battle, huh guys?"

Shayera answered without even glancing up at the menu, "Yes, Grodd presented quite a challenge today."

"I'm surprised he attempted a flat out invasion," Superman put his menu down, brow furrowed.

"We have to remain vigilant. It may have just been a distraction from something bigger," Batman's eyes narrowed at the menu as though it was his greatest enemy.

"Oh come on Bats! Can't we just enjoy our victory?"

Batman put down his menu, looking at Flash sitting across from him, "Fine."

The waitress came back to them, ready to take their orders.

The scarlet speedster looked up at her, beaming, "I'll take the Flash special."

Shayera was still gazing at her menu, "I'll have a small pizza with bacon and anchovies."

John looked at her with a sneer before he turned to the waitress, "I'll have a small pizza with mushrooms and peppers."

J'onn set down his menu with a small smile, "I will take the Oreo pizza." The other six heroes all stared at him with blank expressions.

Flash leaned over the table and used his hand to hide his mouth from the waitress. "Uh, J'onn, that's a dessert pizza."

The green Martian just shrugged his shoulders and leaned back in his seat, taking a small sip of his drink. Flash pursed his lips and moved back to his seat, allowing Wonder Woman to order.

"I will have a Greek style pizza with feta, tomato, and basil." She smiled and tucked her hair behind her ear, listening to Flash's poorly made joke.

Batman and Superman hunched over a menu, quietly discussing the options on the menu before Supes straightened with a smile, "We will share a large pepperoni pizza." Batman closed the menu and sipped his coffee, ignoring the looks from the others.

Flash collected the menus and handed them to the waitress who took them to the front before giving the kitchen their order. "Okay so guys, I used to do this with the Titans all the time. We set all of our communicators and cell phones on the table and whoever looks at theirs first has to host the next dinner." Everyone but Batman shrugged and began reaching into their pockets, pulling out various communicators and setting them down in the middle of the table.

Batman crossed his arms, "That is the most ridiculous idea ever Flash, what if Gotham needs me?"

Flash grinned and leaned forward, "Gotham has Batgirl, Nightwing, Oracle, Robin, Red Hood, and Batwoman to look after it. Do you really not trust them?"

Batman glared at him through the cowl for a second before sighing and pulling out his phone, setting it on the table. He turned off his comm and leaned back in his seat with a grumble. Flash grinned and pulled out several communicators along with his phone.

Superman looked over Bruce's head with a smile towards Wonder Woman, "Hey Diana, you hungry?"

She grinned as Batman slowly turned to look at Clark with a sneer, "I'm starving…I think it's time for..."

Clark grinned and pressed against Batman's side with Diana doing the same to his other side, squeezing him in between the two. "A DARK KNIGHT SANDWICH!" They both shouted at the same time, making everyone in the small shop stare at them. Batman's eyes widened under the cowl and he grimaced. The other four League members laughed as Diana and Clark slid away from Bruce slowly.

"You two are so childish," Batman crossed his arms over his chest as they grinned.

Wally beamed at the trinity, "You need to lighten up Bats. You brood too much."

"So you keep saying."

John chuckled, "I can't believe he gave up his comm so easily."

"Speaking of, why so many, Flash?" Shayera sipped on her lemonade, green eyes turning towards the scarlet speedster.

The red cowled man grinned, "Well, there's my regular cell, my League comm, my beeper for work, my communicator for just my friends and I, then my old Titan's communicator." He puffed his chest out with pride as he mentioned the Titans.

John laughed, "Okay hot shot, take it easy. We get it, you're important."

Wally pointed to them all, mock stern on his face, "And don't you guys ever forget it." Even Batman smirked a little at the younger hero. The brooding man was finally staring to relax a little and was able to restrain himself from checking on his comms.

Wally's stomach growled loudly again, startling some of the other patrons who had recently come in, "Ugh, I'm starving! I won't last much longer guys!" As if on cue, their pizzas came. Two other waitresses were following her, carrying a huge pizza between the two of them.

"One XXL pizza with everything," the two waitresses placed it in front of Flash as he hungrily licked his lips, "One Greek style," Wonder Woman took her pizza, unwrapping her knife and fork from the napkin, "A large pepperoni pizza," Clark and Bruce took the pizza, setting it between the two of them, "Sardines and bacon," John sneered, poking his tongue out at Shayera as she took her pizza with a smile, "mushrooms and peppers," Shayera gave John the same look he had given her, both turned slightly away from each other, jokingly offended by each other's pizza, "And the Oreo pizza," J'onn took his pizza with a grin, digging in as the waitress left.

"This was a great idea, huh guys?" Flash was on his third slice of pizza.

"Yeah, it's great to get to spend some time with friends," Superman nudged Batman a little, eliciting a little glare from him.

Batman turned back to the others at the table, "I do have to admit, it's nice to have more team bonding time than just fighting." He grabbed another slice of pizza, biting into it.

"Whoa, I never thought I'd see the Bat doing something as normal as eating pizza," Wally looked on with wide eyes as though it was one of the wonders of the world.

"You're hilarious Flash."

Shayera looked up at them suddenly, "Have I ever told you guys about the time I found a dirty alien magazine in John's apartment?"

"Shayera!" John looked at them all smirking at him, green eyes wide in horror, "Did I ever tell you guys about the time Shayera was in that dirty magazine?"

Eyes widened and jaws around the table as Shayera's cheeks pinked with a blush, "John!"

"Wait a minute," Flash raised his hands up before they started arguing, "I thought you were in the military before you came to Earth."

Shayera crossed her arms over her chest indignantly, "I was, but before that I was a young girl in need of money ok? Can we just move on from this conversation?"

J'onn's deep voice cut in, "Did I ever tell you guys about the time I had to fight off the Doom Patrol?"

Everyone fell silent and stared at the Martian. "Wait, what?" Wally shook his head as though he wasn't sure he had heard right.

"They thought I was working with the Brain," J'onn shrugged as though that explained everything then promptly began explaining how he had stopped them all without ever even laying a hand on them. The evening soon became full of raucous laughter and boisterous voices telling tales of the oddest battles they had ever fought in. They soon had an audience of the rest of the restaurant patrons as well.

"One time, when Nightwing was still Robin, he attacked me while I was in the shower!" Batman laughed, deep and low, "I later found out that it was actually one of Hugo Strange's androids that he sent to attack me."

Wally laughed, "One time, I was watching over Jump City for the Titans while they were away, this was while I was still Kid Flash, and I was captured by this teenage group of villains calling themselves the H.I.V.E. Five, which was terrible seeing as there were six of them," chuckles were heard around the table, "They put me in this cage thinking it would hold me. I easily escaped and wasted their little hideout. That was so fun messing with those guys."

Superman shook his head laughing, "Some of these villains are so stupid. The dangerous ones are rare, and usually from Gotham."

Batman sighed and shook his head, "Even the stranger villains in Gotham can be dangerous. Take Mad Hatter for instance. This guy is only like four feet tall, but he uses mind control so that I end up fighting a bunch of huge thugs he's controlling and the mind control just so I can rescue some girl he's trying to sell into the sex trade."

Diana looked at Batman with wide eyes, "All of Gotham's criminals are truly insane." Everyone around the table nodded in agreement. John looked at his ring as a voice could be heard from it.

"Kilowog to John Stewart."

"John here, what's happening?"

"Ha! You host next week's dinner," Wally grinned as Kilowog told John he was needed on Oa for something.

Green Lantern stood up, putting the money for his pizza on the table, "I hate to eat and run guys, but I'm needed. I'll see you guys later. And next week, Detroit. My choice of venue."

"I must say, this has been fun," Wonder Woman smiled.

"Extremely," Clark grinned before his head whipped towards the direction of Metropolis, "I have to go too. Jimmy needs help."

Batman turned his comm back on and was bombarded by Oracle and Alfred talking to Nightwing and Robin over the channel about something to do with Riddler. Wally heard faint shouts of 'where the hell is Batman' and 'Jason, stop'. "I have to go," Batman swept out of the restaurant. The rest of them turned their communication devices back on. J'onn left back to the Watchtower and Wonder Woman was swiftly called into action somewhere else in the world.

"So," Wally looked at the other redhead, "Wanna go back to my place and watch some movies?"

Shayera shrugged, "Why not." They paid their part of the bill and left. The Flash bounced around the Thanagarian, chatting excitedly about next week.