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Preface
It was just me and them against the invaders now. We didn't stand a chance.
I guess that's overly dramatic. Bats would be giving me the BatGlare right about now, his way of telling me to turn down the volume on my doom and gloom announcements. Who wouldn't be a little depressed with odds like this, though? Even I was, and I was Wally West, the Fastest Man Alive. I was usually the cheery one, the one who cracked constant jokes, the one who was always smiling.
Even as I stared at my fast-approaching doom, streaking across the sky, I sobered up at the thought of Batman. I didn't even know if he was still alive. After what I had seen, the first wave of attacks…who could survive that? Batman was strong, but not that strong. He was only human.
And Supes, Diana, GL, Shayera, and J'onn. Were they alright out there? Were they injured, or worse? If they were, I knew that I would never survive. They were my best friends (well, most of them were, anyway), not that I'd tell them that. We had worked together to stop the Imperium invasion, all the way up to the Thanagarian one. And beyond. We were all still together, the seven of us, the best crime-fighting team in the galaxy. Or so I liked to think.
With the Unlimited members unable to come to our aid, we had been ready to face these invaders on our own. We had been ready to trust these huge metallic aliens who claimed that they cared for the good of mankind, of humanity.
Supes had thought they were telling the truth, the way they made sure to be careful around people. One wrong step and they would crush the innocent bystanders. Of course, that's probably how the Big Guy felt all the time himself, so he was naturally drawn to them.
J'onn had agreed that the aliens were safe. He was the mind reader of the group, so it was good to know that he said they were okay. Though he couldn't exactly read their minds.
Shayera had been wary and suspicious of them even from the start. That was typical of my adopted big sis, since she was a Thanagarian warrior at heart. She was cautious around everyone she met at first, whether they were human or, well...not.
GL was sort of reluctant to them, though he was the guy who had traveled the universe with the Green Lantern Corps countless times. He had a green power-ring from a group of little blue guys on a planet called Oa, for Pete's sake. He should be more experienced with aliens like the newest visitors.
Diana had decided at the beginning to like them. I guess they sort of reminded her of herself, Superman, J'onn. They were seemingly alone, besides the evil ones of their kind. They didn't know where any of the rest of their race resided in the universe.
Batman hadn't had much to say on the subject. I never really knew what he thought of our new allies. He seemed suspicious of them, but he was Batman. He hadn't even liked J'onn when he's first met him all those years ago, and that was saying something. Everyone liked our friendly neighborhood Martian.
Now, back in the present time, I stared back at the pointed shape coming at me. It was cruel and metallic, purplish in the fading light. It glimmered coldly at me, sending shivers down my spine. Though it was coming right at me at speeds that only I could match, it still seemed to be in slow motion.
Everything was up to me now. Me and the five Autobots.