JL: Infinity Chapter 1, a justice league fanfic

digi-gal-rox: here's the first chapter!

CHAPTER 1

In the outskirts of the dark city, a figure watched the fire, a smile planted on his face. Playing with the lighter in his hand, the man finally pockets the item. No one was in sight to witness to scene that played before him. A cry from the trapped woman inside could be heard, before a loud crash was heard, on the woman made no sound. He turned around, tightening his jacket around himself, pleased. The moment he entered his car, he observed the scene again before driving off into the night.

"Did you hear about the fire?" a bartender asked. The young man that sat before him nodded his head vigorously.
"It's a pity that she didn't make it." he sighed. "They still don't know how it started." he paused. "Do you think she started it herself?" the bartender paused thoughtfully. "Maybe. She hardly came here, but from what I was told, she always claimed that she'd do it at some point." the young man frowned.
"She had such a good life as well." he said quietly. "And to think..." the chatter had suddenly died down, when a man dressed in black entered the bar. All eyes were on him as he took a sit by the bar.
"Uh... what will you have, sir?" the bartender asked awkwardly.
"Scotch." he replied. Nodding the bartender quickly served the man his drink.
"So, uh... what are you doing here, in this part of town?"
"Headed to Gotham." he said, drowning his drink.

Giving a big yawn, Tim Drake sat lazily in class, eyeing the clock. He gazed out the window before facing the clock again. The young teen bolted up at the sound of the bell. Loud cheers could be heard from the other classes. Beaming at his friends, the group of boys bolted out of the room.
"Finally!" the taller one, Mark exclaimed. "I thought he was going to go on forever!" Tim only smiled.
"What did you expect?" Tim laughed. "So what do you guys have planned?"
"Duh! What do you think?" the shorter one, Peter looked at him. "End of year, means time to par-tay!" Tim chuckled.
"I meant if you are going away with your family."
"Unfortunately," Mark frowned. "It would be great if I could just stay home by myself!" smiling at his friends, Tim suddenly jerked at the sound of his phone. "Tim?"
"Uh... hang on a moment," quickly answering his phone, Tim nodded to himself before hanging up. "Sorry guys, but you know Bruce." giving them a weak smile the boy took off before his friends could respond.
"I feel sorry for him." the round one stated. "Living with Wayne must be tough." they all nodded in agreement.

James Gordon sighed heavily. Glancing at his daughter nervously, James quickly returned his gaze to the window view. He knew that something wasn't right, he just couldn't put his finger on it. He knew that Barbara had that very same feeling at that moment.
"Why?" he heard Barbara murmur quietly. Glancing at the young red head, he noticed she was staring at him, waiting for an answer. He simply shrugged.
"I'm not sure." she frowned.
"Do you think it has to do with that case, the League tried to solve?" James frowned slightly.
"They don't talk to us, not anymore." he said quietly. Barbara sighed heavily, before facing the computer once again giving it her full attention.
"I wonder..." she murmured. "If 'they' are behind it."

"Took your time." the man smirked, removing his jacket.
"I had to take care of something."
"That something wouldn't have to do with 'that' would it?" the larger man smirked.
"What do you think?" he paused. "I see that everyone's here." the larger man nodded.
"Let's get to business." the larger man announced. "I would like all of you to meet someone." there was a wave of murmur as a man entered the room.
"Him?!"

"You sure about that?" Steel asked. Nodding her head, Steel allowed Vixen to leave the room. Sighing heavily, she made her way back to her room, where John Stewart stood waiting.
"Took your time, didn't you?" he teased. Vixen smiled. "So you ready?"
"Give me a minute, O.K?" she asked, before disappearing into her room. Sighing heavily, all Green Lantern could do was wait. The train of thought was interrupted by an excited Flash, who greeted him with a smile.
"So here is what I was thinking, GL." the Flash exclaimed. "We drag bats up here and than-"
"I think he would already know what you're planning." John frowned. The Flash opened his mouth to respond but shut it quickly.
"O.K, point taken." he frowned. "I was just hoping that it would help take his mind off..." his voice trailed off. John gave him a small smile.
"You O.K?" he asked, concern in his voice.
"They still haven't found him." he said quietly. "Batgirl has already promised me that if she found anything, she'd contact me. But they haven't found anything. Robin thinks that he doesn't want to be found." John turned around hearing the door slide open. Vixen stood at the door way, curiosity planted on her face.
"They still haven't found him?" she asked, surprised. The Flash nodded.
"I'd better get going. Have fun on your date!"

Allowing the water to run down her body, Barbara ran her fingers against the scars on her back. She winced slightly before turning the taps off. Sighing heavily, she stepped out of the shower wrapping the towel around her body. Quickly dressing in her PJs, she stepped out to the living room. Looking out the window, she noticed that the batsignal was out. Shaking her head, she ignored it. He can handle it she decided, before making herself comfortable on the sofa. Switching the TV on, she carelessly flicked through the channel, before the news caught her eyes. Raising the volume, the screen had shown flames reaching the sky.
"My God," she breathed. Hugging herself tightly, she shut her eyes. The memory haunting her. It had been three years to the day that 'it' had happened. Opening her eyes at the sound of tapping. Turning around, she noticed Robin at her window. Sighing heavily she put the TV on mute and allowed the young hero in.

"Seems there's a lot this year." Dinah Lance murmured. Oliver Queen nodded.
"I wonder what they have planned for it." he murmured. Dinah glanced at him curiously. "What?"
"Isn't Roy there?" she asked. His eyes widened, as he quickly grabbed the phone. He looked at her worriedly, as he placed the phone back. "Well?"
"No answer." he uttered. She looked at him alarmed. "I'm going to find him." He left before she could respond.
"Ollie!" she called after him, but he didn't look back. "Ah, damn it." she fummed, grabbing her communicator.
"Yes?" J'onn J'onzz's voice came.
"Green Arrow's on his way to find Speedy," she informed. "I suggest you send a team down before he does something he'll regret."

Turning around slightly, the dark knight growled before making his way to the whimpering villain. Grabbing him by the collar, Batman had quickly tied him up before dropping him on the floor again. Shooting out his grappling hook, he took off into the night.
"That looked like fun," a familiar voice purred, as he landed on the roof close by.
"What do you want, Selina." he asked darkly. The woman smiled.
"A girl can't drop by for a visit?"
"Your visits are never social." he responded. He narrowed his eyes at her. "What do you want?" he repeated.
"Oh, nothing." she smiled, her eyes scanning his body. "I just have some interesting news for you." he starred at her blankly. "Oh, it's very interesting news, if you must know." he frowned slightly.
"What is it?"

Wally West starred at the computer screen in shock. Glancing at Robin and Barbara once again, all he could utter was an 'eep'. Closing her eyes, Barbara sank to the chair close by. Robin folded his arms abruptly.
"I don't believe it." he finally spoke, breaking the long waited silence. "Aqua Boy..." his eyes fell.
"They're just going to pick us off one by one?" Barbara said meekly. Robin nodded.
"There are more, most not affiliated with the League that have..." he didn't finish his sentence.
"Than that fire... Roy... he must also be..." Robin nodded his head.
"Probably Dick too." silence fell into the room again.
"Does... the League know?" Barbara asked quietly.
"I alerted them before I came here." Robin sighed, running his hand through his messy hair. Wally looked away, grief stricken.
"Why are they doing this?" he wondered. Robin looked at Wally, before removing his mask.
"Maybe it has something to do with that thing Dick was looking for." the two red-heads looked at him, alarmed.
"Dick was looking for something?!" they both shouted together.
"I thought you knew..." he murmured.
"Obviously not," Wally muttered.
"He was doing a favour for the League. As you already know. He was in Egypt, as you already know. But obviously, you didn't know that they sent him there to find a relic of some sort. Said to give any man super human strength."
"I thought Dick would never allow himself to interfere with the League," Wally pointed out.
"He did." Robin nodded. "But a case of his was somehow linked to this, so he agreed."
"Did... the Titans go with him?" Barbara asked quietly.
"Only Starfire." he said regretfully. "But they got separated. She made it back, but there are so signs of him."
"I see." was all she could say.

"Reporting here live at Redburg forest, where a fire has broken out. While the League had tried their best to save those who lived in this forest, there were some they could not save..." In the background, Green Arrow could be seen along with Star Girl and Dr. Light, as he stared at the blackened forest in shock. "Among those who have died in the fire, was former Titan and League member Speedy..."

digi-gal-rox: that's it for now!