A/N: I don't own anything from the DCU. I do own some of the original concepts and characters I might use in the future which I will point out so no one gets confused.

We start with a new fic. I have no idea how long this will be but it'll be worth it.

"Mama" A little baby in a crib gurgled. Her expression suddenly made the entire room brighten.

"Jason?" She carried the baby and held him close.

"Mama, mama," The baby, Jason, smiled and pointed at her hair. There were tears in her eyes as she kissed the bay over and over again, eliciting giggles and laughter.

"Dick! Dick! Come quick!" She yelled to the other room.

"Mama, mammmma!"

"What, what's wrong." Dick Grayson ran into the room, carrying one of his Escrima sticks.

"Come!" She hurried him over and gave him the baby. Dick carried the child carefully and held him tight.

"Now, Jason, who am I?" Zatanna asked pointing towards her.

"Mamma!" Dick was dumbfounded and awestruck. Jason Giovanni Grayson's first word was Momma. He twirled the baby around and laughed. Jason also joined in and Zatanna rested on a chair, smile etched on her pretty face.

"Not fair." Dick propped Jason above his shoulders, letting the baby ride on his back. "You had more time with him." He approached Zatanna and pulled her into a kiss. It lasted for several moments before they parted.

She stuck her tongue out. "So, who wins?" Dick asked his wife while pulling her in close.

"wohs gnitteb draob" She incanted and a golden box appeared before the two. The board was divided into two columns, Under "Papa" was only Garfield. The rest was under "Mama".

"I didn't know how much faith they had in me." He scrolled through the board to find Batman listed under "Mama".

"Even Bruce." He looked at his wife and Zatanna could only smile. "Aww, is my little bird about to cry?" She teasingly asked.

He kissed her again. His hand reached across her back and pulled her in close. Zee moaned into the kiss and Richard started a trail of kisses from her jaw to her neck.

"I swear, you only get better at this." She said in between intakes of breaths. He carried her up bridal style and went out of the baby's room to their own.

Once they were there, he lay her down on the bed, lips still connected and ripped her shirt open. Zatanna threw her head back and enjoyed the moment. Richard stopped only to take his shirt off and continued once the garment was removed. He trailed kisses from the neck to her collar and snaked his hand to the pin of her bra to unclasp it. But before he could do the deed, his communicator beeped.

"All members of the Justice League and The Team, report to the Watch Tower immediately." It was the brooding voice of Batman. Zatanna heard this and sighed. Richard hung his head down in defeat.

"I swear, every time we get close. He's like a giant cockblock." He pushed a button on the nightstand and his wardrobe flipped to reveal his costume.

"tiftuo egnahc" Zatanna said and her costume was on. She looked at the wall where the Nightwing costume was on but was not surprised when it was already on said hero. Their eyes met for a second.

"Third time's the charm?" She meekly said and Dick nodded. "Now," She put a fist out and Nightwing acknowledged this. He also put a fist out and bumped it.

"Let me just go get Jason." She scurried out of the room to pick up their son.

"Ready?" He asked as he placed his escrimas in the holster.

"latrop ot tseraen atez ebut." She muttered out and a portal opened. They stepped in and was gone in a blink.

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'Recognized, Zatanna 2-5, Nightwing B-0-1, Jason Grayson A-1-7.' The tube announced and in a light came three figures.

There in the Watch Tower were about half of the Team and almost all of the League. They looked at them and to the baby. Billy approached the couple and said "Here, I'll take him to his room." The couple nodded and Zatanna gave him their precious child. Shazam held Jason carefully and flew to the quarters where the League made a room for the child. They never left Jason alone with a sitter because the last time they did, the baby was held hostage and Nightwing came close to killing the bastard. With the approval of the League and Superboy's agreement of keeping his music down, they turned one of the rooms into a baby-proof, superhero themed paradise for the little boy. M'gann was only to too happy to look over such an adorable little creature.

"Thank you Billy." Nightwing called out to the fading image of Shazam. They walked to the gathering of people when the Zeta again opened.

'Recognized, Batman 0-2, Batgirl B-1-6, Red Robin B-2-0, Robin B-3-2" Four of the Five members of the Bat Family walked across the Hall, now the gathering is complete. Nightwing stepped towards them, he could see Tim's arm had been cut severely and Damian's cheek was bleeding.

"What happened?" He stopped Tim and studied his arm, likewise to Damian.

"The Joker." Bruce said as he walked calmly to the front of the Gathered. He swiped his hand and Holograms of tonight's encounter appeared. Nightwing did not look so surprised. It's not like the Joker to disappear and not do anything for over a year.

"It has been one year since the last confirmed Joker Crime in Gotham." Batman started and everyone listened intently.

"He suddenly resurfaced and murdered everyone in Gotham's Police Department save for Jim Gordon." There shown a picture of the Police Commissioner. "As you all know, Joker cut off his face before he escaped the previous year and later came to retrieve what was his."

"I don't get it, you didn't gather all of us here just for that." The Flash said tapping his feet.

"I'll cut to the chase. The two Robins followed a lead we had, but it turns out it was an ambush by ten people… which all happen to be The Joker." Bruce simply said as he played the footage from the warehouse the two robins were in and indeed there were Jokers.

"It gruesome." Tim said and everyone looked at him. "They were the real deal. It was the Joker. The way he fought, the way he moved. It's been drilled into us how the Joker plays and Damian and I agree that it can't been a group of wannabes because The Joker is the only person who could play the Joker." Tim raised his hand to Zatanna who stopped mending him and raised Damian. "Black Canary, if you want a debrief, we'll be in the medical bay." He rose and limped away with Damian.

"That isn't all. This is the footage from an hour ago in Berlin Germany." The holograms raised to see a multiple of Jokers robbing a bank and one of them engage the police in combat.

"From Taipei." It was a carnival shoot out, three jokers carrying heavy guns were shooting up in the air.

"Cape Town, South Africa." A building exploded, debris flying everywhere and out the front door was a Joker dragging a lady and tossing her to the ground and shot her. A multitude of Jokers also came out.

"All of these happened not 3 hours ago." Batman raised another set of holograms which depicted hundreds of Jokers from all over the world.

"What are we doing here then?" Hawkgirl said holding up her mace. "Because there are no more sightings of Joker. They came and went off faster than any of the Zetas could get us there. Superman already scoured the scene for a trail but found nothing."

"Projections maybe. Hard light holograms like Mirror Master's." Flash suggested.

"Mirror Master is in Belle Reve, I put him there yesterday." Impulse said amazingly keeping quiet for the entire time.

"What about clones?" Wonder Woman said. Batman shook his head. "He's too complicated for cloning."

Each team and League member bounced off ideas while Nightwing was analyzing the videos. Nothing seemed unusual. Yet. He happened to stop at a certain video from a Hospital in Mexico and was shocked and horrified to see what this has all become.

"Hey Batman. Pull up the Mexican Hospital Footage." Nightwing said. Everyone looked at the holograms Batman put up and Nightwing slowly scrolled through them.

"There!" The frame consist of a Joker, holding a gun to a doctor's head while he was examining a patient. "What about it? A joker with gun. How original." Garfield said with a bored expression but M'gann slapped his shoulder. He yelped and massaged his arm.

The scene continued. The Joker shot the gun but a Flag with the word "BANG" on it came out. The Joker was surprised and pointed the gun's mouth to his eye, examining it. It was like watching a comedy skit, only two seconds later the Joker pulled the trigger. Splattering blood all over the two people. Some of the league flinched and the members of the Team grimaced.

"Is that it esse?" Blue Bettle asked but Nightwing shook his head. "Watch."

Everyone was surprised to see the doctor started to laugh uncontrollably. He banged his head on the wall and slowly his brown skin grew whiter and whiter, his hair started growing and becoming green. When he stopped his banging he turned around to the camera to show a very maniacal grin. The doctor proceeded to laugh and laugh. He took a pen and started stabbing the person on the bed over and over.

Nightwing stopped the video. Everyone was silent. Everyone was reflecting. It was at this time Shazam came back to the meeting. Looking around at the silent people, he asked. "Sooooo, what happened."

Batman stepped down from the front and voiced out what everyone was thinking.

"Joker's blood. It's contaminating everyone it touches with the same substance it turned Joker into what he became."

"Basically, we're looking at a Joker Zombie Apocalypse." Flash said silently.

"We're fucked aren't we?" Atom said.

Nightwing hugged Zatanna, petting her head. Superman looked out the window and to the Earth below, thinking about the ways he could stop this from happening. The league and the Team were starting to leave, save for the people who lived in the Watch Tower. Dick and Zatanna were also staying the night.

"I've calibrated the Watch Tower and ran Joker's facial recognition over all the system. We'll find him. So far, nothing come up even if there are more than a hundred Jokers out there." Cyborg said from the computer. Batman nodded.

"Route anything Joker related to the Batcave. Goodnight Victor." Batman said as he walked over to Superman to pat his back. They both said nothing, but Batman read as slight movement from Superman, signifying the thanks.

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"Mama!" Young Jason said as his chubby little arms were outstretched and tried to reach Zatanna who was leaning over the crib.

It has been almost a week since the last Joker attack and nothing came up of anything. The League informed the press and the entire world is in red alert. The Hospital in mexico which they had hoped to find a sample of Joker's blood was destroyed, caught on fire, and was eaten by a tornado all in the span of fifteen minutes after the attack. Nightwing knew better than to say it was all a coincidence.

Zatanna held her baby close to her, vowing to put a stop on the Joker Virus for the safety of their son. NIghtwing was in his office/cave studying the case files about the Joker Incident. He combed his hair as he read line after line of paragraph from mountains for folders. Subjected to High Velocity Blunt Force Trauma, or Shot repeated times through the spinal column, the list just goes on. Those weren't even the ones to get infected, they were the ones the infected killed. Each file more gruesome than the last. More decapitation and gutting, more severe singe handed crimes made by a villain who came and went. He dropped the current file he was reading on the desk and sighed heavily. He looked at the picture on his desk, the one with Zatanna and baby Jason in it. So happy, and so lovely. It reminded him of all the innocence he wanted to preserve in the world, to give a his son a childhood he never got. He vowed to himself that they will see this through.

He read the case files once more, but each deteriorating second he wonders if he could actually pull through this without any of these bastards paying with their lives.

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