Justice League Watchtower

22,500 miles above Earth

November 15, 2015

2:15 PM EST

Superman

Looking out over the west coast of the United States from so high was beautiful. The way the Sun's rays glanced off the earth was like nothing Clark could ever imagine. The beauty was beyond comparison. At the same time, it made him think. This blue ball was his home. It was all he had, all anybody had. Defending it had been difficult but worth every moment. Every second spent in pain, every second making decisions that could affect millions of people. But looking over the earth like this, was absolutely worth it.

Suddenly, the voice of his father broke his trance.

"Greetings Kal-El. I would like to inform you that Wonder Woman has been spotted coming towards this satellite's location. She should be arriving in 25 seconds."

"Thank you Jor-El." A few weeks ago, the A.I he had installed on the Watchtower began to act up. It began to speak in Kryptonian. Kara came and told him it was talking about some danger being in its way. She wasn't sure what it was, but it must be dangerous to kryptonians if it was freaking out in such a manner. So he had created a copy of the memories of his Father, and with Kara's help, transferred him into a memory Crystal. Kara's help in the fortress was always appreciated, her knowledge of small things in the fortress, and her willingness to teach him was quite nice of her.

"You know Kal, a man your age should really know how to use the features of his home." She teased him. After they transferred Jor-El, they replaced the Watchtowers A.I with the copy of his father, and Kara's uncle.

Breaking his concentration, Clark turned to meet Diana, in her usual attire. She had in her hand two papers. One was the Washington Post, the other was the Daily Planet.

"Hello Diana, what brings you here?"

"Nothing of grave importance Clark. But I couldn't help but notice two articles in these papers. Both about the League."

"What did they say?" He asked her.

"This one" she said indicating the Post. "Calls the league a sexist and misogynist of our lack of female membership, and later calls us elitist for keeping membership so small."

"And you believe them?"

"In part. Our numbers are small. Many people agree with the Post that the League needs to expand. 10 members, with 9 on hand at any time, for over 7 billion people. And I don't think that we represent those people very well."

"That is a good point I suppose. What's in the Planet?" Clark actually didn't know what Perry was up to these days. Working for the blog left much of his time open with Louis. But Clark never interfered with her work, at her request.

"The Daily Planet has a large pull-out on several quote superheroes, across the nation."

"Really? Let me take a look." Opening up the pull out, there were several sections. Heroes from across the United States. From San Diego, Star City, Gotham and a variety of other places. There were dozens of heroes listed in here. And it gave Clark an idea.

"Diana, what do you think about opening up the League's membership a little bit?"

"Well it would make things much easier. Why?"

"I think we need to have a meeting. Do you know when Hal and Jon are changing shifts?"

"I believe Hal is returning within the next three days. Jon will be gone for some time."

"I'll talk to him. Do me a favor and send the rest of the League a message."

"Alright. What do I say."

"Were having a recruiting drive."

Aquaman

Arthur was tired. Running an empire was a lot of strain, but doubling as a superhero on the surface world was also difficult. So it was fair in his opinion that he was barely able to keep his eyes open.

Just yesterday, he made his way to Miami. A fire had erupted on the docks, and he had been up all night helping fight it. Now however, he was making his way back to his palace. To rest for a while. As he made his way into the main hall, his wife Mera was coming down to meet him. A scroll in her hand.

"What do you have there?"

"A message from your friends on the surface. They request your presence tomorrow."

"Thank you my queen." He leant in and gave his wife a kiss. Married life was difficult. Harder still with all of his previous commitments.

"How are you faring Husband?" She asked.

"I'm exhausted. The fire raged all night. But everyone was saved, not a single soul was lost."

"In no small part thanks to your valiant efforts I'm sure." She grinned.

"But of course. Now if you will pardon me, I must make a call to my surface friends."

"Oh must you." Ever since Hawkman came and nearly killed him a year ago, Mera made no questions she despised the surface world.

"Yes my love. It won't be but a moment." He replied. He walked down to his private study, one filled with books and books of knowledge dating back thousands of years. Each king before him had written his experience and his ideas down. Arthur's book was still to be completed, but at the current rate of things, it was sure to be the largest. And since he had joined the Surface world, and the Justice League in particular, he had installed a large computer to help him communicate to the surface world. It was mightily unpopular with many in the court, but Arthur had long learned to ignore them.

He typed in a few commands, and the screen displayed Superman and Wonder Woman on the orbital facility. The watchtower as everyone called it.

"Greetings Arthur." Diana greeted him.

"Greetings princess." A small smile came over her face. Where everyone referred to her as Wonder Woman, he referred to her as princess. He turned his attention back to the matter at hand. "What is this meeting about Kal-El? I have much to attend to in my Kingdom."

"Diana and I wanted to expand the League. Flash, Arrow, Hawkman and J'onn have all voted yes." Superman said.

"What of Batman?" He asked.

"Batman doesn't seem to care much either way." Diana replied.

"So a yes." Arthur inferred. "What of the Lanterns?"

"Jon and Hal have someone in mind. We all agree this needs to be a unanimous vote. SO what do you say?" Diana questioned.

"Yes." Arthur said quickly. "When is the voting for members?"

"Once everyone's found a potential member we'll figure that part out." Superman replied.

"Well I have mine. Let me know when the meeting is." And he ended the call. A moment later Mera walked in.

"Who did you have in mind?" She asked. In her arms she was holding their one year old son Arthur Jr. The boy was growing quite fast.

"For what?"

"For membership in the Justice League. I heard the conversation. Who did you have in mind?"

"To be honest I had you in mind." The face of his wife was one of many emotions. But the most prevalent was her anger. Anger which he felt.

SMACK! Being shot was nothing in comparison to how much this hurt right now.

"How dare you Arthur Curry! Not even asking me my opinions on this matter. You know very damn well my opinions of the surface. I will not be taking on an added role of mother to your child, your wife, the Queen of the Empire and a member of your silly galavanting group of hooligans." Turning away and storming off furiously. Rubbing his face, Arthur tried to formulate his words. He quickly followed after his wife.

"Mera, please listen to me." He said. He wasn't talking to her as a king, but as her husband. But she just kept walking.

"Mera there is nobody else in the kingdom I can trust with this. You are the only one who I can trust with this." But Mera kept walking like he didn't even exist. Arthur stopped and took a breath.

"Mera, I need you for this." Finally she stopped. An attendant came and took Arthur Jr, while she turned back towards him.

"Why do you need me for this Arthur?"

"Nobody, not a man or woman on the surface or below the waves knows me better than you. And I don't trust anyone to do this." He put his hands on her shoulders. "Mera I need you for this. I'm not asking you to devote your life to this, but If I need you, I need you."

For a minute, she looked away. When she looked away, she took a long sigh.

"If it would make you happy, I will go." She said. She looked up and managed to crack a grin. He gave her a kiss. Gods he loved her so much.

"Thank you." As he began to walk away, she grabbed him by his shoulder and turned him to her. Now her grin was really there.

"Don't thank me yet Arthur Curry. You owe me."

"How could I do that?"

"The next time your son wakes in the middle of the night, you will be the one to attend to him."

Arthur leant in close, his forehead on hers. "Is there anything else I might be able to do?" He implied. Mera however, just turned away.

"No. I think that will suffice." She said walking away.

Arthur Curry laughed to himself. No man had a wife quite like his.

-AN-

Hey All! Time to get back to the Justice League. This is what it says it is, The Justice League needs more members, so they have to go and get one. I'm not sure if Mera has ever been a part of the League, but i think it'd be pretty cool if she did.

Leave me a comment or criticism, I'd love to chat. Next time we're off to Vegas. Thanks for Reading, Have a Great Day