Author's Note 1: I own nothing except anything I come up with.
Chapter 1: The First Seven Pt. 1
Ten Years Ago...
As many columnists and architects had said before, Gotham always seems more alive at night. The citizens of the old city had learned to be wary of the local nightlife, especially young Jason Bard. The college student trekked through the night, his cane helping him due to an old knee injury. Jason had heard about recent kidnappings that were occurring all over the country. And with the recent phenomenon of costumed criminals in Gotham, the young man wasn't feeling to confident as he missed his bus.
As if karma was listening in on his thoughts, a cloaked figure grabbed him, shocking the young man as the figure started to fly off with him. However, a bright green blast knocked the creature back, letting Jason fall until a green safety platform manifested and caught him.
"W-What the..."
"Are you okay?" A female voice said, Jason turning towards the source of the voice. The woman was of latino decent with long dark brown hair and black eyes. She wore a costume that primary consisted of green & black, the top being like a jacket with a cammo-like top that matched the headband adorned on her forehead. Across her upper torso of a symbol consisting of a green lantern in a white circle, smaller versions on each of her shoulders and what seemed like a tattoo of the lantern over her right eye. An aura of green energy was surrounding the woman and the green platform seemed to be connected via an energy tether to the green ring on her right gloved hand. It only took Jason seconds to realize who this was.
"Holy shit! You're Green Lantern!" Jason yelled in astonishment, making the superheroine smile at the recognition.
"Always nice to meet a fan." GL replied as she set the platform on a nearby roof, letting Jason get off before she dissipated the construct. "That cloaked guy didn't hurt you, did he?"
"N-No. Just scared the crap out of me." The young man said as he readjusted himself with his crane.
"Good to hear. You should probably get home. I got this creep." The brunette heroine said as she took off, leaving Jason completely starstruck.
'I was just saved by Green Freakin' Lantern! Best night ever!'
'Okay, where are you?' GL thought to herself as flew through the Gotham skyline, looking for the clocked being. She held her ring over her head. "Ring, scan for non-human life." A pulse burst from her ring, spreading over the surrounding area.
"Warning! Non-human entity incoming!" The ring warned as GL heard a roar coming from behind. She barely formed half a shield before the cloaked being body-checked her, making the two crash through a lit sign and onto a roof. Green Lantern quickly got back up and saw the clock burning up revealing the being true form as a demonic being with green skin, golden armor, red goggles that seemed to be fused onto its face and large wings.
"Yup, definitely alien." The green-wearing superheroine said to herself before standing up and addressing the being. "As the Green Lantern of Sector 2814, I'm gonna have to ask what's your business here on Earth!"
The creature just growled before another being knocked him away. Green Lantern was surprised and quickly saw the new arrival. He was a man in a black & grey costume with a yellow utility belt on his waist, a black cape, gloves & combat boots. But what stood out the most was the black symbol on his and the black pointed eared cowl that left his jaw exposed. The figure stood up and glared at the creature.
"What were you doing at the docks? I want answers." He said, somehow mixing calm and authoritative in the same voice. However, the creature just unleashed a blast of fire from its fanged maw, making the darkly-dressed man jump back to avoid it. The man motioned towards his belt but the creature was soon surrounded by a green cage construct as Green Lantern floated towards them. The creature banged on the cage, but the construct was pretty sturdy.
"Judging by the dark costume and symbol, I'm gonna go ahead and guess that you're Batman, correct?" She asked as she keep concentrating on making the cage unbreakable.
"And they say I'm the detective." The caped crusader said as he looked at the woman and her construct in fascination. "Didn't know you operated outside of Portland, Ms. Lantern."
"Please, call me GL." The brunette woman replied. "And for the record, I patrol the entire galaxy, not just my city."
"Noted." Batman stated as he looked at the raging beast in the cage construct. "I assume this the culprit behind the recent kidnappings. Through I wasn't expecting...this."
"Well the reports aren't just in Gotham or Portland, it's all around the country." GL chimed in. "I figured something alien was behind this, just wasn't sure what species."
Suddenly, a spotlight was shined on the two heroes who looked up and saw several police helicopters closing in on them.
"Batman! Put your hands where we can see them!" One of the policemen said over the copter's speakers.
"Looks those rumors about you and the Gotham PD not liking each other were true." GL stated as the cowled man glared at the copters. However, this interruption broke Green Lantern's concentration a bit, giving the creature a chance to break through the cage construct and flew past them before flying down towards a manhole. The winged alien unleashed another torrent of fire that melted a hole that it flew through. Green Lantern and Batman came down (GL floating down and Batman gliding) and looked at the burnt hole.
"My bad." The brunette heroine apologized, feeling pretty stupid for letting her concentration get broken.
"It's gone underground, so we still have a chance to catch it." Batman said as the two entered the sewer. Batman quickly took out a black device that pinged and he lead them into a nearby direction. "I placed a tracker on it when I tackled it. Readings say its still close-by."
"Smart move." GL replied as the two continued to walk through the sewer tunnels, the brunette heroine having turned off her personal aura to conserve energy. "So I guess you're Doctor Mid-Nite type hero." She said, making the dark knight raise an eyebrow. "You know, a hero who uses gadgets and fighting skills instead of superpowers."
While the dark knight didn't answer back, he was impressed that the brightly-colored woman was able to deduce that he lacked any kind of superpower.
"Silent type, huh? That's cool." Green Lantern said as the two continued to walk until Batman raised his hand to halt her and the two placed themselves on a tunnel wall before peaking out, spotting the winged alien walking towards a wall.
A compartment on its chest opened up, dropping a high tech looking box in its hands. The creature placed the box on the wall and it clamped into place. The winged being then tapped the red circle in the center, activating it. Green Lantern raised her hand, readying herself as the light from the box became more and more pronounced. She flew off despite Batman yelling at her to wait and slammed a large dome-like construct around the creature and the box, getting its attention.
"Okay you H.R. Geiger reject, tell me what the hell that box is before I start squeezing!" The heroine ordered.
"FOR DARKSEID!" The creature yelled before it exploded in a burst of fire, pushing GL back before she reinforced the construct. When the fire faded, the ring-wielding hero dismissed her construct, revealing the box was still where it was.
"Darkseid?"
"Sounds like some kind of death cry." Batman said as the two approached the alien box on the sewer wall. "It wanted to take us with it to protect this."
"Great. Kamikaze fire-breathing aliens. It's gonna be one of those days." Green Lantern said as she held up her ring to the box. "Ring, scan and identify." Several high-tech scanning constructs appeared over the box as the process began.
"Initiating scan." The Ring AI stated. "Processing...Unable to identify."
"Okay, that's not good." Green Lantern said with a bit of worry.
"Why's that?" Batman asked.
"The ring AI is connected to a database that contains nearly all the knowledge in the universe." The brunette replied as her darkly-dressed compatriot pulled out a scanning device of own. "If it's drawing a blank, then we're dealing with something that even the Guardians of the Universe don't know about."
While curious about these 'Guardians', Batman just focused on his own scanner. "It doesn't scan like a bomb. More like an alien computer." He then put the scanner away before turning to GL. "If your AI can't identify it, do you someone who can?"
Green Lantern thought to herself before a smile came to her face. "Ever been to Metropolis?"
STAR Labs, Central City...
"Am I the only geeking out about this?" Young STAR labs technician Cisco Ramon asked the rest of the staff. The collected scientists were stationed at a circle-shaped observation booth as an alien box was suspended in a force-field generator. "We're looking at an alien device. Is no one else synched about this?"
"We're all synched, Cisco." The wheelchair-bounded Harrison Wells replied with a cheerful smile. "But some of us have different ways of showing it. Isn't that right Silas?"
The aforementioned african-american scientist said nothing as he continued his observation. "This device is light years ahead of anything on Earth. Unlocking its secrets could be the key to a technological revolution."
"But just because it could doesn't mean we should." Harrison replied.
"I agree with Dr. Wells." Caitlin Snow chimed in. "For all we know, there could be some kind of Trojan war program inside, waiting until we break it open."
"You said the same thing about the alien remains the Flash brought in." Silas responded. "And so far, we've found no sign of any pathogen. Just that whatever it was had the same technology as the box infused into its biology."
"But there's still something that doesn't add up." Caitlin said as she brought up a map on one of the screens, showing multiple highlighted locations around the globe. "Why abduct random people? What's the point?"
"It's a classic invasion move. Abduct at random so they can learn about our us and our weaknesses." Cisco said with an uncomfortable expression, hoping that the whole probing thing was just a Hollywood invention. However, his phone started to ring and he saw that it was a familiar number. "Hey, Barry. What's up?"
"Just checking in on our ET situation." The young CSI stated. "Anything new I should know about?"
"Nope, it's still doing nothing." The movie buff answered. "Anything on your end?"
"Aside from the smoldering remains of the warehouse it took with it, not a thing." Barry replied. Earlier that month, Barry had spotted the alien as he was patrolling as the Flash. Naturally, the Fastest Man Alive outmaneuvered the winged beast until it blew itself up. It knocked the Flash back a bit but nothing that his super fast healing factor couldn't handle. Afterwards, he brought what little remains he could find and the strange box it had planted to STAR Labs for investigation. "By the way, Victor's game is tonight."
"Aw man, really?" Cisco said, feeling like an idiot for forgetting their friend's college game. "Dr. S didn't mention anything. You going?"
"Yup, just as soon as I finish up at the station. You and Caitlin coming too?"
"We'll try. You know how Doc Stone can be."
"Got ya. Talk to you later and tell Caitlin and Dr. Wells I said hi." And with that, the phone call ended.
Happy Harbor...
"Anything look familiar?" Arthur Curry asked as he showed computer images of an alien-looking tower to his scientist friend Vulko.
"Well, it's definitely not Atlantian, I can tell you that." The older man replied. "And you say these structures have been appearing all around the world?"
The blond man nodded. "They seem to be purposely avoiding any of the submarine states, but that's not really any comfort. These...things have been popping up for months and we still have no idea what they are."
Vulko just sighed. "I'm sorry, your majesty. I'm afraid this outside my expertise."
"It's alright, Vulko." Arthur responded. "But I'm not royalty anymore, remember?"
Back in Central City, the packed stadium was filled with noise, as expected of a state final game.
"And it's the last call, folks. The scores are tied at 28-28. It all comes down to CCU's next play." The announcer said as Quarterback Victor Stone looked up at the clock, frowning that there was only thirteen seconds left when the timer would start again.
"Okay Vic, what's the play?" His teammate asked as they huddled. After a bit of discussion, the team breaked and got to the starting line, facing the opposing team. Meanwhile, no one noticed as a certain blur with lightning near it stopped out of sight. In actuality, the blur was CSI Barry Allen AKA The Flash, who quickly showed his ticket and found his seat. Seeing his friend there, a small smile made way to Victor's face as he got into position.
"And hut!" The quarterback yelled as the teams collided and he was handed the ball. He quickly backed up, noticing two of the opposing players charging at him. Victor tossed the football as the other players tackled him. Everyone's breath was held in anticipation as the ball spiraled through the air. Just as they planed, one of Victor's teammates jumped and caught the ball, landing in the endzone as he was tackled, winning them the game.
"VICTOR-Y! VICTOR-Y!" The CCU fans and Barry cheered and Victor's teammates started congratulating him on his winning strategy. But even as his friends lifted him up, Victor turned and saw that the seat reserved for his father was empty, bringing his spirits down.
Metropolis...
"Not that I'm complaining, but couldn't you have conjured up something a bit more...dignified?" Batman asked as he stood in a green energy bubble while Green Lantern flew them through the sky.
"Sorry, but the fancier stuff requires a lot more juice and I'm trying to conserve my energy." She replied as she looked around the Metropolis skyline. "Now we just gotta find Superman."
Hearing that name made Batman a bit cautious. While the caped crusader did think that Superman was a great force for good, the Man of Steel's power levels were still a bit...unsettling for him, even as he brought out his GPS. "Satellite scans show him in the Little Bohemia district."
"What, are you tracking him with your own private satellite?" Green Lantern joked. However, she then saw a tiny smirk on Batman's face. "I was just kidding. You really have your own satellite?!"
But then the two heard sounds of fighting coming by a half-constructed building a closed in as a red beam of concentrated energy blasted through a wall.
"I think we found him." Batman said with a deadpan expression as the two landed, the bubble construct vanishing. Suddenly, the two heroes saw a certain Man of Tomorrow tossed through a wall and the brunette quickly created a catcher's mitt construct to stop his decent. The aforementioned hero was dressed in his blue costume with a red cape, gloves, boots and trunks with a yellow belt-like harness on his waist and the familiar red & yellow S emblem on his chest.
"Thanks for the save, GL." The blue-eyed superhero said as a winged creature just like the one in Gotham flew towards as its skin started to burn.
"FOR DARKSEID!"
"Get back!" Green Lantern said as she quickly conjured up a brick wall construct that protected the three heroes from the kamikaze attack. "Deja Vu. You okay, Supes?"
"I'm fine." The taller man said as he dusted himself off and the wall construct vanished. "That...thing just took me by surprise." Superman then noticed the third costume individual amongst them. "I'm sorry, I don't know who you are."
Seeing her recently-made ally just scowl at the Man of Steel, GL decided to do the introductions. "Mr. Happy over here is Batman."
"Batman? You're real?" Superman asked, having heard rumors about the bat-themed vigilante.
"Ignoring how surreal that an alien is asking that, we have business." Batman said as he unclipped the alien box from his utility belt and showed it to the other caped hero. "Earlier tonight, we fought a creature exactly like the one that attacked you. It even blew itself up like this one and left this box."
After hearing this, Superman turned and used his X-Ray vision to look inside the half-built building. "I don't seeing any boxes like that inside. I must've caught before it could plant the thing."
"Well that's something. Look Superman, my ring couldn't identify this box. Think you can?" Green Lantern asked her friend.
"Let's see." Superman replied as he grabbed the box and unclipped his buckle. In reality, it was a portable link to his computer back at the Fortress of Solitude. After scanning it, the Big Blue Boy Scout frowned as the scans showed nothing. "It's definitely not Kryptonian...or anything in the Kryptonian database."
"So we're facing an unknown threat that even two of the most powerful people on Earth can't identify that's also been abducting people nationwide and planting unknown devices." Batman stated. "Why do I get the feeling this is going to be a long night?"
Central City...
Victor Stone was only player left in the locker room as he put on his letterman jacket.
"There's the star player!" The black-haired man turned and smiled as he saw Barry Allen walk into the room. "Nice final play. I'm just sorry I couldn't make it earlier."
"It's cool." Victor said as he fist-bumped his brown-haired friend. "Between working as a CSI and your 'other job', I'm surprised you even made it."
"Hey, it's the least I could do."
"Cisco and Cait still working on that weird alien thing?"
"Hate to say so but yes." Barry answered. "And hey, sorry about...you know."
"What're you apologizing for?" Victor asked as he closed his locker. "You showed up. Which is more than I can say for someone."
Seeing his friend's troubled face, Barry sighed. "Look Vic, your dad..." However, he was interrupted by his phone ringing and saw that was a certain detective. "Hold on a sec." He then answered it. "What is it, Joe?"
"Mirror Master's trying to break into the Central City Gold Reserve! We could use some back-up!"
"On my way." Barry said as he hung. He turned to his friend and saw Victor just zipping up his bag and smirked.
"Just go do your thing." The young CSI nodded as he took off a superhuman speed. As soon as he was moving fast enough for no one to see him, Barry tapped the yellow ring on his left hand, releasing a deflated red costume with a lightning motive. Faster than the human eye could track, Barry swapped his clothes and took off as the Flash.
Washington D.C...
"This is Cat Grant reporting live from the White House." The blonde reporter said into the camera as a crowd of people gathered around the white house gates. They held signs and had shirts of the same figure. However, this was not a protest by any means. "As you can see, fanfare is high as the crowd is awaiting..."
"She's here!" A little girl cheered, the crowd turning to see a woman floating down towards them. This was an amazonian woman who anyone in world could identify. Form the golden tiara with a red star adorned on her head, the blue battle-dress, silver bracelets, red torso with a silver hawk at the top, even the golden lasso strapped to waist. This was Wonder Woman, the greatest hero this world has known.
"It's really her!" One woman cheered.
"You rock Wonder Woman!" A young man cheered.
"Thank you, my friends." The black-haired woman said with a kind smile. She then saw a portly woman with brown hair and a business suit walk towards and greeted her with a handshake. "Good to see you again, Etta."
"Same to you, Diana." The woman replied. "The president's waiting for you."
"Good. I have a lot to discuss with him." She said before waving at her adorning fans. A few minutes later, Wonder Woman and Etta were standing in the Oval Office, the amazon giving her report.
"So this isn't just happening in America." President Pete Ross said as he looked a file containing images of the alien boxes and the demonic-looking creatures.
"I'm afraid not, Mr. President." Wonder Woman replied. "I've encountered incidents like these all across the globe."
"Reports from Checkmate back this up." Etta chimed in. "It's possible we're staring at face of an invasion."
"If that is the case, I will do whatever I can to stop it." Diana stated with resilience.
"Look, Wonder Woman. I know you've saved this country...hell, the world countless times. But even you can't do this alone." The president said. Hearing this made the amazon princess sigh as she looked at the framed picture on the wall. The photo showed several men and women in colorful costumes, a pantheon of a golden age long since past.
STAR Labs...
"Dad!" Victor Stone yelled as he entered the room, getting the attention of the gathered scientists.
"Not now son." Silas said as he continued to look at the suspended alien box.
"Yes now. You missed out on one of my games...again." Victor said.
"This is gonna get awkward." Cisco whispered to Caitlin, her nodding in agreement.
"Victor, we're the middle of something important."
"That's always you're excuse." The quarterback said with a scowl. "Dad, there scouts there today. They say I have a chance to go pro."
"You're still on about that?" Silas asked. "Son, you're smarter than this. You could working alongside us instead of wasting your time."
"Wasting my time?" Victor replied in anger. "Dad, football's important to me? Why can't you see that?"
"You want to know why? Ever since the 1930s, we've been baring witness to a different breed of humans." Silas explained. "Beings that can fly, break the sound barrier on foot, and lift buildings with their bare hands. They make what you do obsolete."
"Silas." Harrison said quietly as he saw Victor's face become overtaking with shock and sadness.
"You're never coming to one of my games, are you?" Victor asked.
Silas just sighed as he gave his honest reply. "No."
"Um, guys." Caitlin chimed in. "The readings from the device are fluctuating."
Happy Harbor...
"Arthur, take a look!" Vulko said as he pointed to the screen. "The tower in the Metropolis bay is causing some form of low-level seismic activity.
The blond man looked at the screen before walking towards a nearby foot locker and opened it, revealing a orange scale-mail shirt with green gloves, pants, a symbol on the belt and a golden trident.
Metropolis...
"In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night, no evil shall escape my sight! Let those who worship evil's might, beware my power! Green Lantern's Light!" GL chanted as energy flowed from her power battery and into her ring.
"Ring Charge: 100%." The AI stated. Hearing this, the brunette banished her battery to sub-space and turned back to the other heroes who were observing the alien box. "Okay, I got a full charge. Find anything yet?"
"No luck." Superman said as his looked at the box with a concentrated look. "Even with X-Ray and Telescopic Vision I can't make heads or tails of this thing."
"Not getting much on my end either." Batman stated as he continued to scan the box. "All I can determine is that it's transmitting something. But what it is, I can't say."
Suddenly, the box started to seemingly go haywire and GL quickly covered it in an energy shield. But the box started shifting and broke through the construct, transforming into a large floating hollow circle. After a loud boom, an energy portal appeared in the circle.
Back at STAR Labs, the team was quickly looking over the readings as Victor stood near the suspension field, utterly devastated by his father's harsh words. Suddenly, everyone in the room heard and saw the box go haywire.
"Shut it down!" Harrison yelled.
"I'm trying but it's not responding!" Caitlin said as she tapped away. Suddenly, the box exploded outwards, Victor caught in its blast before he had a chance to dodge it.
"VICTOR!" Silas yelled as he rushed to his son's side. When he reached him, Silas looked in horror as his son's left leg was blasted off and the alien technology that seemed to be infused into his body. As this was happening, the box had transformed into a portal that activated with a loud boom.
"I got a bad feeling about this!" Cisco said as the wind started to flow around the lab.
From the portals in Metropolis, STAR Labs and all around the world, winged creatures started flying out of the portals. Their inhuman yells echoing in the air.
The invasion had begun.
To be continued...
Author's Note 2: Navek here! For those you who follow my other fanfic Fairy Tail: A New Day, don't worry. I've worked out a rotating schedule of how I release my stories. First a new chapter of FAND, then a new chapter of a Valkyrie Rises, then a new chapter of this story and etc.
Now to explain a bit about why I made this story. Seeing as how DC has abandoned all continuity and seeing the inspiring work of Hyperkid37 on deviantart (which I recommend you all check out), I decided give my take on how I would create a New Universe for both new and old DC fans. Also, I felt like a main problem with both the comic and animated movie versions of the New 52 Justice League had the same glaring flaw: The HEROES WON'T THINK FOR TWO SECONDS BESIDES BATMAN! I get these are younger versions of the classic heroes, but youth does not automatically equal stupid! That's why this version of the origin skipped the pointless fight between Superman, Batman and Green Lantern and Wonder Woman is not a battle hungry warrior but the Spirit of Truth, as she is meant to portrayed as.
And as such, I need to explain each of the founding members of this universe's Justice League.
Superman - At the time of this story, it's been at least two years since Superman first started operating in public, with Flash, Aquaman and Green Lantern debuting a bit afterwards. His costume is mostly the same as his classic one but just with the added gloves for one reason that came to mind; to keep his DNA and fingerprints hidden so government agents like ARGUS or villains like Lex Luthor won't run one of his prints that they get from Supes punching Metallo or something.
Batman - He's only been around for a few months, hence why many still consider him a myth.
Wonder Woman - Taking a note from the pre-Infinite Crisis JSA, Earth-2 and the DC Bombshells, Wonder Woman was the first superhero in this universe who debuted way back during the forties and was part of the JSA (and by extension the All-Star Squadron). Her current costume is based off the Jason Fabok look for the current Darkseid War arc with some slight alterations.
The Flash - Yes, I'm taking a lot from the Flash TV series. But goddammit I love that show! And before you ask, no this version of Harrison Wells is not the Reverse Flash, he's the real deal.
Green Lantern - In case anyone was wondering, the first human Green Lantern of this universe is none other than Jessica Cruz, who many of you who keep up with Geoff John's Justice League book currently know as Power Ring. Until Johns fleshes out her back story and personality a bit, she's sort-of an OC that helps out with the Male/Female ratio of the team. Her costume is basically the same as her Power Ring costume but with the Green Lantern emblem replacing the Power Ring one. And yes, Hal Jordan and the other humans lanterns will be addressed down the line.
Aquaman - He's Aquaman and he's a badass. This version is mostly inspired by the New 52 version as you can probably tell from the inclusion of Vulko.
Cyborg - What can I say? The New 52 amped Cyborg up as an A-List superhero. But don't worry, the Teen Titans/Titans will still exist in this universe, just not the same as in the actual New 52.
And yes, we will see Martian Manhunter. In fact, he'll be the first new member on the team who won't quit due to an unexplained altercation.
Until then, please remember to read and review! See Ya Next Time!
