Superman is flying across the sky, following the sound of millions of men, women, and children screaming in agony, cries, and cinders burning. He tries to reach them as fast as he can until a horde of corpses and bones in skin bags pile up and drag him back to earth. He wakes up and still hears those exact same screams and could smell burnt flesh as he gets out of bed. As he gets up, he sees that it is four in the morning and quickly gets into his Superman uniform and flies over to the Hall of Justice and gets transported to the watchtower. He heads over to the meeting area and calls the Justice League. To his surprise, only Batman enters.

"Just you?" Superman asks almost as soon as the door opens

"It's really just us right now." The caped crusader answers as he takes a seat.

"What happened to everyone else?"

"While you were away taking care of negotiations, The League decided to split up and just go home."

"Everybody?"

"I'm afraid so, ever since the League of Nations, Axis, and Allies forced us to not intervene with this war, everyone felt like they couldn't really do anything and so, we've temporarily disbanded. Artemis went back to Themyscira, Arthur left to Atlantis, Hal had to return to Oa because of some crisis occurring there-"

"So it really is just you and me," the Man of Steel interrupts. After he said that, there was a moment of silence from both heroes and it lasted for almost half an hour until Superman broke the silence, "What can we do?"

"At this point, we can only wait."

"Are you even listening to yourself? Bruce, you're the first person to defy these kind of orders!"

"I feel like this is the one exception."

"Why?"

"I feel like if the Justice League were to intervene, it would cause both sides to make an arms race even more deadlier than what they have already."

"There're already metahumans in the war! Bane, Metallo, Clayface, Cheeta, EVEN VANDAL SAVAGE!" Superman yelled at Bruce at a frequency that almost blew him away.

"Calm down Clark! You'll blow a hole through the tower!" Batman scolded as he got back up.

"I'm sorry, it's just-I...I've been having nightmares for months and I keep hearing people scream in agony, terror, and despair. I smell the burning corpses of the causalities of war and the toxic gases used."

"The curse of super senses," Batman joked as Superman struggles to block out the screams.

"Look Bruce, we need to find a way to stop this war before bloodshed reaches billions."

"Aren't you supposed to investigate the Axis?"

"I tried, I've been smuggling letters to Lois but she hasn't been able to get them published. For some reason, Perry's afraid of government reception."

"Well, it looks like your way isn't working, it seems like all we can really do is wait."

"Is it really? Bruce, this isn't you, what happened to you?"

"That order has left all of us distraught, I also want to intervene, but we have to wait," Batman tells his partner as he is about to leave the room, "Fate is most kind to those who are patient."