Chapter 1: DCAU: How It All Started
"Thank you for this evening, Bruce," Diana smiled.
"I'm glad you enjoyed yourself," Bruce responded.
They had just come back to Wayne Manor from the theater. Diana was wearing a short, strapless scarlet dress while Bruce was wearing a suit.
"Although I have to admit that movie was tad bit on the strange side," Diana admitted.
"You've battled demons from the Underworld yet for some reason a movie about the origin of the circus is strange," Bruce responded. Diana glared at him.
"You know what I mean," Diana said. "I did like the songs in it though. Where was "Rewrite the Stars" when I was trying to persuade you to give dating me a try? That song could have saved me tons of time." Bruce chuckled.
"It wouldn't have changed anything though," Bruce told her. "Besides you know I don't like to sing in public."
"Except to save me from pig-dom," Dian pointed out.
"Except for that," Bruce agreed. Diana yawned. "It's late; you probably should head up to the Watchtower."
"You sure you're not just trying to get me to leave so you can go on patrol?" Diana asked.
"No, for once, I'm going to bed," Bruce said. He yawned. "I've been up for three nights in a row. I'm getting tired."
"Alright, then I'll go to bed," Diana responded. "As long as you go to bed."
"Deal," Bruce said.
"And I'll ask Alfred to make sure you did," Diana warned him. "If you didn't…"
"I get the picture," Bruce interrupted.
"Good-night, Bruce," Diana smiled. She gave him a quick kiss on the cheek. She then put her hand to her comm. "Watchtower, send me up."
"Good-night, Diana," Bruce responded before she was completely gone. Bruce kept true to his promise and headed to bed. Before he dosed off he pulled a small box out of his suit's pocket. He opened it and sighed. "I wonder if Dad was this nervous." He closed the ring box and put it on his dresser. "Tomorrow, I'll ask her tomorrow."
The Next Day
'Why did he have to pick NOW?' Batman wondered. Darkseid had returned and for SOME REASON it had to be in the middle of his lunch date. He, along with the other founders, were at the main location where Darkseid was. Superman, Jonn', and Wonder Woman were battling Darkseid while he along with all the others were battling parademons or helping civilians.
There were three Mother Boxes, hovering, in the center the four way intersection where they were fighting. Apparently it was a part of his plan to turn the world into Apokolips. As of the moment it was failing. Eventually the three heavy-hitters managed to get Darkseid on a one-way trip home. Once Darkseid was gone, the three Mother Boxes dropped at their feet.
"Soooo, what are we going to do with them?" Flash asked. Then they started lighting up and a storm circled around them. Then a gust of wind knocked the founders back a few feet. Green Lantern put a bubble around the three boxes.
"Lantern, stop!" Batman exclaimed. "The boxes are absorbing your ring's energy." The boxes were. Green Lantern broke up the bubble around them. The boxes continued to absorb the energy and lightning was flying off of them. Then the boxes opened up a portal. It was sucking things inside of itself. Flash was running in the opposite direction while Green Lantern enclosed the leaguers closest to him, which were Hawkgirl, Superman and Jonn'. Wonder Woman was griping the ground and Batman had grappled a light post.
The portal grew bigger and it engulfed Batman and Wonder Woman. The portal closed and the "storm" stopped. Green Lantern removed the bubble and all of the leaguers gathered together.
"Wait, where's Bats and Di?" Flash asked.
Batman and Wonder Woman were in a vortex of swirling color. They kept falling and falling endlessly. They then dropped onto the sold ground of a cave. Both of them moaned.
"You okay?" Wonder Woman asked.
"Yeah, you?" Batman asked.
"I will be when my head stops throbbing," Wonder Woman said. They both got up. "Where are we?"
"Don't move," a voice said. A trident was pointed at them but they couldn't see who was pointing it. "Or you'll meet an early grave."
"Come into the light," Wonder Woman ordered.
"Arthur! What are you doing?" another voice said.
"Why don't you come down and see Barry?" Arthur said. Barry zipped down and saw Batman and Wonder Woman.
"Um, I'll get Di and Bruce," Barry said. He ran off and Batman and Wonder Woman noticed that he was gone as fast as Flash would be if he was here. They also had puzzled expressions on their faces at the mention of their names.
"Wrong universe?" Wonder Woman said.
"Wrong universe," Batman responded.
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