Chapter Two
Five Minutes Later
Terry got off his call with THE Superman and he was on his way to the Batcave to see if he could help in any way.
"Terry…so….you were really telling the truth when me and mom were ready to watch The Inside Peek…I'm sorry I laughed." Matt said as Terry walked over to the med bay.
"It's alright. To be honest, I didn't believe I could do it either." Terry remarked.
"Umm….." Matt started as he rubbed his neck. "Thanks for saving me from that hunter guy."
"It was my fault you were in that position anyway; I didn't know I marked you just by carrying you to Max." Terry stated.
"Hey, even Mr. Wayne probably made mistakes when he started out…..is he going to be alright?"
"I don't know, Twip, I really don't know."
Just then a large dog came to the top of the stairs and he was accompanied by someone.
"Terry, how bad is it?" The person asked, and the voice revealed the tone of a woman.
"He doesn't sleep much, but nothing is waking him up." Terry said as he walked over to the stairs as the 'Commish' decended with the dog still by her side.
As the two headed back to med bay, the Commish was shocked to see a young boy sitting beside Bruce's bed.
"What is HE doing here?" She harshly asked.
"Don't get mad Barbara, but I didn't have any choice; the three of us were at a movie and Bruce fell asleep…then the mumbling and thrashing started."
"Wait, Commish…..Barbara; aren't you Barbara Gordon?" Matt asked.
"Yes, and before you start asking about THAT….I was Batgirl. What's your name, kid?"
"Matt."
"Well, I'm sure you can keep this a secret, Matt." Barbara said.
Matt seemed unsure about how to answer.
"Matt?" Terry questioned with authority in his voice.
"Alright…I won't tell." Matt finally answered. "What about mom?"
"It's already endangering you to know….I don't want to put her in danger as well." Terry said; a protective tone to his voice.
"So when you told me and mom…..you only did it so we wouldn't find out about your secret from an investigative reporter?"
"Yea."
"With Bruce's rouges' gallery, it could be ANYONE wanting to get revenge….let's see if there's anything different in his blood." Barbara said. "Matt, while Terry's getting the sample and running it through the computer; want a tour of the cave."
"SCHWAY!" Matt said and Barbara led the way while Terry put the blood sample in the computer.
It was just then that a supersonic sound could be heard and it wasn't long before Superman came walking down the stairs into the cave.
"Raincheck on that tour?" Barbara asked Matt and he just nodded, knowing that everyone here was concerned about Mr. Wayne.
"Hello, Terry….oh…" Superman started, then he saw Matt.
"He was with me and Bruce when this happened, we were at a movie." Terry told the man of steel. "Matt, this is Superman…Superman, my little brother Matt."
"Nice to meet you, Matt. I'm sorry I can't talk right now, but Terry, Barbara and I have some business to take care off." Superman said.
"Barb can fill you in, I need to get Matt something to eat out of the kitchen." Terry said and he received a nod from the two older heroes and so the current Batman took his little brother up into the manor.
Ten Minutes Later
"Sorry about that, we were supposed to go to dinner after the movie." Terry said as he descended the stairs once again.
"You're doing what a big brother should." Superman said with a smile.
Just then the computer beeped. The three of them went over to it and read the results and all three were shocked.
"Nothing…..this is going to be harder than I thought." Terry said as he rubbed his neck.
"We'll figure it out, we just need…." Superman said, but his JLU comm link activated.
Barbara and Terry watched him as his face went from worry for his old friend to grim at the news he was receiving.
Superman sighed and ended the call. "Micron's just been found in a coma and he's not responding to any means to wake him."
"That's two heroes down….so the blood test was right, it can't be anything in his system."
Just then Superman's comm beeped again. "What's wrong this time Barda?"
The two Gotham heroes watched as his face went even grimmer than before and the call ended. "Now Kai-Ro is in a coma."
"Then it has to be a psychic." Terry said and he shocked both Barbara and Superman.
Superman nodded. "I'll head back and see what I can do to help Micron and Kai-Ro; let me know if anything changes with Bruce."
"We will, thanks for coming." Terry said.
With that said, Superman flew back into the manor and left to return to the Metro Tower.
"What made you think of a psychic?" Barbara asked as she turned to the new age Batman.
"After meeting that little girl and seeing what she could do within MY mind, I'd believe a strong psychic could do the same thing to three heroes." Terry answered.
Barbara smiled. "You really do the mantle proud."
"I'll check the computer for a list of psychic villains." Terry said, and it was then that Matt returned after eating his dinner.
"Where's Superman?" Matt asked as he noticed that the Man of Steel was gone.
"He had to get back to Metropolis, it's not just Mr. Wayne that's in trouble, two of Superman's colleagues have fallen into comas." Terry told him.
Matt's eyes showed worry. "This is bad….isn't it?"
"Don't worry, Twip; Superman and I will work to save all of them." Terry said and reassured Matt with a smile.
"I have to get back to running the police department, call me if there's any change. I'll be back after my shift." Barbara told the McGinnis brothers and with that she headed out.
"Bye commissioner." Matt said as Terry just nodded.
"Alright, I'm going to look through the files. As long as you PROMISE not to touch anything, you can look through the cave." Terry said, knowing that his little brother would get bored soon enough.
"Alright." Matt calmly said and so went to explore.
"Matt, don't get close to any cliff edges or go onto any narrow walkways." Terry cried out as he started reading the files on ALL of Bruce's and the JLU's villains.
"Alright." Matt said back, and he was actually going to listen to Terry this time, since his older brother had a lot on his mind and didn't need him in danger.
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Metro Tower, Metropolis
Superman arrived and walked to Med Bay and saw that in the time it took him to leave Gotham and arrive at the tower, War Hawk was now in a coma and laying on a bed next to Micron and Kai Ro. Over the years; the JLU had dwindled in members, but the five of them that remained: Superman, Big Barda, War Hawk, Kai-Ro the Green Lantern, and Micron. With three of them down, along with the original Batman; something was really wrong.
"I don't know what to do, Kal. Anything with the original Batman?" Big Barda said.
"It's not any kind of poison that the Batcomputer has records on. Batman had an idea that it might be a psychic doing this." Kal-El (superman) answered.
"We've never had a psychic for a villain." Barda said.
"No, but the original Justice League did." Superman retorted. Just as he went over to the computer, he fell to the floor….and wasn't getting back up.
"KAL." Barda cried out as she ran over to him.
She checked him to make sure he was breathing, and he was, but there was no response to anything. "I'd better call…"
Barda couldn't finish her out loud thought as she felt something happening with her mind and she too fell unconscious.
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Undisclosed Location
Within the rundown building, a lone figure was smiling. "So, it may not be the same one that I tried to get revenge on all those years ago, but I will STILL take down the Justice League."
The figure then let out an evil laugh and returned to its work.
