Outskirts of Metropolis
9:15 A.M
(Hal Jordan)
As the group landed, and he lowered the shield around Aquaman and Flash, The looked around, and saw there was nobody around. As best he could scan, there appeared to be no drones following them. They did land however near a strip mall, so there was a good thing, Wonder Woman and Aquaman would stand out, they were going to need some clothes to blend.
"Hey Flash, can you go in and grab some clothes,. anything that will fit Wonder Woman and Aquaboy here."
"You need not worry Lantern. I make my leave for Atlantis. I would take you all, but we can not harbor criminals."
"But What about you?" asked Wonder Woman
"I am the King. I must go to my people. Weather they accept me or not I will have to see. If they reject me, I shall contact thee. Farewell, and Good Luck." Aquaman walked over towards a sewer system, and waded himself in. He followed it to the ocean and he was gone.
"I don't blame him" Said the Flash, with some clothes in hand. "Here Diana, these are for you. Didn't know what you would like, or what would fit, but its the best i could do."
"Thank you flash, now avert thine eyes men." She said. Wonder Woman always had a odd display. Her magic and his ring worked fairly similar. SHe clashed her bracelets together, and her Armor dropped away, almost like when he took the ring off. She came back into robes, and began to Put on the clothes Flash had given her.
Fucking Christ. Whoever molded her had an eye for beauty. She was gorgeous.
He took his ring off, revealing his Jeans boots and bomber jacket. He saw flash pull a ring out, tap its side, and his costume become small. His clothes revealed jeans sneakers and a yellow button up. He had never seen him out of costume. Blond hair, Blue Eyes. Someone he would like to have some drinks with.
"Alright men. Where are we to?" asked Wonder Woman. She had settled on a nice blue blouse and jacket, with a white button up. She still had her sandals on, which was odd, but he was banking on nobody would ask about it. It was fucking sandals. Jesus he was looking way too hard into this.
"Superman said we could go to his place. I don't know, doesn't sound half bad to me." He said. "I say we go."
"I agree. Where is it?"
"49th and 9th."
"There appear to be no modes of transportation around. We must walk for a while." said Wonder Woman
"ALright. Can you slow down for us Flash?" he said with a grin.
"Come on lets go haha." he said and they began to walk.
They strode in silence for a while. Then Flash broke his silence.
"Is anybody hungry?" he asked stopping on the corner of 45th and 9th
"I could go for a bite. You Diana?" he asked
"Ok, Where to?" She asked
"There's a nice little bar across the street over there, doesn't seem to busy." They walked across the street. It was odd. He was listening to conversations of people passing by. Many were mad at the Justice League. He was sure that Flash and Diana were hearing it to.
They walked in and Flash got them a table. They ordered some drinks. Flash ordered a Cranberry and Seltzer, Diana ordered herself a martini. He got himself a beer.
"So What are we going to do?" asked Flash
"What about this whole Maxwell Lord thing." He said looking around. This bar was very slow, there were very few people in here, and the waiting staff stayed in the back. He was fairly confident they could talk in secrecy.
"Yeah. Were wanted all across the world. Lord was really popular. The Republicans were expecting him to run. He would have had a really good chance if he ran. The government is going to come after us."
"What about Waller? Will she and her Justice League not come after us?" Asked Diana.
"Yeah. So we need to be careful." said Flash.
They sat for a while, talking about different subjects. Diana was talking to Flash about his girl, Iris. He seemed really smoten with her. They talked about if he was going to propose or not and what his plans were for if they got married. They talked about his adventures in space, which were far from thrilling, this last patrol in space, quite literally nothing happened of note. he was considering going to Oa and spooking the guardians, just so they could yell at him, so he wasn't so bored. Diana talked about her last trip to Themyscira. What he would give to be able to be on that island for even 5 minutes.
They had their drinks, and Hal was feeling if he might have had just one to many. They started to walk around the city, noticing how just about everything was revolving around Lord. There were talking heads, asking where the heroes were, and why they haven't revealed themselves. They took a walk towards Grand Central. Barry was looking quite distraught, He was constantly looking at his phone.
"Flash, is something wrong?" he asked.
"Its Iris. She's worried about me. I haven't seen her in a couple of days."
"Does she know of your alternate identity?" Diana Asked.
"No."
"Well that's good. She might have ratted you out otherwise."
"I think that I might go home soon. I worked a double and immediately came to the watchtower. Iris misses me and is worried about me. I need to go home."
"Well if you think that's the best idea, then I'm certainly not going to stop you." He said to him.
"Lets go then." Barry said as they got up. Hal left the bill on the table, with a pretty nice tip included. When they were a block away from the apartment, Bary looked down the road. There were no cars in sight, so he said his goodbyes.
"My comm is off. I don't want anyone to track me. If you guys need me, you two have my number."
"I'll make sure to do that Barry. Keep your head down." And like that he was gone. Faster than he could react, his friend was on his way out of the city. He and Diana went upstairs to Superman's apartment. Hal sat down, and he fell asleep almost immediately.
(Diana's Perspective)
Hal fell asleep almost immediately as they went into Superman's apartment. He smelled heavily of the cheap alcohol that was so common in this country. She wanted to see what was going on around the nation, and so she picked him up and dumped him into the bed in what she assumed was Superman's bed when he decided to sleep here.
Diana closed the door to the bedroom, and sat down. The T.V was left on from a prior time, so she watched the reactions of people across the world.
"We return now, and the president has released a statement, 'The Justice League of America is being briefed about the current situation. At this time, we need to have a strong resolve as a nation, and come together. Those who have committed this heinous act will be brought to Justice.' The President is currently being held in a secret location, There has been no word on the Justice League International."
Diana changed the channel, She changed it over and over. Trying as desperate as she could to find something different. Any media group that did not believe that she murdered a man that she had no recollection of killing. But everything she saw made her sick to the deepest pit of her stomach.
"Why have we not brought these monsters to justice yet?!"
"If these so called heroes want to act truly heroic, they should just turn themselves in."
"I can tell you this right now, the fact that Superman has yet to get caught scares me. He could be watching us right now, we could be killed at any moment."
"Any of those monsters could end our lives in the span of a single breath,"
"These are no heroes, they are monsters. Plain and simple."
Diana sat there for hours, watching all the media criticize them. She had had enough. She got up. It was a cloudy day, and she wanted to be by herself. She decided that she would fly to Washington. Despite the fact that was probably going to be the most heavily watched place in the United States right now, her bracelets made her pretty much invisible to anything but the naked eye. She was only hoping that steve would not be too alarmed to see her, or report her. Then again, he had a deep and intense love for her. It was almost sad really, that as much as Steve loved her, she had no deeper feeling than friendship with him. But at least he was lucky. Steve was lucky in the sense of how blessed he was. A decorated war hero, and an accomplished leader, who was leading a Justice League. On that was, as she was climbing up through the clouds, probably preparing to come and try to arrest the members of her Justice League.
As she looked down from high up in the atmosphere, she looked at how peaceful it was below them. It brought up the constant fire in her stomach that she always felt. Whenever she got angry, it flared up intensely. She was furious that she was being accused of murdering some pest of a man, that whoever twisted that image made her the killer and that she had to hide. Hiding was what she hated most of all. Not being oneself, was something she could never understand. Why the other men on her team, besides Arthur of course (And then she had a different reason why she did not trust him, that reason was tied to the fact he was an Atlantean, and Amazons and Atlanteans very rarely if ever got along.) Kal had that reporter guise, Batman was some rich billionaire by day, and by night he was a terrifying skull buster. She respected Hal, he didn't hide his identity to those he trusted. The Flash also could be respected, because he his it from literally everybody around him, He wasn't anyone super important, he went to work, he risked his life to save others, and went home at the end of the day to his family. Even today, he trusted Hal not to tell anyone, and on a day like today where anyone who uttered any of their names the Federal government would be on your tail in a heartbeat. But these men, Kal, Batman, Hal, Flash and Arthur, they all, were heroes. And the fact that they were all in danger because of some preposterous allegations against her. They did not deserve this. She did not deserve this. Those men, despite all of their flaws, would fight for her, and she would fight for them. That made them family.
When those other teams came hunting for them, she was going to make sure, that they would regret coming after her and her family.
When she landed in the back alley behind Steve's apartment, she went up. As she expected, Steve was not here. In fact she felt very stupid for coming here, because Steve would probably send the brunt of any available units to her. Or maybe he wouldn't, if he was trying to be smart. She decided that it would be best to move around. The clock said 10:20, it was very early. She left, and wandered, that fire in her belly burning the whole way.
Hal Jordan
Metropolis
11:00 AM
Hal Woke up, about an hour after he took a quick snooze in Superman's house. He wasn't hung over, in fact he was still drunk more likely. He couldn't tell. He left the apartment, and decided to take a walk around the city.
Wherever John was right now, he was very afraid. The rings were all traceable, and if the Guardians could tell John where he was, he would probably be in deep, deep trouble. John being a marine and all, and between the two of them, Right now, John would destroy him. There was little question to that.
Hal walked down times Square, and all the people just hating on the heroes associated with the Justice League. This was Metropolis, this was the home of Superman, the heroic Man of Steel. This guy was revered in this city in the highest regard, he saved the day all the time here. He saw people pushing over the statue of his logo. People were burning shirts with his logo on them. The same could be seen with shirts and symbols of Batman, Wonder Woman, Barry, Arthur and himself. It was awful.
He walked and walked, and finally sat down on a bench, he needed to collect his thoughts. What was he going to do? What were the guardians going to do? What was he going to say to Carol? He pulled out his phone, and decided to call her. She picked up.
"Hal Jordan! What the hell are you doing calling me? What nerve do you have after what you and your friends did?"
"Carol please list…"
"No Hal, you listen here! Never call me again. I hope the government is listening to this, I hope they come for your head!" And she hung up on him. To be safe, he left his phone on the bench.
He walked around for a little bit longer, and then he came up to Bryant Park. He sat down and looked around. How was he going to get out of this one?
"Hal?" Must be someone with the same name
"Hal!" Wait a minute. That couldn't be… That couldn't be John could it? He turned around, and to his absolute dismay, John Stewart was right behind him, and he was in his uniform. Oh no.
"Hal Jordan, by the order of the Guardians of Oa, you are being placed under arrest for the gross misuse of your powers."
Hal pulled out his ring. This was probably the last thing he wanted to do, but he had to fight John. This was his only chance of surviving. If he went back to Oa, he would probably be sentenced to death.
Hal charged forward. John deflecting him with a construct of a shield. Hal decided to fly up high, he wanted to avoid any collateral damage to the city. John followed him into the air, and shot a blast at him, which hal reflected away, a large hand construct.
"Come on Hal, don't do this. I have to bring you in."
"And I'm not letting you bring me in for a crime I did not commit."
"The guardians don't want you, they want your ring. Ill bring you into Waller."
"Oh you really have lost your mind if you think that I'm going to let myself be in that woman's custody."
"This is your last chance. Refuse now, and i will bring you in hard. Come on Hal think about this."
"I have. And I'm sorry John."
"So am I Hal." And John Charged forward. This day was going to end very badly. Hal wasn't sure who it would end bad for, but it was going to end badly. He hoped that his friends were doing better than he was right now.
1- Hey Everybody! Sorry this took so long to post. I've been trying to do quite a bit lately, balancing school, social activities and this story. This thing is a pleasure to write, and I really appreciate any comment's, criticism, suggestions, anything really. Please leave me something, nothing is to much. A simple 'I hate this' or a 'this is really cool' is great.
2-Anyone mad that Batman got shot, I figure he has odds of being hit. And maybe just this once, he lost to the odds. I mean 1 in a 1,000,000 still has a chance to happen right? Please don't kill me about this.
3- This story isn't done. I'm still trying to wrap it up. But it is ALMOST done.
4- If you are reading this, first off, thanks! But if you are confused at any point, or want a bit more on these teams, then go check out the other stories I've done. They give a quick intro to the teams. And the Batman story. Doesn't really have much to relate with everything but it does have a bit of foreshadowing in it.
Anyway, thanks For reading, And Have a great Day!
