JUSTICE REBORN
by Gunman
Disclaimer: I do not own Justice League TAS, The Matrix, Evangelion, Marvel Comics, GI Joe Retaliation, Star Trek Into Darkness, or Star Wars The Clone Wars.
Summary: Deceased heroes are reborn into new bodies of other deceased heroes and taken to a world where heroes are needed still. The Justice League's universe.
NOTE: This chapter might be a little confusing, so read it carefully. It involves people who have died in the live-action movies (GI Joe Retaliation, Star Trek Into Darkness, and even The Matrix Revolutions) This was another little chapter I wrote because I was bored. It's all for fun.
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Chapter 2
Justice Reborn
(Metropolis, DCAU)
The seven costumed heroes looked around and gasped when they saw where they were.
The highly athletic blond-haired man in the blue bodysuit with white stars and stripes going across his chest, brown boots, belt and fingerless gloves, a gun holster behind his back, and red stripes going down the sides of his suit, looked around in confusion.
The athletic and shapely woman with the long red hair, dressed in a skin-tight black leather bodysuit was armed with a pair of weapon bracelets and a pair of handguns in the holsters at her side. She wore a gold belt made of circles with the buckle bearing a red hourglass symbol on it.
The tall and athletic man in the white bodysuit, cloak and cape, which had a crescent moon symbol on his chest, his wrists and feet covered in metallic gauntlets and boots. His face shrouded by a black mask that hid everything but the white slits of his eyes.
There was a tall and athletic man with long blond hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in a yellow bodysuit with black boots and wrist guards, a black belt with a lightning bolt styled 'S' on his belt, a black collar around his neck and shoulders, and a long blue-colored cape flowing behind him.
The tallest of the group was a muscular man with short black hair and blue eyes. He was dressed in a sleeveless bodysuit that was red, yellow and black with a small black 'X' across a red circle on the left side of his chest. His arms were bare, but his wrists had red and yellow metal gauntlets on them.
The woman, who looked of African descent, was dressed in a dark blue and gold bodysuit with a blast-shield mask over her eyes, an odd-shaped 'M' symbol on her chest that seemed to wrap around her chest and shoulders. A red crystal on the forehead of her helmet.
The last individual was a lean and athletic young man dressed in a red bodysuit with a sleeveless blue hoodie with a black spider-symbol on his chest. Metallic webshooters on his wrists and a brown belt around his waist. His face mask had large white, odd-shaped lenses where his eyes should have been.
"What's going on?" Duke asked.
"Where are we?" Christopher Pike asked.
"How did we get here?" Trinity asked.
Unbeknownst to all of them, a mysterious and powerful figure watched from the shadows, content that he had made the right choices in these individuals.
The blond man in blue with the white star on his chest looked around and gasped. Not sure where he was. The last thing he remembered... was the attack. His team, the GI Joe's, had been attacked by what they thought were Allied security forces. He remembered pushing Flint out of the way, and then a forceful explosion, heat and shrapnel tearing into his body. Then, nothing.
The red haired woman looked around, gasping at her new body. The last thing she remembered was piloting The Logos to the Machine City with a blinded Neo leading the way. She had crash-landed the ship after it had lost power. But she had been impaled by several barbs and spikes. She was dying as Neo cried for her. But she felt nothing but love for him, felt the hope he had given her, and remembered her telling him to go on and do what he had to in order to save Zion.
The white-costumed man looked around, being able to see again was actually a refreshing experience for him. He knew this wasn't the Matrix, as he was not seeing it in code. His last memories were of Smith copying his code onto himself, taking over and killing him in the process. Which had been the ultimate act of desperation in order to stop Smith. A sacrifice play that he knew Smith would not see coming, because, as the Oracle had told him, no one can see beyond the choices they made. And since Smith couldn't see his end, it was the only way to end him.
The blond haired man in the yellow outfit and blue cape looked around. Shocked and confused, since the last thing he recalled was being shot in the chest with an energy bolt from a ship that had attacked the Daystrom conference room. He remembered seeing the face of half-Vulcan First Officer Spock using his Mind Melding abilities to ease his (Pikes) pain. He remembered feeling confusion, anger, loneliness and fear in his final moments, before everything went black. Now... he was far more than what he had seemed to be. And he didn't know why.
The tall and muscular man in the sleeveless bodysuit looked around, slightly disoriented as his eyes took in his new form. He remembered being in the cockpit of his Eva-01, the sounds of explosions all around him. He remembered everyone and everything around him being a complete lie, how every person close to him had seemingly used and manipulated him. How in a last desperate act to end all the pain in his life, he had given up. But given up his own life, and wanted everyone to at least be happy again. He wanted them to live, and so gave them a second chance, while wanting himself to just stop existing. But where was he now? He was sure he wasn't dead, and he had no idea where he was, or what had happened to him.
The dark-skinned woman in the blue and gold outfit was the most confused. Having been cast out of the Jedi Order because she had been framed for a terrible crime, for bombing the Jedi Temple, she had been on the verge of being sentenced to death by the Senate. Everyone except her master and Padmé having given up on her, and then she was saved at the last minute by Anakin Skywalker, who revealed that her best friend Barriss Offee had committed the act, was shocking to her. But worse, is that the Jedi Masters didn't even apologize to her when they wanted her back. They had abandoned her, left her alone to fend for herself, so she saw no reason to return. She had left. She had spent several months living in the slums of Coruscant just trying to get by, trying to find a new life. Then she remembered the clone troopers coming for her. She remembered the horrible feeling of dread and fear well up in her as they opened fire on her. She didn't remember what happened after that. And now, she was here, in a body not of her own species, with a strange glowing stone on her forehead that seemed to be connected to her now. What was going on?
The man in red and blue gasped when he looked at himself in a nearby window. The reflection showing that he was no longer in his own body anymore. He remembered fighting the Green Goblin in order to save his aunt and his friends. He remembered the tanker truck exploding. Goblin was dead, but so was he. And now... he looked like an adult. He had been fifteen years old when he died, and now he was alive and looked like an adult. He felt different. He looked different. And he didn't understand why that was.
"I don't understand." the redheaded woman said. "What happened? Where... I died, but..."
The man in white looked at the redhead in the black catsuit.
"I... know you." he said, staring at her.
The woman stared back, looking hard as he pulled back his hood and mask, revealing a man in his 30's with brown hair and black eyes. Their eyes met, intently looking at each other for several seconds.
"Neo?" the redhead asked.
"Trinity?" the brown-haired man asked.
The pair embraced tightly, holding on to the other as if to keep themselves from dying. Or believing this to be a dream.
"What the heck happened?" the blond haired man in the blue suit asked.
"Where are we?" the tall Russian-looking man asked.
"I don't know... but it's obvious we are in the same situation." the man with the long blond hair in the yellow suit and long blue cape said. "I think introductions are in order." he said to the group. "I'm Admiral Christopher Pike, formerly of Starfleet Command. 2259. And I died, shot in the chest by an assailant responsible for terrorist actions against Starfleet."
"Captain Conrad Hauser of the GI Joe special missions team. My friends call me Duke. And I died too, in 2025, killed in a surprise attack by those I considered... friendly forces." the super soldier said.
"I'm Ahsoka Tano. Former Jedi Padawan of the Galactic Republic. I was... of the Togruta race. And the last thing I remembered was getting shot in the back by the troopers I once commanded during the Clone Wars." the dark-skinned woman said, getting odd looks from the group.
"Peter Parker, the Spider-Man. And I was blown up by a tanker truck defending my friends and family. It was 2010 when it happened." the now adult-looking webslinger said.
"Shinji Ikari. Pilot of Evangelion Unit 01. I died... trying to save my world from destruction when we were betrayed by... well, everyone we thought was an ally. The year was 2015." the large Russian man said.
"Neo, human resistance fighter from Zion. And I died trying to bring peace to my world between the humans and the machines." the white-clothed man said.
"Trinity, human resistance fighter from Zion. And I died in my world along with Neo." the red haired woman said.
"In our world it was... actually now that I think about it, it was the 27th Century." Neo said.
"What?" Trinity gasped as he said that.
"I'll explain later." Neo whispered to her.
The group looked at each other for several seconds. There was an awkward silence that fell amongst the group, each not knowing where to go from here or what to do next.
They had all died in their own universes, and were now in a new universe, and in different bodies than what they had previously.
They had new skills, new abilities, new lives.
And what's more... how the heck did they know that?
"I don't know where we are, or why we look like we do... am I to assume everyone didn't look like this before?" Pike asked.
"No." Trinity said.
"Nope." Neo said.
"Nada." Duke said.
"I didn't." Shinji said.
"No way." Peter said.
"Uh-uh." Ahsoka said.
"Great. We all seem to be in the same situation, so we should probably find some place where we can at least think in private." Pike said.
The group looked around, and noticed several people on the sidewalks just staring at them. People who were dressed up like ordinary 20th century civilians.
Not too many people, which they assumed was because it was night time and most people were most likely asleep by now.
Shinji looked at his hands, a sudden revelation coming to him, about what he could do in this new body. And more importantly, who he was. I am now... Colossus. He thought with a smile. At least he's a nice man.
Ahsoka looked at her hands, flashes of her bodies life passing before her eyes. She grimaced a little. This woman... Meteorite... such a foul mouth... but this gemstone... it's powers. How did... where did I get it from? she thought. The suit had powers, but now it's got something else.
Neo looked at himself as he pulled his mask and hood up, realizing he was no longer 'The One', but someone else. I am called... The Moon Knight. Neo thought to himself. In a way, it felt nice to just be human again. Some what human.
Trinity looked at her body, at her weapons, at her outfit. They will call me... The Black Widow. She thought to herself. It was an ironic name for her, considering she would give her life for her mate.
Duke clenched his fists, unsure where this new intel was coming from. I'm a super soldier now... I'm Captain America? What kind of person names themselves that? Or did he name himself that? he thought. However, another thought flew into his mind.
Duke, Neo and Trinity now had bodies that were created by a bizarre mastermind/scientist named Dr. Bong. Bong had created these bodies with super healing powers, like that of Deadpool, and now the three of them (himself, Neo and Trinity) had them. He was sure that his two new allies were aware of this as well.
Peter was just as confused as the rest of them. He was 15 years old when he died, now he was in a body that was twice that age, far stronger and quicker, but still with the same powers he had before. Someone has a strange sense of humor. Or is it irony? he wondered.
Christopher Pike sighed as he stared up at the stars, as if they were going to give him answers. I'm in a new body, far more powerful than anything else I've ever known... like some kind of Superman. No... not Superman. The Sentry! He thought to himself, trying to think of all the advantages this new form could give him. Especially a younger body with the ability to walk, even fly, without assistance. But why is this happening? And why us? he thought as he looked at the other group of costumed individuals.
Suddenly, a loud roar caught everyone's attention.
The group looked towards the end of the street, and saw a large, hulking creature with gray skin covered in white bone-shards, and dressed only in a pair of green shorts and boots, marching towards them.
"What the heck is that?" Ahsoka gasped.
"I don't know... but we have to stop him." Pike said.
"We what?" Duke asked.
"We don't, innocent people are going to get hurt."
The group looked at the monster lumbering towards them, seeing him tossing cars left and right.
"This is a little out of my league... but I'm in." Duke said.
"Me too." Neo said.
"I'm with Neo." Trinity said.
"I'm in." Ahsoka said.
"Okay. I'll help." Shinji said.
"How are we going to do this?" Peter asked.
"As a team." Pike said.
"Even though we only met each other five minutes ago?" Duke asked.
"Exactly. Why else would we all be here, at this exact time and place, with new powers and abilities that we never had before?" Pike replied.
The group looked at each other in shock at what Pike had just said. What's more is that they realized he was right.
"So, what's the plan?" Peter asked, the group looking at The Sentry.
"Colossus, Meteorite and I will take him head-on. The rest of you take the perimeter and keep these civilians safe. Duke, you have military experience and rank, so you're in charge." Pike said.
"Fine." Trinity said.
"Understood." Neo said.
"Okay by me." Peter said.
"Let's go!" Duke said.
The quartet of heroes quickly ran in four directions, herding the civilians out of the area as swiftly as possible.
"What do you want here?" Sentry asked the monster, which he psychically learned was called Doomsday.
"The same thing you do. Power. Control. Dominance." the creature grumbled.
"You're wrong." Sentry said.
"Then let's prove that statement, shall we?"
"I don't suppose there's any way we can resolve this peacefully?"
"No." the beast grumbled.
"Colossus, take point! I'll back you up! Meteorite, hit him from behind!" Sentry said.
"Yes, sir!" Meteorite said as she blasted straight up into the air.
Colossus and Doomsday charged at each other, their fists thrown forward to slam into each others faces, knocking the pair of juggernauts down and away from each other.
The pair crashed hard into the street, tearing it up as they did.
While Pike knew that Shinji wasn't a fighter or a warrior, he knew that he would follow orders if only to protect innocent people.
Doomsday was back on his feet in seconds, right as Sentry flew in and threw a series of punches that were super fast and filled with incredible strength. Doomsday was stunned, but quickly rolled to the side, causing Sentry to punch his back and shoulders. He spun around and threw his hand back, missing Sentry who had ducked just in time, and received a fierce uppercut to his face. Doomsday growled as he lunged at Sentry, grabbing his cape and pinning him to the ground so that he could punch him in the face over and over again.
Colossus was back up and charged Doomsday, leaping forward and tackling him to the ground as Sentry shook off his faint dizziness.
The pair wrestled around fiercely, their strength seemingly even. However, Doomsday was of a more savage nature. His quickness and ferocity surprised Colossus, causing him to break free of the steel-skinned man and deliver several punches to his face.
Colossus quickly blocked the seventh punch to his face with his left arm, then launched a chop to Doomsday's neck with his left hand. Stunned, Doomsday felt his face punched by Colossus's fist that sent him flying and onto his back.
Doomsday got back up as Sentry and Colossus double teamed him. They pounded and hammered away at him, driving him down to his knees, only to have him suddenly jump up and smash their faces with his spiked fists.
Disoriented and groggy, Doomsday was unprepared for a sudden energy blast to strike his face and send him flying.
He looked up, seeing a blue and gold blur flying towards him, and hit him hard in mid-air. The impact sent him crashing into the ground.
Getting up and shaking his head to clear the confusion, Doomsday saw several people just staring at him in shock and confusion. But also fear as well.
He got up and walked over to the group of people, several of whom ran away in fear. However, one woman was standing still, frozen in terror.
"Looks like I've got myself a victim!" Doomsday growled.
"H-h-help..." the woman shivered in fear.
Doomsdays reared his fist back ready to strike the woman, only for a red-and-blue garbed figure to suddenly drop down in front of the monster and fire something at his face.
Gray webbing of some kind stuck fast to his face, throwing Doomsdays into a panic as he tried to frantically remove it from his face.
Scarlet Spider quickly ushered the scared woman away as the other members of their team rushed in to tackle the creature.
"Thank you!" the woman shouted.
"Any time!" the Scarlet Spider replied.
Sentry flew in and grabbed Doomsday by the spikes on his shoulders. He spun him around and around and then tossed him into the air. Very high up.
Meteorite and Colossus arrived as Doomsday was flying upwards.
Moon Knight, Black Widow, Super Soldier and Scarlet Spider ran up to their allies.
"Every civilian has been evacuated from the area." Super Soldier said.
"Good work." Sentry said.
"Where's the monster?" Black Widow asked.
"Up." Moon Knight said, his head tilted towards the sky.
Everyone looked up and saw a gray and white figure falling back down towards them.
"Everyone stand back!" Sentry said.
Doomsday slammed into the street, causing an explosion and earthquake than knocked everyone off their feet. Even Sentry and Meteorite. The street caved in, dropping Moon Knight, Black Widow, Super Soldier and Colossus into the sewer system below.
Sentry, Meteorite and Scarlet Spider were somehow saved the indignity of falling into the sewer.
For almost a minute there was nothing. No sound. Then, the thunderous sounds of blows landing and grunts and pained shouts was heard beneath the streets.
Three figures exploded from underneath the streets.
Moon Knight flew out from the left of the group, slamming into a building and falling to the ground, his body bent at a 'wrong' angle.
Black Widow was hurled out from under the street and up into a car, leaving a sizeable dent that she was stuck in.
And Super Soldier was hurled through the street and up into the air more than fifty feet, before he fell back towards the ground.
Meteorite flew up and caught the man before he hit the ground.
Sentry quickly retrieved the other two heroes and set them down next to each other. Meteorite laid the super soldier next to them.
To all appearances, the trio looked like they had just been killed. They had gashes and heavy wounds that were dripping blood on their bodies. They were unmoving and their eyes were wide open.
However, beneath the streets, the battle was still going on.
"Meteorite, stay with them. They'll be fine in a minute or two." Sentry said as he flew towards the still-continuing battle beneath the streets.
He flew down the hole as Colossus came flying out through the street, into the air, and crash landing hard onto a truck. Doomsday himself suddenly flew back up onto the street and landed hard onto the pavement.
Sentry flew up and landed near Doomsday.
"Ready to give up?" Sentry asked as the monster got back up again. "Guess not."
Scarlet Spider helped Colossus to his feet as the steel-skinned teenager shook his head to clear it.
"You alright?" Scarlet Spider asked.
"Kind of. Thank you." Colossus replied.
Meteorite looked at her three new allies and gasped when she saw them groan and slowly rise up.
"That... hurt." Super Soldier moaned as his bruises vanished slowly.
"At least we're not dead." Moon Knight said as his broken bones seemed to knit almost instantly.
"We can't die." Black Widow groaned as her wounds healed up. "I think I'd have preferred that."
"Glad to see you guys are alright." Meteorite said to the trio.
"Yeah, you too." Black Widow said as she stood up.
Doomsday roared as he charged towards the heroes, just as Sentry blasted him with a concentrated bolt of his photokinesis, stunning his monstrous body and dropping him to the ground.
The heroes gathered around the fallen monster.
"You got him." Scarlet Spider said.
"For now. He'll heal up, eventually, and be back at it. We need to get him restrained." Sentry said.
The police eventually came and carted Doomsday away. Meanwhile, reporters arrived to interview the new heroes.
However, from a nearby building, five costumed heroes watched them closely.
Superman - dressed in a black and white costume. Wonder Woman - dressed in a red bodysuit with short black hair and no tiara. Green Lantern - green and black suit with a goatee. Hawkgirl - brown costume with a golden helmet over her head. And Jonn Jonzz - dressed in a full-bodied dark blue suit with a red X across his chest.
The Justice Lords had arrived.
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New Heroes:
Steve Rogers - Duke (peak physical athletic prowess, expert in all forms of hand-to-hand combat, expertise in all weapons, super regenerative powers given to his body)
Black Widow - Trinity (peak physical athletic prowess, expert in hand-to-hand combat, infiltration, languages, interrogation techniques, super regenerative powers given to her body)
Moon Knight - Neo (peak physical athletic prowess, martial arts mastery, stealth abilities, super regenerative powers given to his body)
Sentry - Christopher Pike (superhuman strength, speed, reflexes, invulnerability, power of flight, healing abilities, superhuman senses, molecular manipulation, photokinesis, psychic powers)
Colossus - Shinji Ikari (body can transform into super organic steel, superhuman strength and invulnerability, heightened stamina, reflexes and above average healing powers)
Meteorite - Ahsoka Tano (power stone grants superhuman strength, force field around body, flight, speed, environmental survival, and energy projections)
Scarlet Spider - Peter Parker (proportionate abilities of a spider: strength, speed, reflexes, agility, durability, heightened healing factor, night-vision, wall-climbing and danger-warning sixth sense)